Medical
Rexall pharmacies temporarily pause flu shot program due to supply issues
A major chain of pharmacies has "temporarily paused" flu shot vaccinations amid supply issues that it says are provincewide. "The shots are still coming in, however, the pharmacies knew from the beginning how many shots in total they would be allocated", Elliott said on Monday. [Full Article...]
Ireland's COVID-19 reproduction rate falls, hospital admissions slow
Two further deaths were reported, bringing the total to 1,915. Of the latest cases, 63% are under 45 years of age, while the median age is 36 years old. Dr Tony Holohan says he doesn't want people to plan parties or arrange unnecessary visits to other homes as the situation starts to improve. "We should take these positive signs as an indication our efforts are starting to work, the critical t... [Full Article...]
Study adds to debate over duration of COVID-19 immunity
This so-called innate immune system is meant to arrest the infection in its tracks. These experts constitute two types of white blood cells: B-cells and T-cells, that work like brothers-in-arms. Six months on, all of them had CD4 and CD8 T-cells, which kill body cells that have been infected by a virus and rally the rest of the immune system to mount a fight-back. [Full Article...]
Africa's confirmed COVID-19 cases pass 1.78 mln: Africa CDC_china
The households included 101 index patients (or the believed source of infection) and 191 household contacts. "An important finding of this study is that fewer than one half of household members with confirmed SARS-CoV-2 [the virus which causes Covid-19] infections reported symptoms at the time infection was first detected", the researchers said. [Full Article...]
New Zealand reports four new cases of COVID-19
The ongoing decline in new Covid-19 cases has been welcomed as "very positive" - but the public has been urged to remain vigilant. The COVID Tracking Project shows there were 488 new cases per 100,000 people in Minnesota over the past two weeks, which ranks 15th in the country for new cases per capita. [Full Article...]
Over 100 New COVID Cases Reported in Rochester Area
As of midnight Friday (30th October) there have been 1,913 virus related deaths in Ireland & 61,456 positive tests nationwide after the denotification of 19. Of the statewide cases, 13,138 are classified as active (down by 1,235 from Saturday). Health officials said Ireland was one of only four countries monitored by the ECDC whose seven-day incidence has fallen in the past week. [Full Article...]
Two more COVID-19 deaths recorded; 37 new cases
The numbers are reflective of the denotification of six confirmed cases of the virus. Of the cases confirmed today, 63% are under 45 years of age. 275 are men and 275 are women. North of the border, 685 more people have tested positive for COVID-19 while a further 8 deaths have been reported. Friday marks Stearns County's highest single-day case count and follows the Wednesday opening of St... [Full Article...]
Biden, Obama criticize Trump's handling of COVID-19 at MI rallies
With just two days left for Tuesday's U.S. presidential election, a new poll has placed President Donald Trump in a seven-point lead against his Democratic rival Joe Biden in the battleground state of Iowa . On Saturday, that proficiency was on full display as President Obama joined Joe Biden in MI where the former Vice President was looking to campaign prior to the election on Tuesday. [Full Article...]