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Four more cases of Coronavirus in England brings total to 40
Multiple coronavirus cases have now been confirmed in Hertfordshire. The four patients are from Herefordshire, Kent and Devon, PHE has already started tracing those who have been in contact with them. According to reports, if the government finds the virus spreading rapidly, it has made a decision to let retired health workers register to work again and it will encourage people to work at home. [Full Article...]
Singaporean Student Gets Attacked In London In Coronavirus-Related Hate Crime
Yahoo News Singapore has reached out to Mok for more details of the incident. The incident allegedly took place at about 9.15pm last Monday (24 Feb) when Mr Mok walked past a group of young men at Oxford Street in London. The Metropolitan Police in London told The Straits Times that they are investigating a "racially aggravated assault" in which a 23-year-old man was "punched and sustained fa... [Full Article...]
Two patients have tested positive for coronavirus in the UK
Director for national infection service at Public Health England Professor Sharon Peacock said: "We were able to stand up an outbreak investigation team immediately and that team is working now, and what they'll be doing is aiming to contact everybody who has been in contact with these two cases and prevent onward transmission". [Full Article...]
Canadian companies demand travelling employees self-quarantine amid COVID-19
February 26, 2020: Ontario officials announce a fifth diagnosis in the province: a woman in her 60s who recently travelled to Iran. She says one of the women is in her 30s and was infected in a household linked to a case in B.C. It also reports its eighth case: a man in his 80s with a travel history to Egypt. Officials said he arrived in the city on February 20 and went to the Scarborough Health... [Full Article...]
Coronavirus scare means hand sanitizer is scarce
Right now, hand sanitizers have become precious gold in Nigeria and other parts of the world. There have been reported cases of a small bottle of hand sanitizer going for as high as N5,000. Add in 8-10 drops of your preferred scented essential oil if you choose to use it before pouring the mixture into the empty container. Phil Caruso, a spokesperson for Walgreens, said the drug-store ch... [Full Article...]
Why is COVID-19 not a pandemic yet?
This number represents cases that were detected and tested in the United States through USA public health surveillance systems since January 21, 2020. Northam said. 412 newly confirmed cases were reported from China while 459 cases were reported from elsewhere. This includes Africa, the Americas, Europe, South-East Asia, Western Pacific and Eastern Mediterranean all have confirmed cases. [Full Article...]
CMO confirms cases of coronavirus in England
The death rate for the new coronavirus is likely to decrease as mild and asymptomatic cases are identified, virologist Mark Harris at the University of Leeds, UK, told the Science Media Centre.Confirmed infections have been rising, and surged to nearly 10,000 in the past day, mostly in China. [Full Article...]
King County officials announce 4 more deaths in Washington from coronavirus
They are all in King and Snohomish counties . The nursing home outbreak apparently seeded the first case in North Carolina, authorities said . All died at a hospital in Kirkland, Washington . "At this time, we are not recommending widespread school closures or cancellation of activities at schools", the agency said. As of Monday, there were at least 90 confirmed cases of coronavirus wit... [Full Article...]