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China's coronavirus death toll rises sharply after Wuhan announces major revision

April 17, 2020

Six countries report larger outbreaks, led by the USA, with at least 672,000 cases and nearly 34,000 deaths. Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese leader Xi Jinping on Thursday rejected as counterproductive attempts to blame Beijing for delaying informing the world about the coronavirus , the Kremlin said .

Coronavirus: 59% of clusters in Republic's residential facilities are in nursing homes

April 17, 2020

Of those deaths, 375 have been in nursing homes, where there are still 1,713 COVID-19 cases. The latest figures show 597 new cases have been confirmed, along with 112 back from a German laboratory. "The behaviour of the virus among vulnerable groups who live in these care settings continues to be a concern and this remains a priority for NPHET".

Saturday's update from province on COVID-19 pandemic

April 17, 2020

All are travel-related. Publicly funded schools, however, will remain open. "School closures are not universally agreed on as an effective intervention to prevent spread". To reduce wait times, AHS is now training additional clinical staff to man the phones and are directing Albertans to use the self-assessment tool when possible before calling the service.

Coronavirus outbreak: United Kingdom was too slow, 40,000 may die, says top epidemiologist

April 17, 2020

The British government was too slow to react on a number of fronts to the novel coronavirus outbreak that could cause the deaths of 40,000 people in the United Kingdom, a leading public health professor told lawmakers on Friday. He used to be chatting with the Well being and Social Care Committee, which additionally quizzed the Well being Secretary Matt Hancock over the federal government's coronavirus statistics.

DeWine announces plan toward opening some OH businesses

April 17, 2020

The fifth county death from COVID-19 was reported Thursday as a woman in her 80s. There are now 204 cases of COVID-19 in the county. The release said the states will review four factors as they reopen their economies: the number of cases in the state and the number of hospital admissions, the amount of hospital capacity, the ability to test and trace cases of COVID-19, and best practices for social distancing in businesses.

Ontario halts transfers from hospital to long-term care as virus flares-memo

April 17, 2020

Smyth's mother suffers from dementia, and finally got a room at Roberta Place in January after her case was deemed 'crisis.' Prior to that, Smyth said her mother had been on the waitlist for years. However, that order does not come into effect until April 22 and only last 14 days from that date, which Horwath called unacceptable. Ontario's New Democrats (NDP) said the new measures are not good enough.

Australia company to begin 1st human trial of COVID-19 vaccine

April 17, 2020

If all goes well, Moderna aims to start a phase 2 study of the vaccine in the second quarter, with a phase 3 study that could begin "as soon as fall, 2020", the company said in a statement on Thursday. "When complete, our DNA-based vaccine will be administered non-invasively as a nasal spray that delivers nanomedicine engineered to immunize and decrease COVID-19 infections", explains Roderick Slavcev, a professor in the School of Pharmacy who specializes in designing vaccines, ...

A unusual new symptom of coronavirus has been discovered

April 17, 2020

The study comes as nations have broadened restrictions aimed at curbing the epidemic, amid concerns over patients who may be infectious despite not showing signs of ill health. Infectiousness was predicted to decrease quickly within seven days. Responding to the study, Babak Javid of Tsinghua University School of Medicine in Beijing said the findings would have "important implications" for measures to control the pandemic, such as whether masks should be worn by those with no symptoms.

Wuhan's Revised COVID-19 Data Shows 50% Increase in Deaths

April 17, 2020

The country also revised its number of cases to 82,692. (Getty) Chinese soldiers wearing protective face masks march on a bridge over the Yangtze River in Wuhan, China, 02 April 2020. The virus has now infected more than 2 million people globally and killed more than 140,000. China has come under increasing pressure over the coronavirus pandemic from Western powers led by the United States, which has raised doubts about Chinese transparency and is probing whether the virus actually ...

Luke's Warren joins trial using antibodies to treat COVID-19

April 17, 2020

The balance of harm from Covid-19 versus indirect harm from the response to it is particularly skewed towards the latter in the case of children, because they are at low risk from the virus. The plasma treatment transfers the antibodies that the recovered patient created, into critically ill patients now receiving care. "The possibilities presented by this new treatment are encouraging - it is affordable, easy to administer and rarely has side effects".

Health bodies ‘working towards’ daily publication of Covid-19 care home deaths

April 17, 2020

It added: "Numbers produced by the ONS take longer to prepare, because they have to be certified by a doctor, registered and processed". Meanwhile, the death toll due to coronavirus rose to 414 and the number of cases to 12,380 in the country on Thursday, according to the Union Health Ministry.

