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44 more Filipinos overseas positive for coronavirus; total now at 704

April 14, 2020

Of the patients surveyed, 102 tested positive for the virus and 1,378 tested negative. Nevertheless, it assured the public that the said report is already under probe. Vergeire reiterated that priorities for testing include cases of those seriously ill and essential frontline personnel, among others. The DOOH chief also said the DOH is closely coordinating with the Department of the Interior and Local Government, as well as local government units to ensure that guidelines are followed.

Thailand gives medical sector tax breaks to combat coronavirus

April 14, 2020

Thais will have to find another way to cool off this year after the government called off the annual water festival that celebrates the Buddhist New Year to curb the outbreak of the new coronavirus . As of today, a total of 81 doctors and medical personnel were infected. Simon Harris says there is "no magic point" at the start of May where life before COVID-19 can resume.

South Africa's COVID 19 Cases Rise

April 14, 2020

While one of the deceased had an underlying health condition, the other case has raised concerns as he was not in a risk group. The new order will enable us to do 400 000 tests. He said by 18 April, community transmission levels would guide the country on the next steps to take. But she says it is not an indicator that public health measures aimed at slowing the spread of the virus can be eased.

Confirmed Louth cases of Covid-19 near 200 mark

April 14, 2020

The median age of those who died is 82, according to the Department of Health. When fully operational in a number of weeks it is expected that AFBI may test up to 1,000 samples per day. 66% of cases have now been contracted from community transmission, a figure that is constantly increasing in comparison to "close contact" and "travel" as places where people caught the virus.

China approves inactivated coronavirus vaccines for clinical trials

April 14, 2020

No new cases and deaths have been reported from Wuhan city, where the virus first emerged last December, the NHC said . Normally, for a vaccine to be licensed in order to be availed for public use, it undergoes different tests categorised as follows: Preclinical testing and clinical trials subdivided into 3 phases.

British scientist: Coronavirus vaccine may be ready by September

April 14, 2020

This comes as the United States has had a record 2,000 deaths in only 24 hours. Dr Gilbert said her team will test the vaccine in a country without a lockdown and with a high virus transmission rate to get results quickly. Adrian Hill, director of the Jenner Institute at the University of Oxford , stated that "The Oxford team had exceptional experience of a rapid vaccine response, such as to the Ebola outbreak in West Africa in 2014".

Coronavirus: 25 dead at west-end Toronto long-term care home to date

April 14, 2020

Thirty-nine people died at one in Richmond, Va. Thirty-seven veterans were claimed at a home in Holyoke, Mass. Evelyn MacDonald, executive director of the Eatonville Care Centre, said in a statement Monday evening that there have been a total of 49 confirmed cases and six test results are pending.

Long-term care home says 25 residents have died of COVID-19

April 14, 2020

Testing ought to include residents and staff - and their families and friends. The state's data only includes nursing home residents who actually tested positive for COVID-19 before they died, confirmed state Department of Health spokesperson Jeffrey Hammond in an email.

Alberta expands COVID-19 testing to everyone experiencing symptoms

April 14, 2020

Health Minister Tyler Shandro said the province is keen to find ways to protect the health-care system. "We express our condolences to the family not just to that person, but to all 40 who have lost their lives over the course of three weeks in Alberta from this pandemic", Kenney said.

Washington state reports 187 new COVID-19 cases, 17 deaths

April 14, 2020

The other two cases are employees at the facility. Sunnybrook offers long-term, respite, hospice and dementia care at its 95-bed center. Recoveries in Livingston County are defined as patients who are seven days past the day their symptoms started and have had no symptoms or fever for more than 72 hours, county health officials said.

Cuomo Says Northeast U.S. Governors Will Coordinate Reopenings

April 14, 2020

When the states of Oregon, Washington and California finally re-open businesses and other facilities now shut due to COVID-19, they'll do it together. To avoid surges in COVID-19 cases moving forward, the three governors say public health leaders will focus on preventing and fighting outbreaks in long-term care facilities, alleviating health impacts on disadvantaged communities, and ensuring that hospitals build and maintain capacity and appropriate levels of personal protective equipment.

Congo records third new Ebola case from same infection chain

April 14, 2020

After weeks of calm in the fight against Ebola, the World Health Organization noted a new case in the Democratic Republic of Congo . The agency's top emergencies expert, Mike Ryan, said health teams on the ground were continuing to investigate 2,600 Ebola alerts across the country's two affected provinces.

144 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in H-N

April 14, 2020

Outbreaks in just the past few weeks have included one at a nursing home in suburban Richmond, Virginia, that has killed 42 and infected more than 100, another at nursing home in central in that has killed 24 and infected 16, and one at a veteran's home in Holyoke, Mass., that has killed 38, infected 88 and prompted a federal investigation.

