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AstraZeneca partners with Oxford University on UK's lead coronavirus vaccine

AstraZeneca partners with Oxford University on UK's lead coronavirus vaccine

May 02, 2020

Oxford's potential vaccine is known as ChAdOx1 nCoV-19, and is being developed by the university's Jenner Institute . "While the clinical trials have already commenced in the United Kingdom, we are simultaneously initiating production as well, in the hope that when the trials are successful, we will have the first batch of doses ready for use by September or October", Poonawala said .

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USA claims major breakthrough after positive trial of coronavirus drug remdesivir

USA claims major breakthrough after positive trial of coronavirus drug remdesivir

May 02, 2020

The drug could shorten hospital stays of the majority of their patients by four days, therefore helping flatten the curve and lessen the strain on nurses, doctors, and hospital resources like ventilators and beds. Gilead Science is part of a collective of 15 large pharmaceutical companies brought together by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to find a treatment for Covid-19, dubbed the COVID-19 Therapeutics Accelerator.

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Six new coronavirus symptoms USA doctors are finding over and over again

Six new coronavirus symptoms USA doctors are finding over and over again

May 02, 2020

The earlier list of symptoms of coronavirus includes Cough, fever, and Shortness of breath. The additional symptoms listed confirm what many patients and doctors have been reporting anecdotally for weeks. The CDC also clarified that a running nose or common cold, which may trigger sneezing, are symptoms that are usually not associated with COVID-19. The WHO webpage says the symptoms of COVID-19 are mentioned as fever, dry cough, tiredness, aches and pains, nasal congestion, sore throat ...

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NPR survey shows there's not enough contact tracers to meet the need

NPR survey shows there's not enough contact tracers to meet the need

May 02, 2020

Cuomo's briefing Thusrday to detail the contact tracing plan for the state. "Also to identify phone numbers or other contact information for people who might be exposed", said Gurley. At the heart of this effort are contact tracers who work to contact each person who may have been in close proximity to a positive case for an extended timeframe.

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Daily death reporting now includes all positive COVID-19 deaths

Daily death reporting now includes all positive COVID-19 deaths

May 02, 2020

The number of people who have died with coronavirus in the United Kingdom has passed 26,000, as official figures include deaths in the community, such as in care homes, for the first time. "I think where we made the mistake in this pandemic was, we did not prioritise care homes and we should have done". There are 157,149 confirmed cases of Covid-19 in the United Kingdom and 21,092 coronavirus patients have died in United Kingdom hospitals.

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Positive COVID-19 case surfaces at Beauval General Store

Positive COVID-19 case surfaces at Beauval General Store

May 01, 2020

Phase I of the provincial reopening plan will not go ahead in two Saskatchewan communities affected by COVID-19. On Wednesday, 11 new cases were attributed to La Loche - as well as the province's sixth death, an elder in their 80s who was a resident at La Loche's long-term care facility.

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Cuomo orders all NY schools to remain closed through spring

Cuomo orders all NY schools to remain closed through spring

May 01, 2020

Andrew Cuomo , Friday, May 1, 2020, in the Manhattan borough of New York. "I understand why people say "liberate NY, open everything up". A recent study released by Johns Hopkins University estimates the USA needs at least 100,000 additional public health workers to help with contact tracing before it is safe to reopen.

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President Trump: Briefings not worth time, effort

President Trump: Briefings not worth time, effort

May 01, 2020

The president has spoken for more than 28 hours in the 35 briefings held since March 16, eating up 60 percent of the time that officials spoke, according to a Washington Post analysis of annotated transcripts from Factba.se, a data analytics company.

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Millions more people eligible for Covid-19 testing - Hancock

Millions more people eligible for Covid-19 testing - Hancock

May 01, 2020

However, at Tuesday's daily coronavirus press briefing, Health Secretary Matt Hancock said the British government's position on the matter has not changed, "not least because the most important thing people can do is social distancing".

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Irish team finds significant link between Covid-19 deaths and blood clots

Irish team finds significant link between Covid-19 deaths and blood clots

May 01, 2020

The ONS analysis also shows the Covid-19 mortality rate in the most deprived areas of England has been higher among men (76.7 deaths per 100,000 population) than women (39.6). A study led by clinician scientists at RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences has found that Irish patients admitted to hospital with severe COVID-19 infection are experiencing abnormal blood clotting that contributes to death in some patients.

