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Province reports 18 new cases of COVID-19, hospitalization rates hold steady
The expansion of testing in the province will generate data to help trace the spread of COVID-19. "Outbreaks. linked to social gatherings are expected now that our gathering restrictions have been relaxed", Hinshaw said Monday during her COVID-19 briefing. [Full Article...]
A new diagnostic test to detect COVID-19 within 10 minutes
Specifically, the guidance states that, although the presence of anti-SARS-CoV-2 antibodies when detected using a reliable antibody testing method "likely indicates at least some degree of immunity, until the durability and duration of immunity is established, it can not be assumed that individuals with truly positive antibody test results are protected from future infection". [Full Article...]
WHO and other experts say no evidence of COVID-19 losing potency
The pandemic has so far killed more than 370,000 people and infected more than 6 million. Martin Hibberd, a professor at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, said: "In a situation where the numbers of severe cases are falling, there may be time to start observing people with less severe symptoms - giving the impression that the virus is changing". [Full Article...]
Ontario reports 344 new COVID-19 cases, 41 more deaths
According to Dr. Barbara Yaffe, Ontario relies on local public health units to report on the coronavirus , both in the community and in long-term care homes, through iPHIS, in which there is a delay in the data being received. "This is exactly why we need an inquiry, so that we can find out why these things happened, why when people were calling early and identifying concerns that nothing was don... [Full Article...]
May 31 update from Health Department on COVID-19 cases
At least 47 people are considered recovered from the virus. According to the most recent report from the Kansas Department of Health and Environment, Ford County - which hosts National Beef in Dodge City - has the most cases in the state with 1,738. [Full Article...]
WHO Announces Fresh Ebola Outbreak In Congo
Tedros said the World Health Organization already had staff in Mbandaka who were offering their support to the Congolese authorities. The last known patient there was released in mid-May but the country now must go about another month without any new cases before a declaration can be made. [Full Article...]
10% Covid cases with diabetes die within 7 days of hospitalisation
Two-thirds of the patients were men, and the average age across both sexes was 70, the study found. Overall, the COVID-19 death rate for cancer patients during the 3-week follow-up to the study was 13%, says study lead author Jeremy Warner, MD, associate professor of biomedical medicine and informatics at the University of Vanderbilt, Nashville. [Full Article...]
Lilly, AbCellera Dose First Patients With COVID-19 Antibody
Eli Lilly said that its researchers have begun human trials of its potential treatment for COVID-19, in the world's first study of an antibody treatment against the deadly virus. The initial study will have about 40 patients, Eli Lilly CEO David Ricks told FOX Business' Maria Bartiromo on Monday. "And perhaps even a bigger study in what we would call prophylactics, prevention for those patien... [Full Article...]