COVID-19: Enugu discharges second patient

April 17, 2020

Food and Drug Administration, Penn State Health said in a press release. He said that the total number of patients who have been been discharged is now 20. Dr. Edward Gunther , a professor of medicine at Penn State College of Medicine and a researcher at Penn State Cancer Institute, is overseeing the program and has been working with physicians to identify COVID-19 positive patients who may be eligible to participate.

Covid medicine: Dr Reddy’s Laboratories begins work on Gilead drug clone

April 17, 2020

In a video obtained by Stat News , Kathleen Mullane, the infectious disease specialist overseeing the study, said it was hard to draw conclusions because remdesivir is not being compared against results from a group taking a placebo drug. Gilead expects early data from its trial of the drug in severe patients at the end of April, and data from a trial testing it in patients with moderate symptoms by May.

First death related to COVID-19 in Interior Health region confirmed

April 17, 2020

Of those, 78 people have died and 120 are in hospital, 56 of whom are in intensive care. Across the border, there are now 107 cases and six deaths in northern Alberta . She has also said B.C.is not releasing projections for the number of deaths in the province, as other jurisdictions have, because that would not be "useful" to officials' planning.

43 more deaths confirmed as Ireland's death toll rises

April 17, 2020

Ireland reported 724 new cases to bring its total to 13,271 with 486 deaths, but officials said the growth rate in new cases has been close to zero since April 3 and the closely watched reproductive rate, or the number of people who become infected from each positive case, fell to between 0.7 and 1.

FDA approves first COVID-19 saliva test

April 17, 2020

The Food and Drug Association granted the EUA to the University's RUCDR Infinite Biologics and its collaborators for the new approach in testing the coronavirus. At first, the test will be available at hospitals and clinics affiliated with the university. A new test developed for the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) that uses saliva has been approved by the FDA, according to Rutgers University.

Drinking alcohol could increase your coronavirus risk, according to World Health Organisation

April 17, 2020

Numerous businesses deemed "essential" nationwide during the COVID-19 pandemic are liquor stores and others like grocery stores that sell alcoholic beverages. While alcohol acts as a disinfectant on certain surfaces, excessive consumption reduces body immunity. "If you drink, keep your drinking to a minimum and avoid getting intoxicated".

Australian lab will initiate COVID-19 vaccine trial

April 17, 2020

In March, China also approved a another clinical trial for a coronavirus vaccine candidate developed by military-backed China's Academy of Military Medical Sciences and HK-listed biotech firm CanSino Bio. According to the National Health Commission (NHC), 89 new COVID-19 cases were confirmed on Monday in mainland China over the past 24 hours, with 86 of them oversee travelers.

Quebec Confirms 997 More COVID-19 Cases, Bringing Total To 15,857

April 17, 2020

Of the 1,018 COVID-19 patients in hospital, 209 were in intensive care - nine fewer than Wednesday. Another 143 confirmed deaths bring the total to 630. The facility with room for 15 to 25 patients expects to begin receiving patients next week, and will care for the sickest patients from long-term care homes to ensure they have the best chance at recovery.

Adviser says United Kingdom needs to accelerate Covid-19 response

April 17, 2020

Because of this communicable disease, researchers at Harvard prolonged on having social distancing , which would go up till 2022 to stop COVID-19, completely. And also allow contact tracing and quarantine to be attainable. Immunity developed against certain other coronaviruses like HCoV-OC43 and HCoV-HKU1 might protect from SARS-COV2 infection for a limited period (up to three years), but the novel coronavirus would emerge back when immunity weakens for those coronaviruses.

Washing to disposal: All you need to know about face masks

April 17, 2020

Single-use masks should not be worn a couple of times. To add to the confusion, on Monday, Sir Patrick Vallance, the United Kingdom government's chief scientific adviser, said they would change their view if that was supported by the scientific evidence, and that they were "actually looking at it right now".

Coronavirus: 38 further deaths and 1068 new cases

April 17, 2020

However, from this Friday, the Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency will be reporting care home deaths of people with Covid-19. 26 of these deaths occurred in the East of the country, three in the North-West, one in the South and one in the West of Ireland.

India's COVID-19 tally mounts to 13,387; 437 fatalities

April 17, 2020

Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh have reported 14 fatalities each. Four persons have lost their lives in Jammu and Kashmir while Kerala, Haryana and Rajasthan have recorded three deaths each. Jharkhand has 28 cases, Chandigarh 21 cases and Ladakh 17. Meghalaya, Goa and Puducherry have reported seven COVID-19 infections each. There are two cases each in Manipur and Tripura, while Mizoram, Nagaland and Arunachal Pradesh have one case each.

Virus-hit NSW aged care worker 'mortified'

April 17, 2020

NSW is launching a new text message service that will give people negative coronavirus test results on the same day they come back from the lab. Forty staff are also in quarantine, and will tested along with all the residents. Approximately 100 residents - who have an average age of 85 - are isolating in their own rooms. "In order to reduce the risk of casual staff members turning up, even though they are unwell, thinking, 'I have to get food on the table, ' we put in place several weeks ...