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Pritzker: stay-at-home order will remain in place

Pritzker: stay-at-home order will remain in place

May 01, 2020

J.B. Pritzker from enforcing the restrictions in his March 20 executive order or from entering any other stay-at-home orders against Cabello and "all citizens similarly situated". It also indicates that it has been spreading in the United States for several months and why coroners are re-examining pneumonia and other respiratory deaths from late previous year for possible links to COVID-19.

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United Kingdom ethnic minorities more likely to die from COVID-19: think tank

United Kingdom ethnic minorities more likely to die from COVID-19: think tank

May 01, 2020

Taking into account the fact that most minority groups are much younger on average than the white British population, per capita death rates across nearly all minority groups looked disproportionately high, the IFS said in a report. "For instance, while Black Africans are particularly likely to be employed in key worker roles which might put them at risk, older Bangladeshis appear vulnerable on the basis of underlying health conditions".

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Conspiracy Theories Related to the Novel Coronavirus Vaccine Are Already Spreading

Conspiracy Theories Related to the Novel Coronavirus Vaccine Are Already Spreading

May 01, 2020

Mr Raab said: "The health secretary announced last week that United Kingdom trials started last week as we draw on the incredible scientific talent we have in this country to pursue a vaccine ". Yet, we do not have any exact vaccine to cure the spread and help in the recovery of those who are still struggling for life over death around the world.

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U.S. state, local gov'ts may need $1 trillion in coronavirus aid

U.S. state, local gov'ts may need $1 trillion in coronavirus aid

May 01, 2020

Senators are recommended to wear masks, keep 6 feet apart and have most staff work from home, according to official guidance. "That ($1 trillion) strikes me as a pretty outrageous number", the Republican told reporters in the Capitol. Congressional leaders staked out priorities for the next, fifth round of aid, even as key senators joined their House colleagues in sounding alarms over the health risks of reopening the U.S.

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Coronavirus is more deadly for patients with certain cancers, study says

Coronavirus is more deadly for patients with certain cancers, study says

May 01, 2020

Coronavirus is forcing health professionals to reconsider whether or not to bring cancer patients into hospitals for their cancer treatment, because of the potential risk of contracting the virus. The paper also models publicly available USA data and shows an additional 33,890 deaths in the United States in newly diagnosed cancer patients over the next year.

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Anthony Fauci: Sports might not happen this year

Anthony Fauci: Sports might not happen this year

May 01, 2020

Fauci. The American results come from a randomized, controlled and blind trial of 1,063 hospitalized coronavirus patients. "That means the drug would likely be effective over longer-term use", he said. His predictions come as he warned of a potentially "bad" fall and winter if the U.S. is not adequately prepared for a second wave of COVID-19 cases, according to CNN .

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Oxford Expects First Results of COVID-19 Vaccine Trial in June

Oxford Expects First Results of COVID-19 Vaccine Trial in June

May 01, 2020

AstraZeneca and the University of Oxford announced an agreement Thursday to produce and distribute a potential vaccine for the coronavirus . British researchers who are now conducting human trials of a potential coronavirus vaccine will know if it's effective by the summer, possibly as early as June, according to the chief executive officer of the pharmaceutical company that is working alongside Oxford University scientists in its development.

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Remdesivir: 'Clear-cut' results show Gilead drug can fight coronavirus, says Anthony Fauci

Remdesivir: 'Clear-cut' results show Gilead drug can fight coronavirus, says Anthony Fauci

May 01, 2020

The study is run by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the U.S. National Institutes of Health and involves severe patients at multiple centers across the country. stock market on Wednesday jump 2 percent. Evans expects data from the study to be published within two weeks, a timeline he called "incredibly fast".

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Kweisi Mfume Wins Special Election To Fill Elijah Cummings' Seat In Congress

Kweisi Mfume Wins Special Election To Fill Elijah Cummings' Seat In Congress

May 01, 2020

Mfume returns to Congress to fill the remainder Representative Elijah Cummings term, which ends in January. He also wants a full two-year team and is on the ballot for the state's June primary. In that role, Cummings repeatedly sparred with the Trump administration over its defiance of the committee's subpoenas and documents requests. The race for Maryland's Seventh District was called on Tuesday with Mfume beating out Republican rival Kimberley Klacik and Cummings's widow Maya Rockeymoore ...