Chloroquine Trial in Brazil Stopped Over Risk of Deadly Heart Complications

April 14, 2020

The USFDA has said that the drugs be prescribed "as appropriate, when a clinical trial is not available or feasible". Health minister Rajesh Tope confirmed this move to ToI. The HCQS is an anti-malaria drug that is in high demand. Trump, providing no medical backing whilst doing so, has time and again instructed the drug will have to be used to regard sufferers struggling the ill-effects of coronavirus.

Coronavirus prompts CDC to extend ‘No Sail Order’ for cruise ships

April 14, 2020

Newmarch House staff who were in close contact with the resident or their colleague are self-isolating at home while all residents are in self-isolation in their own rooms. "No one should think that we can slacken off in the efforts that we're trying to undertake at the moment". The CDC has announced that in recent weeks at least 10 cruise ships reported crew or passengers that tested positive for COVID-19 or experienced flu-like symptoms.

Wales playing leading role in 'antibody transfusion' treatment for coronavirus patients

April 14, 2020

Donating plasma for the trial is similar to donating blood. The trial is part of a nationwide effort, the COVID-19 Convalescent Plasma Program , which both UW Health and the School of Medicine and Public health have joined. The initial study will investigate only the safety and feasibility of procedures for identifying donors, collecting plasma donations and administering transfusions.

Death toll drop in Ill. signals possible peak in COVID-19 cases

April 13, 2020

The total remains below the 10,000 tests per day that the governor previously stated as a goal, but almost 2,000 tests higher than it was earlier this week. Pritzker won't say when restrictions on non-essential businesses could be lifted. He said he's talking to industry leaders, economists, scientists, and doctors about how he can help reopen IL for business, and at which point it will be safe to do so.

Plasma therapy trials delay could help 'hundreds of patients' within a week

April 13, 2020

Health minister Kim Wilson announced the move yesterday to try to cut the risk of Covid-19. They noted both SARS and MERS are also types of coronavirus . Of the islands 57 cases, 29 have now recovered, eight are in hospital, including three in ICU, and 16 are under active public health monitoring without requiring hospital treatment.

Texas clinics ask Supreme Court to allow certain abortions

April 13, 2020

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott issued an executive order last month that bars non-essential medical procedures so that medical resources can go to treating coronavirus patients. In Tom Green County, with a population of 118,019 people according to the U.S. Census Bureau, the health department has reported 33 total COVID-19 cases and one death .

Blood plasma of COVID-19 recovered patients doing magic

April 13, 2020

The Miller-Keystone Blood Center is working on an experimental plasma program that could potentially save the lives of critically ill coronavirus patients. Noting the numbers of patients who have received plasma are few, he said it is because "Kizilay [Turkish Red Crescent] blood centers have just recently started collecting plasma from the first group of the sick people with COVID-19".

U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson Discharged From Hospital Following Coronavirus Diagnosis

April 13, 2020

UUP leader Steve Aiken also welcomed the news of Mr Johnson's discharge, tweeting: "Good to see him out of hospital". Ms McGee's parents said they knew Mr Johnson was in the hospital their daughter works in as "it was all over the news".

Kenya Releases 10 COVID-19 Patients from Hospital After Testing Negative

April 13, 2020

The state is reporting the ages of people who have died from COVID-19 range between 20 and 107-years-old. "The individuals have tested negative twice, and that brings a total of 22 individuals who have recovered", Kagwe beamed. He said two are male and three female and that one of the cases was reported in Nairobi and the others in Nyandarua County in central Kenya. Health CS Kagwe speaking.

Coronavirus: Vaccine could be ready as early as September, according to scientist

April 13, 2020

On Friday, the United Kingdom reported 980 fatalities, taking the total count from the virus to 8,958, and the government has repeatedly pleaded with the public to obey lockdown rules during the long Easter holiday weekend. "We don't want to get to later this year and discover we have a highly effective vaccine and we haven't got any vaccine to use", she said. "Nobody can promise it's going to work".

Covid-19: Test based on loss of smell, researcher says

April 13, 2020

According to the reports, the people who fought the COVID-19 virus, produce antibodies that are capable of attacking the virus. It could help reduce mortality and speed up the recovery process in current patients. Anosmia has been added to the case definition for Covid-19, but people will only be tested if it is accompanied by acute respiratory illness. "We do not know if it will work but we do know that it is very safe for the donor and it's very safe for the recipients so the ...

Los Angeles County Extends Their Stay-at-Home Order Until May 15

April 13, 2020

The extension of the order also includes some new and updated measures, including mandating face coverings for essential employees who are continuing to work, the posting of information about social distancing at all operating businesses, and the insistence that customers entering any business also wear face coverings.

