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China reports 508 more virus cases, lower increase in deaths
He also expressed concerns about the number of infections in South Korea, Italy and Iran . He added that large numbers of seriously ill patients or deaths from the virus have not been seen. [Full Article...]
Study begins in U.S. to test possible coronavirus treatment
At present, 14 people evacuated from the Diamond Princess cruise docked in Japan are under observation at UNMC, 12 of them have been found infected with the novel coronavirus . Shelly Schwedhelm, the Executive Director of Emergency Preparedness at Nebraska Medicine, told Fox News' Dr. Marc Siegel the patients were all in "stable" condition and are "doing very well". [Full Article...]
Coronavirus: Schoolchildren sent home from Banbridge school following ski-trip to Italy
Cransley School, in Northwich, has completely closed its doors after headteacher Richard Pollock told parents that the closure would remain in place for the rest of the week in order to "completely minimise" the risk of infection. The children had just returned from an excursion to Ponte di Legno in Lombardy. "If people have been to the affected areas that the Italian government has quarantined,... [Full Article...]
World Health Organization says it no longer uses 'pandemic' category, but virus still emergency
China's unprecedented lockdown and restrictions may have blunted the coronavirus and averted hundreds of thousands of cases, according to a team of medical experts that visited the outbreak's epicentre last week. But on Thursday, it went back to recording only lab-confirmed positive cases and subtracted some cases where the lab results returned negative. Lebanon has reported its first confirme... [Full Article...]
World isn’t ready for coronavirus outbreak, says Canadian WHO expert
Uncertainly remained over how best to stem the spread of the illness. Tourists from Korea wearing protective masks walk with their belongings while waiting for a flight back to South Korea at the Ben Gurion airport near Tel Aviv, Israel, Monday, Feb. [Full Article...]
New cases "very concerning" but coronavirus is not pandemic, World Health Organization says
But as NPR's Sylvia Poggioli reports from Rome, Italy's experts have not been able to piece together how the coronavirus got a foothold there. "We will do a good job of implementing large-scale interest rate reduction and tax deferral and ensure effective implementation as soon as possible", he said. [Full Article...]
FDA identified 20 drugs with shortage risks due to…
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is taking alternative steps to determine if Chinese-made products meet federal safety standards due to complications related to the coronavirus outbreak, department officials said Monday. Travel restrictions imposed by the USA government have hindered the FDA's ability to conduct routine inspections of goods imported from China. "We're keeping a very clo... [Full Article...]
San Francisco declares state of emergency over coronavirus fears
Residents of the Bay Area remain at low risk of becoming infected with this novel (new) coronavirus, unless they have recently traveled to areas with community transmission of the virus, or have come in close contact with someone who has been diagnosed with COVID-19. [Full Article...]