Apple may introduce the progress of the ARM Mac at this event. Obviously, that entails a significant pricing gap between the Pro and non-Pro models, with the compact iPhone 12 Mini likely to cost as little as $699, the "standard" iPhone 12 (aka Max) expected to start at $799, and the iPhone 12 Pro and 12 Pro Max purportedly priced at $999 and $1099 respectively in their entry-level confi... [Full Article...]
There are no exact daily figures for the other 21 counties, including Limerick. There are now 159 people hospitalised with Covid-19, including 25 in ICU. Meanwhile, the chair of the COVID-19 modelling group, Professor Philip Nolan said Ireland has now entered a "phase of exponential growth" - with hospital admissions, intensive care admission and deaths all expected to rise in the coming weeks. [Full Article...]
Heffron said it is encouraging that other countries, such as Australia and New Zealand, had mild flu seasons this year. Another difference is that COVID-19 is caused by the 2019 coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2, while the flu is caused by several variant types of influenza viruses. [Full Article...]
There are some notable absentees, namely, the United States, Russia and China. The WHO's COVAX global vaccine facility is now working on nine experimental vaccines and the facility aims to distribute 2-billion doses, across the world, by the end of 2021. [Full Article...]
In many areas of northern England, national measures, such as the closure of pubs and restaurants at 10 p.m. have been augmented by tighter local actions, such as banning contact between households. Local lockdowns would have " flattened the curve " of infection rates in certain areas, the minister told Sky News . Apparently '10 million Northerners' will be put into tougher local lockdown rest... [Full Article...]
Our staff working on the COVID response have developed relationships with many of these patients and their families while monitoring them during their illness". MCCHD has rolled out a new website exclusively focused on COVID-19 information which can be found here . The IDPH reported 310,700 people in IL have tested positive for COVID-19, while 8,910 people have died statewide. [Full Article...]
According to Bloomberg, the move basically isolates Iran from the global financial system. European nations have opposed a blanket sanctioning of Iran's financial sector because it exposes European banks that do business with the blacklisted banks and other companies to punitive measures by Washington. [Full Article...]
According to the CDC there is evidence that people with COVID-19 infected other people who were more than six feet away from them. The CDC says these are rare, and existing advice on protective behaviours - washing hands, wearing face coverings and social distancing - remains the same. [Full Article...]