Will County COVID-19 cases near 1500

April 17, 2020

In a separate tweet, the Health Department reported that four of the 13 cases have been released from isolation and the remaining nine are being monitored at home. The total number of recovered individuals for LaSalle County is 10. A male in his 60s associated with a known close contact who is isolated at home.

First COVID-19 deaths for Eastern Cape and Limpopo

April 17, 2020

Spain also recorded 5,183 new cases of COVID-19, taking the overall figure to 182,816 - officially second highest in the world behind the United States. At the same time, almost half (46.6%) of deaths registered in London during the same week involved COVID-19. "We feel sorrow and heartache due the enormous loss of life from COVID-19 symptoms across our state", Benjamin said in a statement.

United Kingdom extends lockdown for at least 3 weeks

April 17, 2020

The U.K. government announced Thursday that it intends to extend its national lockdown for at least another three weeks, saying there were "indications" that the strategy has been working - but reversing it risks a significant increase in the spread of the coronavirus.

Two more cases of COVID-19 reported in northern B.C.

April 17, 2020

Of the 32 cases in Northern Health, 25 people have recovered and two people are in intensive care units. "Each day that we hold the line, we are stronger and better for it". There has been another death from COVID-19 on Vancouver Island, for a total of three deaths on the Island, according to the B.C. Centre of Disease Control's website.

Mission inmate dies from apparent COVID-19 complications

April 17, 2020

He added that the ministry is looking at further measures to ensure the safety of inmates and staff inside federal correctional institutions. To date, 54 people have tested positive for the new coronavirus at the medium-security Mission Institution.

World Health Organization says clinical trials of three COVID-19 vaccines underway

April 17, 2020

She said she was "80 percent confident" that the vaccine being developed by her team of researchers would work and would become available to the general public in about five months. Six Indian companies are working on a vaccine for coronavirus. 3 vaccines in human trials as on April 11, says WHO. The vaccine is now in stage one of clinical evaluation.

Mental Health Research Prioritized in Age of COVID-19

April 17, 2020

A shortage of mental health workers also hindered efforts. Of those funds, $21.4 million will go improve access to phone and online supports with existing helplines, including the Addiction Helpline , the Mental Health Helpline , the Kids Help Phone and the Community and Social Services Helpline.

Lagos records three more deaths, 18 patients

April 17, 2020

The commissioner said the state had confirmed 18 new cases of COVID-19 infection on April 15, bringing the total number of COVID-19 cases in Lagos to 235. With the detection of fresh cases in the last 24 hours, Maharashtra has so far reported 3,202 coronavirus cases, the highest for a state in the country, while the death toll is now 194, he added.

United States of America may need to extend social distancing till 2022 to beat Coronavirus

April 17, 2020

Rather its transmission could resemble a pandemic influenza that circulates seasonally, with winter being the peak season. "The magnitude of such seasonality.is certainly not zero", said study co-author Marc Lipsitch, a director of the Center for Communicable Disease Dynamics at Harvard T.H.

United Kingdom extends lockdown for at least three weeks as coronavirus toll rises

April 16, 2020

Earlier, Health Minister Matt Hancock warned the virus would "run rampant" if the restrictions were lifted too soon. Johnson ordered the initial three-week lockdown on March 23, shutting "non-essential" shops and services, banning gatherings of more than two people and giving police powers to fine those flouting the rules.

Police Discover 17 Bodies at Virus-Slammed New Jersey Nursing Home

April 16, 2020

The outbreak, and problems with how bodies are handled, prompted the governor to order an investigation Thursday. He also said nursing homes should send tests to the state lab. She said the health department has ordered nursing homes to notify residents, families, and staff of COVID-19 oubreaks in their facilities. On Wednesday, health officials announced an outbreak among patients at Lindsay Gardens Nursing and Rehabilitation Facility .

Coronavirus: UK lockdown measures extended for at least three more weeks

April 16, 2020

The first minister said he knew the last three weeks had been hard for many people. Brits are only allowed to leave for essential trips and short exercise - something that has been strictly enforced by police. MORE: 15 more deaths confirmed at Norfolk hospitals Reacting to the lockdown extension, Stuart Rimmer, CEO and principal of East Coast College, which has campuses in Great Yarmouth and Lowestoft, said: "Being in lockdown is not desirable but if feels like a necessity, and our priority is ...

