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Tick-borne virus: New virus in China infects 67 people, kills 7

August 08, 2020

Later, 23 people were found to be infected in East China's Anhui province, state-run Global Times quoted media reports. A woman suffering from this new virus first showed fever, cough-like symptoms in Nanjing, the capital of Jiangsu.

Preston on verge of lockdown

August 08, 2020

Data from Public Health England shows a rise in new Covid-19 cases in the city. Restrictions will continue to apply in Greater Manchester , including the City of Manchester, Trafford, Stockport, Oldham, Bury, Wigan, Bolton, Tameside, Rochdale and Salford.

CDC expects 2020 outbreak of life-threatening AFM

August 08, 2020

Many children do regain at least some movement in the affected limbs, but stories of complete recovery are usually rare. It is likely a different kind of enterovirus , specifically enterovirus-D68 , that causes biennial outbreaks of AFM, according to the CDC .

City in China's Inner Mongolia issues warning after bubonic plague patient dies

August 08, 2020

It did not point out how the affected person had caught the plague. The outbreak was first discovered in the Inner Mongolian city of Bayannur, leading to the issuing of a citywide level 3 warning. Plague is found on all continents except Oceania, but most human cases since the '90s have occurred in Africa. In the USA, there have been any where from a couple of to a handful of dozen conditions of plague each 12 months, in accordance to the Facilities for Ailment Manage and Prevention.

California to fix coronavirus reporting system amid backlog

August 08, 2020

The state of California will not be adding any new counties to its COVID-19 watchlist, or removing any existing, until problems are fixed with its reporting database. The California Department of Public Health (CDPH) on Tuesday announced an underreporting of coronavirus cases due to issues with an electronic laboratory reporting system.

AstraZeneca signs first deal with Chinese firm to produce COVID-19 vaccine

August 08, 2020

Under the global inoculation drive, AstraZeneca has already eked out massive orders in a number of regions, pledging 300 million doses apiece to the USA and the European Union, along with 100 million doses for the United Kingdom and another hundred million to Brazil.

Logan County moves to COVID-19 alert level orange

August 08, 2020

Los Angeles County Department of Public Health officials noted the extreme disparities of COVID-19 cases and deaths within the county's affluent and impoverished areas Thursday, before urging members of the public to continue making efforts to ensure the safety of others.

More COVID-19 @ Maple Leaf

August 07, 2020

Pallister said the province will step in to shut down the plant or take other measures only when health officials recommend it. The United Food and Commercial Workers Local 832 says in a memo that it wants the company to stop work at the Brandon plant until August 10 at the earliest.

Cuomo expected to announce New York's school reopening plan amid coronavirus pandemic

August 07, 2020

In July the governor released the state's formula that would determine which school districts could reopen to students in September as well as guidelines for reopening. De Blasio, while cautioning that he could change course at any time, had expressed hope that the relatively low rate of transmission of the virus in the city would allow students and staff to return safely.

USA signs Covid-19 vaccine deal with Johnson & Johnson for $1 billion

August 07, 2020

Public Services and Procurement Minister Anita Anand announced Wednesday that Ottawa has entered into agreements with pharmaceutical giant Pfizer and biotech company Moderna. On Tuesday, Canada's chief public health officer, Theresa Tam, warned that a vaccine will be a "very important aspect of the response", but will not bring a swift end to the coronavirus outbreak.

American Heart Association: Cannabis Has Risks, No Benefits for Cardiovascular Health

August 07, 2020

The statement from Dr. On August 7, 2020, the AMA (American Heart Association) said that smoking or vaping marijuana could possibly trigger cardiac arrest and strokes. And previous research suggests cannabis smokers and vape users who inhale the substance regularly could develop carbon-monoxide buildup in the lungs , which may contribute to permanent heart damage .

Clinical Trials for Experimental Monoclonal Antibody for COVID-19 Treatment Launched

August 07, 2020

The Phase 3 trial will initially enroll some 300 volunteers around the world who have been hospitalized with mild to moderate COVID-19 with fewer than 13 days of symptoms. The new study in nursing homes is a final stage, or Phase 3, trial meant to generate data to support obtaining regulatory approval. It's a challenging study to run, so Lilly has set up customised mobile research units, including a retrofitted recreational vehicle (RV) to provide mobile lab support and clinical trial ...

Ford to make announcement with education minister this morning

August 07, 2020

He said extra funds are available for boards requiring extra support, citing $309 million in new education spending announced when the back-to-school plan was unveiled last week. "Only a combined approach to all safety measures will maximize the mitigation of risk". "There's never been a better education minister than Stephen Lecce".

Acting CMO Isn't Ruling Out Localised Lockdown For Laois And Offaly

August 07, 2020

Sixty-nine new cases have also been confirmed today, taking the total number of cases in the Republic to 26,372. Acting Chief Medical Officer Dr Ronan Glynn has advised people living in those counties to pay particular attention to any new symptoms after a huge increase in Covid-19 cases linked to outbreaks.