Sanofi to donate 100 million doses of hydroxychloroquine across 50 countries

April 13, 2020

The drug has not been approved by the FDA and is now under a clinical study round to determine its best use but the growing coronavirus pandemic has leaders and health officials scrambling for answers. Study the power of the medication against the coronavirus. Though preliminary studies have shown the drug protects lab-grown cells from the virus , the human clinical trial is aimed at evaluating its "safety and effectiveness" in treating coronavirus patients, according to the NIH.

Louisiana newborn dies after coronavirus-positive mom goes into preterm labor

April 12, 2020

The one-day-old, who died on Monday (April 6), did not test positive for COVID-19. She was placed on a ventilator before going into pre-term labour and delivered her daughter prematurely at 22 weeks. As such, the baby is the first virus-related death of a newborn in the entire state. They say there is a chance the infant had contracted coronavirus from something called vertical transmission.

Carnival Cruise Line Evaluating CDC No Sail Order Measures

April 12, 2020

The Zaandam departed from Buenos Aires, Argentina, on March 7, a day before the U.S. State Department issued an advisory to avoid cruise travel and a week before most cruise lines halted their sailings. The ship said it has been working through diplomatic channels to allow members of its crew and a further 13 global guests to be repatriated. The Coast Guard has stayed busy over the past month, helping to remove hundreds of thousands of passengers from cruise ships during the coronavirus ...

Joe Biden wins Alaska Democratic primary, Sanders also nets delegates

April 12, 2020

Biden beat Sanders Saturday 55.3% to 44.7%. However, Biden emerged as the clear victor with 55.3 percent of the vote and nine of the state's 17 total delegates, Alaska Democrats tweeted from the party's official account. Casey Steinau, president of the state party, said Sanders, along with US Senator Elizabeth Warren and Federal Representative Tulsi Gabbard, who have also suspended their campaigns, asked to be included in the counts.

Yemen's Houthi rebels sentence four journalists to death

April 12, 2020

Diseases including cholera, dengue and malaria are rife and only half of hospitals are fully functional. At least 80% of the 28 million-strong population is reliant on aid to survive in what the United Nations has called the world's worst humanitarian crisis .

18 new cases of COVID-19

April 12, 2020

New Zealand's number of recovered cases of Covid-19 continues to be higher than the number of new infections, the Director-General of Health says. Today there are 29 new cases of COVID-19 to report - made up of 20 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 and 9 new probable cases.

South Africa Coronavirus Death Toll Hits 24

April 12, 2020

Mkhize went on to thank the health workers and to commend the president on his decision to extend the lockdown. "We need to learn that now we have a new culture; social distancing is very important if we want to flatten the curve", Mkhize said.

Coronavirus vaccine could be ready by September, says Oxford professor

April 12, 2020

Sarah Gilbert , a professor of vaccinology at the University of Oxford and leads a team of researchers in developing a vaccine claims that she is "80 percent confident" the vaccine being developed by her team would be successful in protecting people against the disease.

Boris Johnson releases first comments since leaving ICU

April 12, 2020

The Prime Minister will have a break from work and continue his recovery from coronavirus at Chequers. In a statement released on Thursday evening, a No 10 spokesman said: "The prime minister has been moved this evening from intensive care back to the ward, where he will receive close monitoring during the early phase of his recovery".

4 new COVID-19 deaths in Leeds-Grenville-Lanark

April 12, 2020

We are waiting on confirmation from Public Health as to their status. The state has 144 new cases of the illness caused by the new coronavirus. The number of confirmed coronavirus infections in hospitals grew by 5% for the fourth day in a row and reached 90,676.

Saskatchewan reports three times as many COVID-19 recoveries as new cases

April 12, 2020

Saskatchewan has six new confirmed cases and one new presumptive case of COVID-19 in Saskatchewan as of April 10, bringing the total to 285 reported cases. There are 30 health-care workers who have the virus, an increase from the 27 reported on Thursday. Public health officials are still investigating 35 cases.

Good response for COVID-19 plasma treatment: Red Crescent head

April 12, 2020

D. Kip Kuttner, vice president and medical director at Miller-Keystone, said in a news release. At present Convalescent plasma therapy is not new and has been used by doctors to treat critically ill patients during earlier epidemics like H1N1, SARS and Ebola.

Haryana: Drive-through COVID-19 testing facility launched in Gurugram

April 12, 2020

The 200-bed Bhatia hospital had "specifically identified all the staff that may have come directly or indirectly in contact with the positive patients", it said in a statement to Reuters. However, a PTI tally of figures reported by various states at 9 PM Saturday showed at least 8,320 cases and 287 deaths. The Centre on Thursday removed customs duty and cess on ventilators, face and surgical masks, personal protection equipment and Covid-19 test kits to boost availability of these products, ...