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Remdesivir & COVID Studies Find Different Results

Remdesivir & COVID Studies Find Different Results

May 01, 2020

Today we have some initial answers. By day 14, more than half of the patients in both groups were discharged from the hospital, with 64.5% of patients in the 5-day treatment group and 53.8% of patients in the 10-day treatment group recovering.

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New Jersey Golf Courses and State Parks to Reopen on Saturday

New Jersey Golf Courses and State Parks to Reopen on Saturday

May 01, 2020

New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy said on April 30, 2020, he'd look into a request from the state's for-hire fishing industry to let them get back to work. Playground, pavilions, visitor center and restrooms will remain closed. Picnics, organized activities and team sports will still be prohibited. Similar restrictions will be expected at golf courses.

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Russian Federation extends business shutdown by 11 days

Russian Federation extends business shutdown by 11 days

May 01, 2020

Over the weekend, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that Russian President Vladimir Putin may deliver another address about the coronavirus situation in the upcoming week. "Now, as (the United States) also announced a program to support the economy and so on, it just has little money". Putin said that Russian Federation is producing 100,000 protective suits for medics per day, up from 3,000 a day in March.

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Dane County public health officials ramp up staff for contact tracing

April 30, 2020

Health workers interview people who have been diagnosed with coronavirus and work out who they might have recently been in contact with. Infected individuals will receive a text message or email requesting that they contact a centralized call center that will be open 12 hours a day, seven days a week, State Health Commissioner Dr.

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Two more B.C. poultry plants report workers who have COVID-19

Two more B.C. poultry plants report workers who have COVID-19

April 30, 2020

All four had arrived in B.C. on different flights said provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry. Also on Wednesday, Premier John Horgan announced that he is extending B.C.'s state of emergency over the COVID-19 pandemic for another two weeks.

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Quest Diagnostics launches first consumer-ordered COVID-19 antibody test

Quest Diagnostics launches first consumer-ordered COVID-19 antibody test

April 30, 2020

Lansing Urgent Care said it has included expansion of its health care services to include the launch of COVID-19 testing along with the addition of telehealth services, which are available 24/7 to anyone who is a resident in the state of MI, as part of its response to the virus.

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Coronavirus: New York funeral home puts corpses in lorries

Coronavirus: New York funeral home puts corpses in lorries

April 30, 2020

The coronavirus pandemic has killed over 61,000 people in the United States so far and funeral directors have said they don't have the infrastructure to handle the increased load of bodies. The United States has reported more than one million confirmed cases of COVID-19 and the death toll is nearly at 61,000, according to Johns Hopkins data.

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Dozens Of Bodies Found Inside U-Haul Trucks In Brooklyn

Dozens Of Bodies Found Inside U-Haul Trucks In Brooklyn

April 30, 2020

The Andrew T. Cleckley Funeral Home was cited for failing to control the odors. Police responded to calls from neighbors, who reported the U-Haul trucks on Wednesday morning. However, they are being squeezed on one side by inundated hospitals trying to offload bodies, and on the other by the fact that cemeteries and crematoriums are booked for a week at least, sometimes two, according to AP.

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WHO Africa Urges: Maintain Routine Immunization Services

WHO Africa Urges: Maintain Routine Immunization Services

April 30, 2020

Since 2003, more than 806 million people of all ages have been vaccinated against a wide range of unsafe diseases under the regional initiative promoted by PAHO. The exercise was expected to kick off last Friday but had to be suspended due to the lockdown of most countries including Nigeria. As COVID-19 continues to spread globally, our life-saving work to provide children with vaccines is critical, Robin Nandy, Unicef Principal Adviser and Chief of Immunization, said in a statement.

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United States Will Send At Least 200 Ventilators To Nigeria

United States Will Send At Least 200 Ventilators To Nigeria

April 30, 2020

It was further extended by another two weeks, which came to an end on Monday, April 27. The state government noted that since Kogi was one of the states in the country yet to record any case of COVID-19, it found the comments by the NCDC DG distressing.

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Coronavirus: Number of deaths in care homes in the area revealed

Coronavirus: Number of deaths in care homes in the area revealed

April 30, 2020

The total is up from 21,678 coronavirus deaths in United Kingdom hospitals announced on Tuesday but Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab insisted there had not been a "sudden surge". Health Secretary Matt Hancock said on Tuesday he wanted to "bring as much transparency as possible" to the coronavirus death figures by including those in care homes and the community.

