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Ontonagon County Reports First COVID-19 Case
The total number of deaths in the county is now 94. That's an increase of 16 compared to Sunday's figures. Texas County has 993 positive tests with 981 recoveries. The health department says it's meeting weekly with every K-12 school in the county to work on plans to operate safely this fall. No patients in Marion County are hospitalized. [Full Article...]
Thurston County starts week with five new COVID-19 cases
Monday's numbers show an addition of several new COVID-19 cases. L.A. County has recorded a total of nearly 115,000 cases and almost 3,500 deaths. The virus has now spread to 61 of the state's 66 counties. The patient is now hospitalized for their illness, health officials said. No demographical information related to the patient will be released. [Full Article...]
Australia Closes Interstate Border Because Of Coronavirus Outbreak
The border between Australia's two most populous states will close from Tuesday for an indefinite period, Victoria Premier Daniel Andrews said on Monday, following an outbreak of the coronavirus in his state. Some businesses straddle both sides and several workers commute daily. McKenzie lives on the NSW side of the river, the boats pick up passengers from the Victoria side and the river its... [Full Article...]
Facemask Best Defence As Scientists Believe The Coronavirus Is Airborne
She co-authored the letter with Prof. The researchers urged the World Health Organization to acknowledge the role of airborne spread of the disease, and plan to publish the letter in the journal Clinical Infectious Diseases this week. [Full Article...]
Saving HIV drugs risk running out as COVID-19 hits supplies
While there is no cure for HIV, ARVs can control the virus and prevent onward sexual transmission to other people. Limited access to health services and the disruption to supply chains due to lockdown regulations were factors contributing to this. [Full Article...]
53 new COVID-19 cases reported in Beaufort County Monday; 1,510 total
There are now seven active cases of COVID-19 in Ellis County, with 30 total cases since reporting began. The Kansas Department of Health and Environment's online map noted that 7,178 Douglas County residents had been tested for the disease so far. [Full Article...]
Over 230 scientists claim COVID-19 is airborne
One report suggested - though it did not definitively prove - that air conditioning may have helped to infect at least nine people with Covid-19 at a restaurant in the Chinese city of Guangzhou. But much of the evidence for aerosol transmission is circumstantial. (Though a 2018 study actually found that the flu may sometimes be airborne - another illustration of why this distinction is so fuzzy... [Full Article...]
1 death, 50 new cases in Douglas County
The last death the county recorded was at the end of May. Allegheny County reported 218 new coronavirus cases Monday , accounting for about half of the state's total new cases. Statewide, there were 450 new cases Monday, according to the DOH, bringing the total to 90,304. These deaths account for 68% of the state's deaths. [Full Article...]