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First Confirmed COVID-19 Case in Burt County
The Republic County Health Department announced today the county's fourth COVID-19 case, this time a child less than a year old. Clayton said health department officials have maintained contact with people who were in close contact with the COVID patients and, so far, they have received no reports of symptoms in those people. [Full Article...]
Texas teen accused of threatening to spread coronavirus is charged
But still, 70,000 people have succumbed to the virus globally. In another video, according to a New York Daily News report , the suspect is seen filming herself inside a store that she claims to be Walmart and issues a freakish threat to the camera, according to a New York Daily News report. [Full Article...]
CDC to issue new guidance for essential workers self-quarantined
The CDC under former guidelines urged essential workers-such as health care workers and those working in food supply and other critical fields-to remain at home for two weeks if they had been in contact with an individual who tested positive for the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus , commonly known as the novel coronavirus . [Full Article...]
More Deaths, More Coronavirus Misery: Skip Shopping, Stay Home, Worst Week Ever
One of the individuals over the age of 65 did not have underlying health conditions. The new deaths included 17 people over age 65, with 16 of those people having underlying health conditions. Workers administer coronavirus tests at a drive-through screening site at Crenshaw Christian Center on Sunday in South Los Angeles . Ferrer said there are now 131 institutional settings - such as nu... [Full Article...]
2 more deaths, 34 new cases of COVID-19 in B.C.
Thirty of the 50 COVID-19 deaths are related to long-term care homes (including one worker). There are now 20 long-term care homes in the province with a patient or member of staff who have tested positive. Still, Robinson said it should help people during this hard time. "We need to hang together, we need to recognize that although we may feel stress, that we may feel bouts of depression at t... [Full Article...]
Even with strict measures, 22000 Canadians could die from COVID-19
Canada, he said, was at a crossroad, and how scrupulously people observed isolation measures would determine what happens. "There will be things we are not able to do", Trudeau said. That takes into account the number of total cases doubling every three to five days, which Dr. Howard Njoo, the Deputy Chief Public Health Officer, says is a positive trajectory compared to other countries. [Full Article...]
Staff No-Show Forces Evacuation At Riverside Nursing Home. What Went Wrong?
In San Francisco's East Bay region, six residents at Gateway Care and Rehabilitation Center in Hayward have died, Alameda County health officials announced Wednesday. On April 4, all 82 nursing home residents present at the time and 153 staff members were tested for COVID-19, Kaiser said. Soon after testing, the staffing problems began. [Full Article...]
Walgreens plans to open drive-thru coronavirus testing sites this week
According to the site, Walgreens' announcement comes almost one month after Trump announced the company and a few others (Target, CVS Health, and Walmart) would offer drive-thru testing via store parking lots. "This is really going to provide a tremendous opportunity for front-line caregivers, those having to diagnose a lot of infections, to close the gap with our testing", Frels told the paper,... [Full Article...]