World Health Organization sounds alarm over new Ebola case in Congo dw.com

April 12, 2020

The report came as the government was preparing to officially declare the end of the Ebola epidemic. Apart from the Ebola outbreak, the DRC is now battling the COVID-19 as well as measles and cholera which has killed thousands of children.

Nearly Half MA Coronavirus Deaths Come From Long-Term Care Homes

April 12, 2020

The DHSC said that it is providing personal protective equipment to over 26,000 care home providers across the country. "You have been reported". She went on to address her accuser's comment about not wearing a uniform, stating it is not required to wear uniform to and from work.

New Study Finds That Cats Can Catch Coronavirus

April 12, 2020

However, they also discovered that dogs, chickens, and pigs are unlikely to catch the virus. For the study - which was aimed at finding animals susceptible to the virus so they can be used in testing potential coronavirus vaccines, according to Reuters - researchers infected dogs, pigs, chickens, ducks, ferrets and cats with a high dose of SARS-CoV-2.

Kentucky governor warns worshipers not to congregate Easter weekend

April 12, 2020

Anyone hoping to drive to and attend Easter church services in Kentucky is likely to find themselves under government orders to quarantine for 14 days due to the COVID-19 pandemic. "We are down to less than seven churches statewide, because we don't have any synagogues or mosques that are holding in-person services, ... that are thinking about having an in-person service and we absolutely can not bring people together in one building like that", Beshear said.

Sanofi offers 100 mln doses of hydroxychloroquine in COVID-19 fight

April 12, 2020

Michael Ackerman said , "What disturbed me the most was when I was seeing not political officials say these medications are safe but seeing on the news cardiologists and infectious disease specialists say [hydroxichloroquine] is completely safe without even mentioning this rare side effect ".

Unbelievable 101-year-old beats Coronavirus

April 12, 2020

I want to say, 'Thank you very much, ' to them. You couldn't have been better'. Mr Chambers was a Cold Stream Guard who at one time helped to protect Buckingham Palace. But despite contracting the virus - which by Thursday had killed more than 7,000 people in the United Kingdom - he was discharged on Wednesday. Britain's death toll was nearing 8,000 on Thursday, according to Public Health England, increasing by almost 900 in a 24-hour period.

Livingston County woman in her 50s recovering at home with COVID-19

April 11, 2020

One of the new cases is hospitalized. All residents are encouraged to seek testing when experiencing symptoms of COVID-19. The 60051 zip code in McHenry and Johnsburg has reported 13 cases of the virus. The majority of confirmed cases - about 26% - are people in their 50s, according to county health data . According to the MDH, the age group with the largest amount of cases is 20-44 years at 505 cases, with the 45-64 age group following closely behind at 451 cases.

ICMR study finds COVID-19 among respiratory illness patients without travel history

April 11, 2020

Also, males accounted for higher number of COVID-19 cases and also patients aged above 50 years of age. The new findings imply that the virus has silently slipped into at least 36 districts over the past two weeks and spread there below the radar of disease surveillance systems.

Stanford Releases Coronavirus Screening iOS App For First Responders

April 11, 2020

The COVID-19 app and website allow users to answer a series of questions around risk factors, recent exposure, and symptoms for themselves or a loved one. If it is, the first responder has to notify their agency's department infection control officer who is then supposed to work with Stanford Health Care to schedule an appointment.

Nike transforming Air sneakers into face shields for healthcare workers

April 11, 2020

The building and assembly of the new masks consists of a nine-step process and was designed through a collaborative effort between Nike's Innovation and Manufacturing teams. and eventually the world sooner rather than later. "I've been so inspired by how our community has united to meet this health crisis". "We are forever grateful to the commitment of our colleagues at Nike , as their dedication to our united effort will help save lives".

Coronavirus cases throughout South Florida exceed 10,000

April 11, 2020

But DeSantis continued to try to bolster his argument by comparing the coronavirus pandemic to the flu, saying, "We lose in Florida between five and 10 kids a year for the flu". "Closing schools is an agonizing decision, but, with caveats, it's the inevitable and correct one in the midst of this unprecedented national emergency", American Federation of Educators President Randi Weingarten stated in a declaration last month when national instructors unions pushed for closures.

PM Modi wears home-made mask at video-conference with CMs

April 11, 2020

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday confirmed that the Centre is going to extend the lockdown. The central government is understood to have also obtained views on the issue from all the relevant agencies and stakeholders involved in the efforts to contain the spread of the pandemic .

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