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Hydroxychloroquine, chloroquine and other potential COVID-19 treatments explained

March 21, 2020

Shares of some drug makers surged up to 17 per cent on Friday after it was reported that a malaria drug may be effective in coronavirus treatment. It is also a drug used for strong arthritis. "So we are likely to have the ability to earn that medication available by prescription". FDA Director Dr. Stephen Hahn clarified that this and remdesivir were being considered and studied by the FDA, as was an approach that would use plasma extracted from patients who'd recovered from COVID-19 as a ...

Coronavirus: Italy records highest single-day death toll, again; Army called

March 21, 2020

Meanwhile, Italy imposed further draconian restrictions on public life on Friday in an increasingly desperate effort to halt coronavirus infections after the death toll leapt by 627 in a single day, by far the biggest 24-hour rise recorded anywhere.

Premier Ford: schools could stay closed beyond April 6

March 21, 2020

Education Minister Stephen Lecce has ordered the school closure for two weeks following March break. The program will be delivered online and through provincial television stations TVO and its French counterpart, TFO. The program is meant to prevent learning loss as schools in the province remain closed at least through April 5. "I know many of them want to be part of the solution to learning during this period of unprecedented instability".

Coronavirus: People with this blood type found to be more vulnerable

March 21, 2020

It showed people with type A blood are more likely to catch the virus and die from it. People with type O blood may be less likely to get COVID-19. A lot of scientific study is happening around the globe to help combat the coronavirus pandemic .

'We need to stay apart:' Saskatchewan declares emergency as COVID cases double

March 21, 2020

One was in hospital for reasons not related to the positive COVID-19 test. "We are going to see a lot of people coming back", he said. Premier Scott Moe says the economic uncertainty created by the spread of COVID-19 means it's too hard to predict how much money will come in.

All theatres, cafes and leisure centres told to close today

March 21, 2020

On social media, The Greyhound pub in Ipswich said: "Running this wonderful little pub for the last nine years has been an absolute blast". "Our advice is elderly people, people with serious underlying health conditions, people in the later stages of pregnancy - you have to be careful about the transmission of the virus".

Measures Taken By Indian Railways To Check Coronavirus Spread

March 21, 2020

South Western Railway has announced that it will be reducing the number of services operating from Monday 23rd March. Some of the trains have been cancelled up to March 31. According to a Times of India report , Railway Ministry officials themselves have suspended all concessions to avoid an overcrowding inside trains and appealed to citizens to avoid non-essential travel.

8 in 10 coronavirus-related deaths in USA involve older adults: CDC

March 20, 2020

While the risk of dying was significantly higher in older people, the report issued Wednesday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows younger people are making up a big portion of hospitalizations. "Persons with suspected or confirmed COVID-19 should monitor their symptoms and call their provider for guidance if symptoms worsen or seek emergency care for persistent severe symptoms".

Clinical programme to evaluate Kevzara® as COVID-19 treatment begins

March 20, 2020

A clinical program evaluating sarilumab (Kevzara, Sanofi and Regeneron) has started in patients hospitalized with a severe form of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), according to the company. Evidently, the foundation has joined two other charities, namely Wellcome and Mastercard Impact Fund, to commit nearly $125 million toward developing a treatment for COVID-19.

Death toll from coronavirus in Italy tops that of mainland China

March 20, 2020

The Italian government said on Thursday that 3,405 people have died after being infected. In China, the epicentre of the pandemic, the official tally stands at 3,245. The number of cases in the United States also crossed the 10,000-mark. The WHO said in its daily update on Friday that global infections have topped 200,000.

Gov. Baker Asks President Not To Outbid States On COVID-19 Supplies

March 20, 2020

Food and Drug Administration's list, plans to add the generic malaria drug hydroxychloroquine to its list of shortages later on Thursday, according to Erin Fox, senior director of drug information at University of Utah Health, who maintains the shortages list for the ASHP.

Six cases of Covid-19 confirmed in Louth

March 20, 2020

In its description, the initiative adds: "Maybe you aren't a healthcare professional, maybe you're studying to be one, or maybe you have other skills to offer or just want to volunteer to do your bit if needed. Of the first 271 cases in the country, most are linked to travel, a fifth are healthcare workers and nearly a third of those with it are under the age of 34.

Study finds coronavirus can linger for days on surfaces

March 20, 2020

The common surfaces people touch include light switches, doorknobs, tables, sinks, elevator buttons, and their cellphones. Comparing SARS-CoV-2 and SARS-CoV-1 viruses, scientists encountered a larger question mark. In the current study, the scientists highlighted additional observations. However their related viability fails to elucidate why the novel coronavirus pandemic has contaminated near 200,000 folks and brought about virtually 8,000 deaths, whereas the SARS epidemic contaminated ...

