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Sturgis rally linked to 15 Minnesota COVID-19 cases, including 1 hospitalization
The Sturgis rally, which ended Sunday, brought hundreds of thousands of people to western South Dakota. "These are actually people who live in our Panhandle Public Health District area and that we have investigated, who went to Sturgis, and that was the point of exposure", said Paulette Schnell, Scotts Bluff County Health director. [Full Article...]
Postal Service Warns 46 States That Delays Could Impact Mail-In Voting
A Portland union leader says USPS is reducing the amount of equipment used to sort mail at a local processing facility. Cogan, president of the local chapter of the American Postal Workers' Union, told the Mercury that he's still "investigating" why those post boxes were removed. [Full Article...]
World Health Organization hints on how long COVID-19 will last
There are also two indigenously developed vaccine candidates, which are also being expected to get launched with a gap of few weeks if cleared in trials , said a report by The Times of India citing officials. "At the same time we have the technology and knowledge to stop it". "So we have a disadvantage, of globalization , closeness, connectedness, but we have an advantage of better technolog... [Full Article...]
Delta Bans Purported bin Laden Killer for Not Wearing a Mask
O'Neill also claimed that he had the mask on his lap. "Thank God it wasn't @Delta flying us in when we killed bin Laden. we weren't wearing masks", O'Neill snarkily wrote on Twitter . Earlier this month, a Delta flight that was preparing to take off from an airport in Detroit was forced to turn around and return to the gate after two unruly passengers refused to wear a mask . [Full Article...]
COVID-19 Vaccine Likely Won't Be Mandatory
The U.S. top-leading infectious disease expert said the country has six ongoing vaccine projects, which he noted have yet to be proven as safe and effective. "The good news about that is that if it turns out the vaccine is safe and effective, you've already got a head start on making the doses". Fauci said that the government already pre-ordered guaranteed purchases. [Full Article...]
BC health officials report 90 new coronavirus cases
Réka Gustafson. It brings the total number of cases to 160 since the start of the pandemic. There are 824 active cases of COVID-19 in the province and 2,594 people who are under active public health monitoring as a result of identified exposure to known cases. [Full Article...]
Breakthrough finding shows children are silent spreaders of COVID-19
With respiratory viruses, in general, a higher viral load means the virus is more likely to pass from one person to another because it's transmitted through droplets, she says. "If schools were to reopen fully without necessary precautions, it is likely that children will play a larger role in this pandemic", the authors conclude. [Full Article...]
Victoria looking to keep new cases under 200 through weekend
In different areas, parties will probably likely be limited to 30 individuals. "We're concerned about this (detention centre) cluster because people have been out and about in the community", Ms Palaszczuk told reporters. Authorities face a nervous wait to to discover if the cases are genomically linked to an outbreak triggered by two Logan women who dodged quarantine following a visit to Melbou... [Full Article...]