Hsiu-Li Wang is clarifying how hospitalization data is reported on Public Health's information dashboard. The new cases on Saturday is a slight increase over Friday when 2,998 infections were logged. Since the start of the pandemic, the local health unit has confirmed 4,592 cases of COVID-19 with 3,295 of those cases recovered and 86 cases ending in death. [Full Article...]
Justice Department leaders under President Donald Trump knew their 2018 "zero tolerance" border policy would result in family separations but pressed on with prosecutions even as other agencies became overwhelmed with migrants, a government watchdog report released Thursday has found. [Full Article...]
A total of 1,612 positive tests were reported from Monday, January 4 to Sunday, January 10, down from 1,632 reported cases of the virus over the previous seven days. Figures now suggest that one in three people in hospital have coronavirus but in some places the numbers are even worse. "Every bed in ICU that is occupied by a Covid-19 patient is one less available for people who need that level o... [Full Article...]
Health officials are also warning us about what we need to continue to do to stop the spread of COVID-19. "Our only chance of success is a set of clearly defined plans created to complement one another, and to cover the entire county". Lee County said information about second doses for people who received their shots in early January at the RSW site off Daniels Parkway will be announced soon. [Full Article...]
The seven-day rolling average now stands at 3,218, compared to 3,341 a week ago. Provincial health officials completed 73,875 tests in the last 24 hours, reducing the backlog to just over 50,300. There are 379 COVID patients in intensive care units (up from 387 yesterday) and 281 COVID patients on ventilators (one more than yesterday). Since Dec. [Full Article...]
This suggests naturally acquired immunity as a result of past infections provides 83 percent protection against reinfection, compared to people who have not had the disease before. "We now know that most of those who have had the virus, and developed antibodies, are protected from reinfection, but this is not total and we do not yet know how long protection lasts". [Full Article...]
Because both of the vaccines authorized for emergency use in the United States are two-dose regimens, the Trump administration's initial policy was to hold back second doses to protect against the possibility of manufacturing disruptions. 'This is a deception on a national scale . Azar also said that states had only ordered 75% of the doses available to them. Signaling to states that they wou... [Full Article...]
The province adds all other existing health measures, most enacted back on December 13 , will remain in place. Personal and wellness services, including salons, manicure and pedicure shops, barber shops and tattoo parlours will be allowed to open by appointment only starting January 18. [Full Article...]
Hsiu-Li Wang is clarifying how hospitalization data is reported on Public Health's information dashboard. The new cases on Saturday is a slight increase over Friday when 2,998 infections were logged. Since the start of the pandemic, the local health unit has confirmed 4,592 cases of COVID-19 with 3,295 of those cases recovered and 86 cases ending in death. [Full Article...]
Justice Department leaders under President Donald Trump knew their 2018 "zero tolerance" border policy would result in family separations but pressed on with prosecutions even as other agencies became overwhelmed with migrants, a government watchdog report released Thursday has found. [Full Article...]
A total of 1,612 positive tests were reported from Monday, January 4 to Sunday, January 10, down from 1,632 reported cases of the virus over the previous seven days. Figures now suggest that one in three people in hospital have coronavirus but in some places the numbers are even worse. "Every bed in ICU that is occupied by a Covid-19 patient is one less available for people who need that level o... [Full Article...]
Health officials are also warning us about what we need to continue to do to stop the spread of COVID-19. "Our only chance of success is a set of clearly defined plans created to complement one another, and to cover the entire county". Lee County said information about second doses for people who received their shots in early January at the RSW site off Daniels Parkway will be announced soon. [Full Article...]
The seven-day rolling average now stands at 3,218, compared to 3,341 a week ago. Provincial health officials completed 73,875 tests in the last 24 hours, reducing the backlog to just over 50,300. There are 379 COVID patients in intensive care units (up from 387 yesterday) and 281 COVID patients on ventilators (one more than yesterday). Since Dec. [Full Article...]
This suggests naturally acquired immunity as a result of past infections provides 83 percent protection against reinfection, compared to people who have not had the disease before. "We now know that most of those who have had the virus, and developed antibodies, are protected from reinfection, but this is not total and we do not yet know how long protection lasts". [Full Article...]
Because both of the vaccines authorized for emergency use in the United States are two-dose regimens, the Trump administration's initial policy was to hold back second doses to protect against the possibility of manufacturing disruptions. 'This is a deception on a national scale . Azar also said that states had only ordered 75% of the doses available to them. Signaling to states that they wou... [Full Article...]
The province adds all other existing health measures, most enacted back on December 13 , will remain in place. Personal and wellness services, including salons, manicure and pedicure shops, barber shops and tattoo parlours will be allowed to open by appointment only starting January 18. [Full Article...]