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Nebraska COVID-19 Cases Surpass 900 With 20 Deaths
The Camden County, Missouri Health Department has received reports of two additional confirmed COVID-19 cases Tuesday, bringing the total in the county to 28. Of the 402 available ventilators, 101 are in use, including 15 for COVID-19 patients. In the Tuesday afternoon update, Riley County Emergency Management director, Pat Collins, reminded the community, with this being traditional time for se... [Full Article...]
Ford begins mass production of powered respirators, face masks, PPEs
This broader plan highlights the latest effort by automakers and medical device manufacturers to help ease a shortage of equipment and supplies such as face shields, face masks , protective gowns and ventilators, a medical device that is used in the treatment of COVID-19, a disease caused by coronavirus . [Full Article...]
Coronavirus social distancing may need to continue into 2022, study says
It was highly unlikely that immunity will be strong enough and last long enough that novel coronavirus will die out after an initial wave, as was the case with the SARS outbreak of 2002-2003, the Harvard team said. A Harvard University study published Tuesday found periods of social distancing may be required for two years into 2022 in order to prevent future COVID-19 seasonal outbreaks from ove... [Full Article...]
China To Start Experimenting Coronavirus Vaccine On Humans
Among the companies that also joined the race to develop a vaccine are Pfizer Inc. and Sanofi, both of which have their candidates in pre-clinical stages. "That means the way we make mRNA for one vaccine is exactly the same way we make mRNA for another vaccine ", he added. In a declaration, scientists and others said, "We are scientists, physicians, funders and manufacturers who have come t... [Full Article...]
Coronavirus cases at Newmarch House aged-care facility rise, worker 'absolutely mortified'
NSW Chief Health Officer Dr Kerry Chant told reporters on Wednesday four residents and six staff at Anglicare's Newmarch House at Caddens were now sick with COVID-19 after the unidentified worker battled on with mild symptoms for six days. The entrance to Newmarch House in Sydney's west, where a coronavirus outbreak was started by an infected worker. Approximately 100 residents - who have an a... [Full Article...]
COVID-19 death toll tops 12000 in UK
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) figures on care home deaths show that 237 people died from coronavirus in care homes in England and Wales in the two weeks until April 3. "Older people's lives are not worthless". This included 217 in care homes, 33 in hospices and 136 in homes. "The government must step in and make it clear that no one will be abandoned to this virus simply due to their ... [Full Article...]
Repeated Bouts Of Social Distancing May Be Needed Until 2022: Harvard Study
The computer simulations, described in a study published online today by the journal Science , assume that the patterns of transmission for the coronavirus behind COVID-19 lie somewhere between the common cold and pandemic flu. Chan School of Public Health, in Boston. To help determine the way forward, the researchers say that a better understanding of immunity to the virus is key, as is epid... [Full Article...]
USA coronavirus deaths top 25,000 as confirmed cases near 600,000
Determined to quickly reopen the United States economy when the coronavirus threat eases, Trump warned governors and local leaders he would step in, if they insist on maintaining their own rules to prevent the spread of the virus beyond what he believes is necessary. [Full Article...]