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Coronavirus found in sewerage collected months before first reported case
It was nine months before the novel coronavirus was identified in China. The study was flawed, they said, and other lines of evidence strongly suggest that the virus developed late previous year in China. The University of Barcelona said in a press release on Friday that the study has been "sent to a high impact journal". The results which have been published in the research archive medRxiv ... [Full Article...]
786 new COVID-19 cases confirmed in Illinois, IDPH reports
As of Friday afternoon, IL has conducted 1,490,952 virus tests, including 30,425 in the past day. Currently, IDPH is reporting a total of 137,224 cases, including 6,671 deaths, in 101 counties in IL. About 55.3% of ICU beds were available in this time frame within La Salle County - exceeding the 20% benchmark. The North Central region (Bureau, DeKalb, La Salle, Lee, Ogle, Whiteside, Carroll,... [Full Article...]
Ebola outbreak that killed more than 2,000 in Congo is over
Despite Thursday's milestone, the country faces substantial health challenges in the face of the novel coronavirus, the world's largest measles epidemic, and another Ebola outbreak in the north. 'This long, complex and hard outbreak has been overcome due to the leadership and commitment of the Government of the DRC, ' commented the WHO's Director-General Dr. [Full Article...]
Africa's First Human Trials for COVID-19 Vaccine Start in South Africa
The money would go to the Access to coronavirus Tools Accelerator, or ACT-Accelerator, a global association began in April to speed up growth, production, and reasonable access to coronavirus tests, treatments, and vaccines. Elcio Franco, Brazil's No.2 public health official, said in a press conference that the country will initially produce some 30 million doses of the vaccine, half by December a... [Full Article...]
CDC Quietly Announces New COVID-19 Symptoms
The country set a daily record Saturday with 18,500 new cases and 385 deaths. With Friday's tally, Florida now has reported almost 123,000 coronavirus cases, with more than 32,000 of them confirmed just over the last seven days. So far there have been around 2.4 million officially recorded cases . Hospitalizations have risen rapidly since Memorial Day, when there were 1,511 COVID-19 patient... [Full Article...]
5,318 new COVID-19 cases push Maharashtra's count to 1.59 lakh
After around two months of lockdown , the country opened up in a phased manner from June 8 and people are getting used to the new normal. "It is likely that we're going into a state, unless we are able to reinforce a strict physical distancing mechanism or a hard lockdown, where the rate of infection will continue to increase", said Anant Bhan, a leading public health expert. [Full Article...]
Coronavirus: Severe Covid-19 can damage the brain, study finds
The study provides the first "detailed snapshot" of secondary effects due to coronavirus infections and could help provide further research for future treatments, it was announced on late Thursday. Co-author Dr Rhys Thomas, from Newcastle University, said: "Whilst stroke represents the majority of reported cases, what is most striking with our research is that there are the individuals who pre... [Full Article...]
69 new COVID-19 infections in Alberta Saturday
Hinshaw reminded people to not stigmatize those who live in Verve. Getting a coronavirus test in Alberta is about to get even easier. "We will only be successful in keeping COVID-19 spread manageable if we are able to use evidence-based interventions, such as contact tracing and self-isolation of close contacts", she said. [Full Article...]