NY must stay home, Cuomo mandates as coronavirus cases spike

March 20, 2020

Defense Secretary Mark Esper said Tuesday he has given Cuomo his "full commitment that we would get the Corps of Engineers up there soonest", though it wasn't clear what specific instruction the Army Corps may have received. "Words matter", Cuomo said, saying that shelter in place is generally used for active shooter situations and invokes fear in people. Cuomo also announced that mortgage payments will be waived for 90 days based on financial hardship, and that not making a mortgage ...

8 in 10 coronavirus-related deaths in United States involve older adults: CDC

March 20, 2020

While Americans ages 65 and older are still suffering the highest rates of death and serious illness , the findings suggest that younger age groups are still at risk. The World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a global pandemic on March 11. Therefore, it is impossible to determine whether the younger patients who were hospitalized were more susceptible to severe infection than most of the others in their age group.

Digestive symptoms prominent among COVID-19 patients

March 20, 2020

Most patients with the coronavirus have respiratory symptoms, but these findings from the early stages of the outbreak show that digestive problems are prevalent in many patients with the Covid-19 virus. Patients who experienced digestive symptoms had a variety of manifestations, including anorexia (83.8 per cent), diarrhea (29.3 per cent), vomiting (0.08 per cent), and abdominal pain (0.4 per cent), the study said.

ICE will delay most illegal immigrant arrests due to coronavirus

March 20, 2020

The announcement also says that DHS' investigative arm, Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), would "continue to carry out mission critical criminal investigations and enforcement operations as determined necessary to maintain public safety and national security".

Coronavirus: Italy overtakes China as country with most deaths from virus

March 20, 2020

The European Central Bank announced a 750-billion-euro bond-buying scheme, dubbed the "big bazooka". Italy has been averaging 350 deaths a day since Sunday, with both the country's health authorities and the United Nations citing a number of reasons for the high toll.

Coronavirus: Digestive symptoms prominent among Covid-19 patients, finds Study

March 20, 2020

Srinivas Murthy, an associate professor of pediatrics at the University of British Columbia who was not involved with the study, told the Times. The researchers analyzed data from 204 COVID-19 patients, average age almost 55, who were admitted to three hospitals in the Hubei province between January 18 and February 28, 2020.

Italy coronavirus tragedy: Death toll overtakes China as nation records 3,405 deaths

March 20, 2020

Italy, with a population of 60 million, has recorded at least 3,405 deaths, or roughly 150 more than in China - a country with a population that is more than 20 times larger. The stark rise comes as Italy's prime minister said he was extending the nationwide lockdown , created to stop the outbreak, past its original end date of 3 April.

First COVID-19 death in Alberta confirmed

March 20, 2020

The person who died was a man in his 60s who had unspecified underlying health conditions; Hinshaw declined to elaborate, citing confidentiality reasons. Hinshaw urges everyone to take social distancing and self isolation seriously. Alberta Health Services says more than 17,000 people have now been tested across the province, including 1,215 in the North Zone.

Maharashtra to stamp hand of home-quarantined coronavirus suspects

March 20, 2020

As of Tuesday, there are 40 persons in Maharashtra who have tested coronavirus positive, he said. "Several special flights are being arranged to bring back Indians stranded in other countries, which may increase the number of coronavirus-infected patients", the minister added.

People under 44 make up 20% of hospitalized coronavirus patients: CDC

March 20, 2020

The CDC's report found that between February 12 and March 16, 45% of hospitalizations, 53% of intensive care unit admissions and 80% of deaths occurred among adults 65 years or older. Also, up to 20% of cases among young adults required hospitalization. The country has been most seriously affected by the disease. "But a significant number of otherwise healthy adults can develop a more severe form of the disease".

Coronavirus: Trump announces two drugs will be available 'almost immediately'

March 20, 2020

Packets of Nivaquine tablets containing chloroquine, and Plaqueril tablets containing hydroxychloroquine , drugs that have shown signs of effectiveness against the CCP virus, at the IHU Mediterranee Infection Institute in Marseille, France, on February 26, 2020.

Coronavirus: Italy's death toll rises above China's

March 20, 2020

The latest deaths in Italy are a slight decrease on the previous 24-hour period, in which a record 475 people died in one day from the rapidly-spreading virus. Earlier local authorities had appealed for help with cremations as their own crematorium could not cope with the huge workload. Italy has registered more than 3400 deaths from coronavirus.

Alberta releases location, age stats for COVID-19

March 20, 2020

Chief Medical Officer of Health Dr. Deena Hinshaw says the deceased was a man in his sixties from the Edmonton Zone, who was suffering from underlying conditions. "This is a risky virus", Hinshaw told reporters. "Today's bad news is precisely why we are taking aggressive measures to slow the spread of COVID-19".