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USA coronavirus deaths top Vietnam War toll: tracker

USA coronavirus deaths top Vietnam War toll: tracker

April 30, 2020

In the battle against the coronavirus , the USA death toll and number of cases - in excess of one million - far exceeds that of any other country. This type of heart rupture occurs more typically in people with high cholesterol levels or abnormalities in the heart muscle, Melinek said.

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Police called after NY funeral home puts bodies in unrefrigerated trucks

Police called after NY funeral home puts bodies in unrefrigerated trucks

April 30, 2020

A section of the street has been closed off to the public as NYPD detectives and several other city agencies investigate. Quoting police sources, NY Post reported that apart from the two U-Haul trucks holding the dead bodies, the funeral home was also using two refrigerated trucks for storing the cadavers.

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Prominent Manhattan ER doctor on coronavirus front lines kills herself

Prominent Manhattan ER doctor on coronavirus front lines kills herself

April 30, 2020

Get all the latest news on coronavirus and more delivered daily to your inbox. According to the Times , Dr. Breen had described scenes of the toll the coronavirus took on patients to her father Philip C. Dr. Breen added: "She loved NY and wouldn't hear about living anywhere else". As of Tuesday evening, there were more than 17,600 deaths in the city.

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Indian Company to Begin Corona Vaccine Production in Two Weeks

Indian Company to Begin Corona Vaccine Production in Two Weeks

April 30, 2020

The process of developing a regular vaccine can take 10 to 15 years , but scientists around the world are trying to make one for COVID-19 as soon as possible. As scientists and researchers band together to find a vaccine , the effects and outcomes are still unknown, and many researchers stress that there is no promise of success with any of the current trials.

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Construction workers now eligible for Covid-19 testing

Construction workers now eligible for Covid-19 testing

April 30, 2020

According to the Department of Health and Social Care, there are 43 regional testing centres available to the public as of the 28 April - 15 of which have opened in the last week. While home test kits are current limited, more are said to be avail soon. In Norfolk, testing bases, which began operating on Monday , are at the Centrum centre, near the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital (NNUH), the James Paget University Hospital at Gorleston and the Queen Elizabeth Hospital at King's Lynn.

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Lakers Return $4.6 Million To Small Business Administration's Paycheck Protection Program

Lakers Return $4.6 Million To Small Business Administration's Paycheck Protection Program

April 30, 2020

Bank of America sent 184,000 Payroll Protection Applications to the Small Business Administration on behalf of clients, according to a letter the bank shared with CNN Business. Banks had been frustrated by the slow pace of submissions Monday and Tuesday, the first two days of the current round of funding. The SBA said federal officials will evaluate whether to create a similar reserved time in the future.

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Costco requiring customers to wear face masks starting Monday

Costco requiring customers to wear face masks starting Monday

April 30, 2020

The requirement does not apply to children under the age of two or those that are unable to wear a mask due to a medication condition. The warehouse chain, which has remained open during the COVID-19 crisis, confirmed in an update to their coronavirus response policy that customers must wear a covering of the "mouth and nose at all times while at Costco" effective Monday, May 4.

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Coronavirus: Ontario's patient ombudsman says complaints from long-term care homes signal crisis

Coronavirus: Ontario's patient ombudsman says complaints from long-term care homes signal crisis

April 30, 2020

Military personnel have begun arriving at long-term care homes in the Greater Toronto Area. The complaints can be grouped into three types , Thompson said: staffing shortages, inadequate infection control and poor communication between the institution and residents and their caregivers.

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B.C. health officer says province close to reopening

B.C. health officer says province close to reopening

April 30, 2020

Henry and Health Minister Adrian Dix added a few more details about the thinking behind easing some of the restrictions that have helped limit the spread of the virus in B.C., while stressing that the province is still seeing community outbreaks of the virus and needs to be thoughtful in its reopening plans.

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Trump to halt U.S. green card immigration for 60 days

Trump to halt U.S. green card immigration for 60 days

April 30, 2020

Instead, he said the provision would amount to a 60-day pause only on people seeking permanent resident status in the United States. "I don't want them to have competition", Trump said. Ali Noorani, president of the National Immigration Forum, noted that thousands of foreign-born health care workers are now treating people with COVID-19 and working in critical sectors of the economy.