Thailand reports 30 new coronavirus cases, two new deaths

April 16, 2020

We wish to extend our honest condolences to their family friends and colleagues. She tested positive for COVID-19 and suffered from low oxygen levels. This brings the total number of deaths in the past 44 days to 444. The public show of appreciation for the NHS has been matched with generosity, with amateur runners, footballers and even a 99-year-old war veteran among the people raising millions of pounds to support the health service.

Province of Alberta increasing support for mental health during pandemic

April 16, 2020

Within that, $21.4 million will be used to improve access to phone and online supports with existing helplines, including the Addiction Helpline , the Mental Health Helpline , the Kids Help Phone , and the Community and Social Services Helpline (Alberta 211 ).

Two healthcare workers in Kilkenny die after testing positive for COVID-19

April 16, 2020

Of the 50 USA states , 17 reported fewer than 100 new coronavirus cases on Tuesday. About 9,300, or 19%, of them were medical professionals. There have now been 12,574 confirmed cases of the disease in the country since the outbreak began.

Pregnant U.K. nurse dies of COVID-19 but baby survives

April 16, 2020

Danielson. More than 3,300 deaths nationwide have been linked to coronavirus outbreaks in nursing homes and long-term care facilities. Ambulance crews outside Andover Subacute and Rehabilitation Center in Andover, New Jersey, on Thursday April 16, 2020.

Microsoft Teams to Increase On-Screen Video Participants

April 16, 2020

Currently, Teams users can only see the last four participants who have spoken, in a 2 x 2 grid. In parallel we are continuing work to increase this limit even further. Zoom's advantages include the ability to view up to 49 participants at a time. Microsoft Teams users have been highlighting the problem on various platforms including UserVoice.

Chloroquine study called off after irregular heartbeats detected in patients

April 16, 2020

During one recent daily White House coronavirus briefing, Trump stepped in and prevented Fauci from answering a question about hydroxychloroquine . "See, that's the big 'if.' It's got to be effective and it's got to be safe", he said. On March 19 he also stated, "I think it is going to be great", and on April 4, Trump said, "What do you have to lose?" However, after enrolling just 81 patients, the researchers saw some concerning signs.

Reactions to Trump's decision on WHO funding, World News & Top Stories

April 16, 2020

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian said the USA decision to cut World Health Organization funding would affect efforts by countries to tackle the outbreak. China said the United States should fulfill pledges to the organization, and Russian Federation called Trump's move selfish and ill-timed. Trump on Tuesday pointed to a World Health Organization statement in late January opposing travel bans as a response to the coronavirus outbreak.

80% of persons with Covid 19 have mild form of it- NCDC

April 16, 2020

The case was an Italian citizen who works in Nigeria and returned from Milan, Italy to Lagos, Nigeria on the 25th of February 2020. The death toll from the pandemic in Nigeria is now 11. He also said the increasing number of confirmed cases is a result of improvements in testing capacity in the country. "To measure efficiency in #COVID19 testing, we set a target to test 2000 samples per day in Lagos & 1000 per day in Abuja ", Director General, Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, ...

Navy could reinstate captain of USS Theodore Roosevelt

April 16, 2020

Last Thursday, Air Force Gen. John Hyten, vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, noted that ships with large numbers of sailors aboard operating in close quarters are vulnerable to an outbreak, although the Roosevelt is the only one so far to have reported coronavirus cases while deployed at sea.

Trump administration pushes to delay census field operations due to coronavirus

April 16, 2020

The Census Bureau made a decision early Monday to suspend its field operation data-collection until June to help stop the spread of the virus. According to officials, participating in the Census is critical to the future of West Virginia.

J&J Beats Profit Estimates But Cuts Forecast On Coronavirus Uncertainty

April 16, 2020

Johnson & Johnson, the world's biggest maker one of health care products, is the first major USA company to report first-quarter earnings . Net income in the first quarter was up from the year-ago period by almost 57 percent to $5.8 billion or $2.17 per share.

Covid-19 death toll mounts to 11 in Karnataka

April 16, 2020

Of those confirmed cases, 45 are patients at Henry Ford Allegiance Health. Meanwhile, the health department has ordered all the districts to consider influenza like illness (ILI) and severe acute respiratory infection (SARI) cases for Covid-19 screening.

United Nations chief: Only a COVID-19 vaccine will enable return to 'normalcy'

April 16, 2020

Two of the world's biggest vaccine makers are joining forces to tackle the coronavirus as the number of confirmed infections approaches 2 million worldwide. There are now 70 potential vaccines for the coronavirus in the works - with three already being tested on people, the World Health Organization says.

COVID-19: Scientists Discover SIX New Coronaviruses in Bats

April 16, 2020

It is believed that the virus came from either bats or pangolins and jumped to humans. Issues with the accuracy of testing equipment may be solved through rapid technological advances as the world's scientists focus their energy and resources on tackling the coronavirus pandemic.

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