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Tri-County Area Reports Zero COVID-19 Deaths from Sunday
COVID-19 cases have been growing exponentially in the past several weeks. "This past week, I joined with the chief medical officers of our region's health systems to talk about our growing concerns", said Dr. Almost four out of every 10 new cases reported during the month have not been confirmed. "Our staff is doing everything we possibly can to keep up with the new cases, we are physically and em... [Full Article...]
California demotes Fresno County back to purple-tier COVID-19 business restrictions
Alameda, Contra Costa, Santa Clara, Napa and Solano counties are all sliding back to the "Purple" tier today. Governor Newsom also announced an even tighter rules on the state's mask mandate, saying it now must be worn in most cases outside of the home, whenever in public, with few exceptions. [Full Article...]
Why Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine results represent more good news for Canada
Moderna received funding for its clinical research from Operation Warp Speed , and has partnered with the National Institutes of Health on its trial. While the results are preliminary, both Moderna and Pfizer are expected to seek emergency-use authorization from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration if further study shows their vaccines are safe. [Full Article...]
South Australia Hit by Growing Cluster of Covid-19 Cases
The elderly woman is in hospital in a stable condition, and one of the others infected is her child. Professor Spurrier also said the elderly woman had visited Parafield Plaza Supermarket while infectious on Thursday morning. Under Western Australia's newly relaxed rules, only travellers from Victoria and NSW will have to self-isolate and have a coronavirus test on day 11. [Full Article...]
98 new cases of COVID-19 confirmed in Luzerne County on Sunday
There were a total of 66 deaths attributed to COVID-19 in Missouri during the last seven days, representing an average of nine deaths per day. At least three Nelson County residents are hospitalized for treatment of the virus, and 436 people are quarantined at home. [Full Article...]
New COVID-19 cases continue to surge in Canada
In one of a series of tweets posted Saturday, Theresa Tam, Canada's chief public health officer, urged Canadians taking part in Diwali and Bandi Chhor Divas festivities, important to many in South Asian communities, to celebrate safely as Canada fights a rising number of COVID-19 cases. [Full Article...]
World Health Organization chief warns against pinning all hope on COVID-19 vaccine
The WHO's figures for Saturday showed that 660,905 coronavirus cases were reported to the United Nations health agency, setting a new high water mark. "A vaccine is needed urgently, but we can not wait for a vaccine and put all our eggs in one basket", Tedros said on Thursday, repeating a call for any COVID-19 vaccine to be shared fairly with poor countries. [Full Article...]
New reports indicate COVID-19 first appeared in Italy in September 2019
A specific search for antibodies against Covid-19 was then carried out by the University of Siena. People wearing protective masks walk along the principal shopping street of Via del Corso, as the number of people infected by the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues to rise, in Rome, Italy, November 14, 2020. [Full Article...]