Medical
No COVID-19 cases linked to B.C. schools
While there are no new outbreaks at health-care facilities, six long-term care or assisted-living facilities and one acute-care facility have active outbreaks. Earlier Thursday, the province closed the U.S./Canada border-straddling Peace Arch Park because of a surge in visitors, many of whom are visiting with friends or family separated by travel restrictions. [Full Article...]
Lyon County reports three new positives, eight recoveries Thursday
The total number of deaths in the county is now 76. Almost three quarters of all reported COVID-19 cases within Kendall County were in recovery as of Wednesday , according to county health department data. Officials reported an adjusted total of 2,026 confirmed cases. To date, 56 people in Clark County have been diagnosed with COVID-19. Of the current cases, 217 individuals are self-isolating... [Full Article...]
Amit Shah Hosts Key Meeting To Tackle Delhi-NCR's COVID 19 Situation
Earlier hospitals were charging 24,000-25,000 for isolation ward beds per day, 34,000-43,000 for daily ICU without a ventilator, 44,000-54,000 for daily bed with ICU ventilator. It also questioned the Delhi govt to describe the fall in coronavirus screening in the city. The decision to cap prices was taken by a high-powered committee constituted by Home Minister Amit Shah. [Full Article...]
Italy sewage study suggests COVID-19 was there in December 2019
Researchers discovered genetic traces of Sars-CoV-2 - as the virus is officially known - in samples of waste-water collected in Milan and Turin at the end of a year ago, and Bologna in January, the ISS institute said in a statement seen by AFP on Friday. [Full Article...]
BC Investigates Racist 'Games' in ER Rooms, Damage to Indigenous Patients
Dix has asked B.C.'s former children's advocate, Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond, who has also been a provincial court judge in Saskatchewan, to investigate the allegations. Dix said he intends to reach out to Indigenous leaders in B.C., including the First Nations Health Council, the First Nations Health Authority, and the First Nations representative on the boards of health authorities to address the f... [Full Article...]
Immunity against Covid-19 not looking good, suggest two new studies
In recent years, technology has emerged that can sort through millions of these cells to find the ones that produce the most potent antibodies against an individual germ. Very little is known about this group, given that they are far less likely to be tested than those who go on to develop severe symptoms including respiratory problems. [Full Article...]
Coronavirus test and tracing trial is scrapped over app glitches
The firm also pointed out that the tech was already either in use or intended for use in Germany, Italy, the Netherlands and Ireland. The tech giant also expressed surprise that the United Kingdom was working on a new version of the contact-tracing app which incorporated the Apple-Google software tool. [Full Article...]
China greenlights five coronavirus vaccines for human trials
Under Operation Warp Speed (OWS), the U.S. government is aiming to deliver 300 million vaccine doses by January 2021, investing in manufacturing capacity to relieve pharmaceutical firms of the financial risk. Moderna is aiming to recruit 30,000 people for its Phase 3 of trials. Robin Shattock, a professor at Imperial's department of infectious disease, said that rather than using a part of the v... [Full Article...]