BioNTech, Fosun strike vaccine deal for COVID-19 for $135M

March 20, 2020

BioNTech (NASDAQ: BNTX ) stock price skyrocketed higher this week after the company signed a deal with the US drugmaker giant Pfizer (NYSE: PFE ) and China's Shanghai Fosun Pharmaceutical (SS:600196) to work together on the new vaccine for coronavirus .

Ontario health officials looking to significantly increase testing for coronavirus

March 20, 2020

Neil Rau, an infectious disease specialist with Halton Healthcare. "We know that he did not travel outside Canada nor does he have a connection to a known COVID-19 case, and thus the indication is that there is local transmission", Dr. One of those is reportedly a man in his 80s who is in hospital. Among the cases, 12 are travel-related, one is listed as being a close contact of another patient and the remaining 30 have their means of transmission listed as "pending".

Coronavirus can survive on some surfaces for days, study finds

March 20, 2020

After this, the team further investigated how long the virus remained infectious on these surfaces. Turning back to research, new studies by scientists show that the new type of corona virus can live up to 3 hours in aerosols, up to 4 hours in copper , 24 hours in cardboard , and 2 to 3 days on plastic .

COVID-19 vaccine trials begin

March 19, 2020

After two weeks of a strict lockdown and quarantine of cases, only 0.25% of residents were infected. Italian news reports suggest the town has not registered new cases since Friday. "It is clear that you cannot test all Italians - but you can test people close to those who are asymptomatic". "We must use asymptomatic cases as an alarm bell to widen our action".

Coronavirus can give adults of any age serious illness — CDC

March 19, 2020

Almost 10 million young Americans have some kind of chronic illness, according to a 2013 report , and each year roughly 70,000 young people are diagnosed with cancer. Roughly 80% of deaths in China from the illness occurred among those 60 years and older, while only one person 19 years old or younger died. It's crucial that young people take the threat of COVID-19 seriously, not only because of the new findings from this CDC report but also because they're just as likely as anyone ...

Ontario reports 2nd COVID-19 death, overall case count stands at 257

March 19, 2020

Ontario now has 250 active cases of novel coronavirus infection, five recoveries and two fatalities. The new cases announced on Thursday morning include eight people in Toronto, three in Peel Region, two in Hamilton, two in Halton Region, and one in Eastern Ontario, Durham Region, Waterloo and Haliburton Kawartha.

Advice on NSAIDs and COVID-19

March 19, 2020

The health minister's warning was based on a recent letter published in the journal The Lancet that suggested such anti-inflammatory drugs boost the body's production of an enzyme that sits on the cell's surface, known as ACE2. " Patients taking cortisone or other steroids should not stop them except on advice from their doctor". It led to debate over the use of the drug, including seemingly between the Government's chief scientific adviser and public health officials.

US Approves Chloroquine To Treat Coronavirus

March 19, 2020

It's most often taken as a tablet by mouth. "This is a common malaria drug", he said. US researchers, following the lead of scientists in other countries, have launched studies to see whether widely-available, low-priced generic drugs can be used to help treat the illness caused by the new coronavirus .

B.C. pharmacists can refill regular medications, issue 30-day emergency supplies

March 19, 2020

It was also announced that there have been three new deaths as a result of the virus. Around businesses, Henry noted that they may need enhanced cleaning protocol in order to ensure that they meet new requirements. Henry announced a new testing strategy where not everyone needs to be tested. "What today's declaration allows for is a province-wide approach to backup the provincial health emergency declaration that was made yesterday by Dr.

Kemp and American Red Cross encourage Georgians to give blood

March 19, 2020

Almost 2,700 Red Cross blood drives have been scrapped across the country due to concerns about people congregating at the workplaces, college campuses and schools where they were scheduled to take place, the organization said in a Tuesday statement .

Family loses 3rd member to coronavirus as devastation continues

March 19, 2020

Fusco spent Wednesday on a ventilator at CentraState Medical Center in Freehold before she died. A relative told the outlet that four more of Grace's children are now hospitalized with coronavirus, and about 20 other family members are quarantined in their homes.

Coronavirus cases top 30,000

March 19, 2020

In a sign of hope, the Chinese city of Wuhan reported no new homegrown infections, but in a stark warning for the world, Italy appeared set to surpass China's death toll from the virus. He sounded a special alarm for Africa, saying the continent must "wake up" and prepare for the worst. The disease continued to hit high-profile people with EU Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier and two United States members of Congress among those testing positive.

