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Welsh Secretary says travel ban 'risks stirring division and confusion'
Mark Drakeford confirmed today that action is being taken "after the Prime Minister did not respond to the First Minister's requests to make advisory travel guidance in English coronavirus hotspots mandatory". About 2.3 million people in 17 areas of Wales are already subject to a bar on travel, with exceptions for school, work and other limited reasons. And then we can properly enforce it. [Full Article...]
Coronavirus risk lowered for this blood type, studies suggest
After controlling for certain factors, they found fewer patients with blood type O, compared with patients with blood types A, B, and AB. The results of the two new studies provide "more convergent evidence that blood type plays a role in a person's susceptibility to Covid infection and their likelihood of a severe attack of Covid-19", said Dr. [Full Article...]
WHO Defends Data After Concluding Gilead's Remdesivir Flopped Covid Trial
A cocktail of treatments given to President Trump after he tested positive for the coronavirus included remdesivir. Results from the WHO's highly anticipated Solidarity trial, which studied the effects of remdesivir and three other potential drug regimens in 11,266 hospitalized patients, found that none of the treatments "substantially affected mortality" or reduced the need to ventilate patie... [Full Article...]
What are the latest changes to the UK's travel quarantine list?
This means anyone returning to the United Kingdom from those countries after 4am on Sunday will have to self-isolate for two weeks. Crete was added to the Travel Corridor list following a decrease in confirmed cases of coronavirus , the DfT added. [Full Article...]
Kamala Harris blasts Senate GOP for ignoring coronavirus safety, relief
Barrett's confirmation is highly likely. Even with two possible defections from Maine Sen. But Democrats, who control 47 Senate seats versus the Republicans' 53, are largely powerless to block the confirmation. Patrick Leahy , noting that his constituents are "scared". Rhode Island Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse called Barrett "a judicial torpedo [Republicans] are firing at the ACA". [Full Article...]
Your Blood Type May Predict Your Risk For Severe COVID-19
The potential role of blood type in predicting risk and complications of COVID-19 infection has emerged as an important scientific question. In a new study published Wednesday, researchers in Canada found that, among 95 critically ill COVID-19 patients, 84 percent of those with the blood types A and AB required mechanical ventilation compared to 61 percent of patients with type O or type B,... [Full Article...]
Russell County has 154 Positive Cases of COVID-19
There have now been 649 cases of COVID-19 in Lewis County. Please note that local data may differ from data about Gallatin County provided by the state as the Gallatin City-County Health Department may be alerted to additional cases before the state. [Full Article...]
Bureau County reports 4th COVID-19-related death in past 7 days
Margolius emphasized a harm-reduction approach, in which people socialize outdoors whenever possible while still maintaining physical distance and wearing a mask. That breaks last week's record for the state when it recorded 488 new cases in a single day. Henry says that current influenza rates are low and that keeping flu circulation low will be valuable as the province contends with COVID-19 a... [Full Article...]