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Company says drug proved effective against virus in United States study

April 30, 2020

Gilead Sciences Inc's experimental antiviral drug Remdesivir helped improve symptoms in COVID-19 patients who were given the drug early than among those who were treated later, the company said. No results have yet been announced from that study, which does have a comparison group getting usual care. Remdesivir, which is delivered through an intravenous infusion, was initially developed by Gilead to treat Ebola.

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Remdesivir: New findings on coronavirus drug 'highly significant'

April 30, 2020

Apart from remdesivir, the antimalarial drugs hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine are also being widely used against COVID-19 on a so-called "compassionate basis" pending results from large trials. The drug has been experimentally shown to be effective at inhibiting the growth of coronaviruses that cause illnesses similar to COVID-19, including severe acute respiratory syndrome ( SARS ) and Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS).

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Flight Route for Tuesday's Thunderbirds, Blue Angels Flyover on Long Island Revealed

Flight Route for Tuesday's Thunderbirds, Blue Angels Flyover on Long Island Revealed

April 30, 2020

U.S. Navy Blue Angels F-18A Hornets fly in formation during a practice performance for Fleet Week October 11, 2002 in San Francisco, California. A formation of U.S. Social distancing should be practiced at all times. This includes air-to-air refueling during transit and no scheduled stops en route to reduce potential exposure to the virus.

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Can a cloth mask offer effective protection against Covid-19?

Can a cloth mask offer effective protection against Covid-19?

April 30, 2020

It is now not compulsory to wear a mask or face covering and the UK Government is still considering evidence from experts on the Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (Sage). Austria, Germany and France are making masks compulsory in certain settings. However, when we all recognise that wearing a mask is for the benefit of others, perhaps a smile with the eyes (a "smeyes" as current parlance would have it) will be signal enough.

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Michigan's Whitmer proposes GI bill-style free college for coronavirus essential workers

Michigan's Whitmer proposes GI bill-style free college for coronavirus essential workers

April 30, 2020

The governor also hinted that elective surgeries might soon be allowed. The program, which she is calling "Futures for Frontliners" is the first of its kind in the United States. Five businesses have filed a lawsuit against Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and Michigan Department of Health and Human Services Director Robert Gordon, accusing them of violating constitutional rights by imposing a stay-at-home order to curb the spread of COVID-19, the disease caused by the CCP (Chinese Communist ...

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Researchers make major breakthrough in COVID-19 vaccine search

Researchers make major breakthrough in COVID-19 vaccine search

April 30, 2020

The number of active COVID-19 cases stood at 22,629, while 7,695 people have recovered, and one patient has migrated, the ministry said. A team of scientists in Queensland are one step closer to determining if the Covid-19 vaccine they produced actually works.

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Nicola Sturgeon tells Scots to wear face coverings

Nicola Sturgeon tells Scots to wear face coverings

April 30, 2020

It said this is especially the case when food shopping and using public transport, "where physical distancing is more hard and where there is a risk of close contact with multiple people you do not usually meet". Sturgeon said that face coverings could include "something fairly basic - a scarf, bandana, cloth or textile", but conceded that there were limits to the benefits of such garments.

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Super Bowl champ doctor helping out in Quebec long-term care homes | Offside

Super Bowl champ doctor helping out in Quebec long-term care homes | Offside

April 29, 2020

Duvernay-Tardif said his current job is "more of a nursing role" as he relieves exhausted workers. "I felt nervous the night before, but a good nervous, like before a game, and I packed everything neatly: scrubs, white coat, extra pens, even a second pair of shoes that I could leave in my locker, knowing they were clean", he added.

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Twelfth resident dies at coronavirus-hit care home in western Sydney

April 29, 2020

An open letter from families of the facility's residents to Mr Millard claims their calls have not been returned, details about loved ones have not been regularly divulged and residents have reported inadequate care. 'This is a awful situation and a challenge for us, our staff, but especially for our residents and their families. Operators Anglicare announced: "this is a very sad time for the family but also for the residents and staff who knew this resident well".

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CVS and UPS to deliver prescription medicines in Florida via drones

April 29, 2020

UPS Flight Forward, the courier's drone delivery division, is to begin autonomous air-drops of prescriptions to customers in Florida. UPS has already been using limited drone delivery testing in North Carolina, said it is expanding its drone service to help people who may be quarantined due to the novel coronavirus pandemic.

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