No scientific evidence ibuprofen worsens COVID-19 — World Health Organization backpedals

March 19, 2020

The French Ministry of Social Affairs and Health also issued an alert saying that "grave adverse effects" linked to the use of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) (a family of drugs that includes ibuprofen) have "been identified with patients affected by COVID-19, in potential or confirmed cases".

Ontario shutters provincial parks due to COVID-19 pandemic

March 19, 2020

The state of emergency is expected to last until 31 March. She said it is not known whether COVID-19 will fade and surge again as seasons pass. An industry source told the Star the Public Health Agency of Canada is now asking universities and research institutes to contribute supplies needed to increase testing of COVID-19 to higher levels needed as the virus inevitably takes bigger hold across the country.

China Endorses Avigan/Favipiravir Drug For Coronavirus Treatment

March 19, 2020

The name of the drug is Favipiravir and it is said to have produced great outcomes in about 340 patients during clinical trials in Wuhan and Shenzhen. Zhejiang Hisun Pharmaceutical Co Ltd, which signed a patent-licensing agreement with Fujifilm for the generic drug Favipiravir , received approval from Chinese authorities in February to conduct clinical trials for effectiveness against COVID-19, as reported by Reuters at the time.

Second confirmed case of COVID-19 in Huron Perth

March 19, 2020

Half of those kids became mildly sick with fevers, fatigue, coughs and other manageable symptoms. More than 90% of all the children in the study were asymptomatic or showed mild or common forms of illness - and about 13% of the children who tested positive for the virus didn't have symptoms of illness, a rate that "almost certainly understates the true rate of asymptomatic infection, since many asymptomatic children are unlikely to be tested", Dr Andrea Cruz and Dr Steven Zeichner wrote in ...

Beaumont, Henry Ford are first MI hospitals to process COVID-19 tests

March 19, 2020

The health network's COVID-19 hotline, (800) 592-4784, has received approximately 500 calls daily. - Beaumont Health Chief Nursing Officer Susan Grant in a statement to WDIV. "Staff is evaluating hundreds of patients in their vehicles each day", posted information says. Again, testing is not necessary for everyone. · Avoid close contact with people who are sick.

Home Work-Ins? Planet Fitness Offers Unique Way to Stay Fit

March 19, 2020

Planet Fitness launches this initiative to provide alternatives for everyone to maintain health and exercise during this challenging time. Planet Fitness will stream the work-ins live on its Facebook page daily at 7 p.m. Classes will be led by Planet Fitness certified trainers, as well as special guests like "The Biggest Loser" coach and fitness trainer Erica Lugo, among others.

First COVID-19 assessment centres open in Niagara

March 19, 2020

The patient must give basic information and will be assessed based on the COVID-19 Assessment Centre's guidelines established by Ontario Health. The centre is open daily from 8 a.m.to 8 p.m., with hours of operation changing as needed. The clinic's objective is to assess and, only where appropriate, swab people who may have been exposed to COVID-19 with a goal of minimizing the significant number of patients presenting themselves to the Emergency Department at SAH.

Study that led Britain to reverse coronavirus plan projected 5 lakh deaths

March 19, 2020

Speaking to BBC Radio 4's Today Programme, Professor Ferguson described his symptoms and when he believed he may have developed the virus. Neil Ferguson , a professor of mathematical biology at Imperial College London , produced a projection of the coronavirus outbreak for the British government and was in Downing Street on Monday.

Allegheny County dentists urged to delay nonemergency procedures

March 19, 2020

The recommendation urged dentists voluntarily stop providing routine care, but "it is expected that dentists will continue to be available as needed for emergency care and services", according to a memo the chapter sent to its membership.

Coronavirus Stays Stable on Surfaces for Hours

March 19, 2020

COVID-19, a strain of coronavirus , can stay in the air and on surfaces for days, a new study by the US National Institutes of Health (NIH) has shown. Just like many other respiratory viruses, including flu, Covid-19 can also spread in tiny droplets released from the nose and mouth while sneezing of an infected person.

Mnuchin Says He’s ‘Looking at Sending Checks to Americans Immediately’

March 19, 2020

A close ally to President Donald Trump , Johnson "said he's anxious not only about potential layoffs but also about 'incentivizing people to not show up for work either and don't necessarily want to do that". "I mean now, in the next two weeks". She noted that the millennial generation, which encompasses people between the ages of 25 and 39, could unknowingly be COVID-19 carriers, creating a situation in which the illness can easily pass on to older Americans.

What's the COVID-19 plan for Burnaby schools? Find out more tomorrow

March 19, 2020

Two of them were residents at the Lynn Valley Care Centre, the other a resident of the Fraser Health area. And in an effort to maintain social distancing and slow the spread of the virus, provincial health officials have banned all gatherings of more than 50 people, down from the previous order of 250.

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