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Coronavirus cases surge by 75 in Australia's hot spot state Victoria
It's the state's 14th consecutive day of double-digit growth in new cases. Mikakos said 271 of Victoria's cases were from community transmission and 288 cases were still active. Mikakos broke down the new cases as follows: one in hotel quarantine, 14 linked to outbreaks, 37 detected through routine testing, and 23 now being investigated to determine their origin. [Full Article...]
EU Body Recommends Use Of Remdesivir To Treat COVID-19
Six doses of the drug will be provided in the aforementioned timeframe. "Through Covifor , we hope to reduce the treatment time of a patient in a hospital, thereby reducing the increasing pressure on the medical infrastructure, overburdened now due to accelerating COVID-19 cases", Hetero Healthcare MD M. [Full Article...]
Gilead Sciences : Remdesivir Becomes First Covid-19 Treatment Recommended for EU Authorization
The company hopes to initiate these studies in August. Remdesivir is now given to patients intravenously through daily infusions in the hospital. An inhaled formulation of the drug will be administered via a nebulizer, which would allow for use outside of hospitals. [Full Article...]
COVID-19 cases increase to 994 in Marshall County
Go to www.douglaspublichealthnetwork.org for more local information on COVID-19. Across the state, 31,404 people had tested positive for the virus, while 4,240 had been hospitalized and 1,310 had died, according to Washington State Department of Health figures. [Full Article...]
NHS Trust tips on for mental health awareness week
Health partners and providers, local authorities, emergency services and community groups across the county are working together to provide local support services to help people's mental wellbeing during the ongoing pandemic and lockdown restrictions. [Full Article...]
Bill Gates: US 'not even close' to do enough to fight pandemic
Gates attributed the spike to a lack of testing and contact tracing, as well as the continued resistance by a large segment of the population to wearing face masks. All through the City Hall, Gates explained that there are two characteristics now being evaluated in producing a vaccine.To begin with, that the vaccine prevents you from receiving sick and secondly, that it prevents you spreading it t... [Full Article...]
8 more deaths, 523 new cases
There were 365 new confirmed cases with one of them in Sherburne County, bringing the total to 34,123. Of those patients in hospitals, 143 are in intensive care a decrease from 155 Saturday. The illness usually causes mild or moderate sickness, the Health Department says, and does not require a clinic visit. Ehresmann also said more than 30 positive cases were linked to two bars in the Dinkyto... [Full Article...]
85 infected with coronavirus after outbreak at MI college bar
Vail told CNN. Last week, health officials advised anyone who visited the bar between June 12 and 20 to self-quarantine for at least 14 days. Alternatively, doctors may also decide to use COVID-19 tests to determine recovery, in which case a patient whose fever and breathing issues have subsided would need to also have 2 consecutive negative virus tests to be considered recovered. [Full Article...]