Liberty University: We’re complying with coronavirus-related ban - The Virginian-Pilot

August 07, 2020

Ralph Northam banned gatherings of more than 100 people in the state earlier in March. Less than a week after welcoming back almost 2,000 students amid the nation's coronavirus outbreak, Liberty University again finds itself in the middle of a controversy.

New COVID-19 Cases, one new death reported in North Dakota

August 07, 2020

The county has had 15 COVID-related deaths, while 483 people have been released from isolation and are considered recovered. An update from LMH Health stated that the inpatient died Tuesday night. 14 coronavirus patients have been hospitalized in the county since March. Jackson County's first fatality was reported last week . According to the health department, 132 of the 149 confirmed cases have met Kansas Department of Health and Environment recovery guidelines.

Exactly who can and can't cross the Qld border

August 07, 2020

All returning New South Wales residents, unless they live within the state's border regions, will only be allowed to return via Sydney Airport. All visitors from NSW and ACT will be denied entry except for rare exemptions, and returning Queenslanders will have to pay for 14 days mandatory hotel quarantine.

Ohio Gov. DeWine tests positive for coronavirus ahead of Trump's visit

August 07, 2020

The First Lady is not showing any symptoms. I'm following protocol and will quarantine at home for the next 14 days. Lt. Gov. Jon Husted also took the COVID-19 test Thursday as part of the protocol to greet the president. "A very good friend of mine just tested positive", Trump said. Last month , DeWine ordered a statewide mandate for face masks in public, and this week issued a public health order requiring students at K-12 schools wear masks if in-person classes resume this fall.

'Border bubble': Bid to allow Qld tourists into parts of NSW

August 07, 2020

Road access to Queensland will be blocked to all vehicles once the border closes except those from border communities and freight. "We are starting to have more confidence that we've found all cases, but we won't know for sure until we hit the 14 day mark", he said.

Masks now to be required at Alberta schools

August 07, 2020

All academics and staff members will be expected to don masks in configurations where two metres of physical distancing can not be managed. Students heading back to school across Alberta in GRADE 4 TO 12 will be sporting the latest in COVID-19 fashion as Alberta Education announced on August 4 that mask use will be mandatory for the 2020-21 school year.

Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine Tests Positive for Covid-19

August 07, 2020

OH governor, Mike DeWine Tuesday, Aug. 4, expressed feeling scared at how fast the infection spread. Lt. Governor Jon Husted also took the COVID-19 test today as part of the protocol to greet the president. He had planned to join the president on a visit to the Whirlpool Corp. plant in northwest Ohio. Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt , a fellow Republican, tested positive for the virus in July.

COVID-19: Authors retract study on hydroxychloroquine which halted trials worldwide

August 07, 2020

The announcement of the findings comes just one day after the authors of two studies published in the Lancet and the New England Journal of Medicine chose to retract their published research due to alleged issues with the data source.

B.C. announces 47 new COVID-19 cases, no new deaths

August 07, 2020

Of the new cases, one case is epidemiologically-linked, meaning a person who was never tested but were presumed to have COVID-19 because they developed symptoms and were close contacts of a laboratory-confirmed case. Four of those are in long-term care centres and one is in an acute care facility. Henry adds that many layers of protection will be taken at schools in order to prevent any spread of the virus and that everyone needs to work together to make the return to shcool the safest it ...

Pfizer, BioNTech to supply Canada with COVID-19 vaccine

August 06, 2020

Anand responded to a question regarding Health Canada approval, saying "once that has occurred, we are expecting deliveries, if all goes well, in 2021". The U.S. government will be guaranteed 100 million doses for $1.95 billion only if the vaccine is successful. "Phase 3 means this is the first time this vaccine has been put into the general population, into otherwise healthy individuals, to see if the vaccine will protect them against natural infection".

OH governor tests positive for COVID-19 before scheduled Trump greeting

August 06, 2020

From this number, the infection spread to 38 others, bringing the total to 91 people getting sick with COVID-19, CNN reported . "I'm following protocol and will quarantine at home for the next 14 days", he wrote . A single person attending church with COVID-19 led to an outbreak of almost 100 cases, showing the risk of group gatherings during the pandemic, OH officials say.

Coronavirus: ONS figures show deaths in Wales have fallen to March levels

August 06, 2020

One person from West Berkshire has died with coronavirus recorded on their death certificate in the last week - after five weeks with no deaths. The government figures also show that in the 24-hour period up to 9am on Tuesday, there had been a further 670 lab-confirmed cases.

Johnson & Johnson Clinches Coronavirus Vaccine Deal With US Government: $1B, 100M Doses

August 06, 2020

Erick Thohir, Indonesia's minister for state-owned enterprises, sought to reassure the public this week, saying that Bio Farma would be ready by year-end to produce 250 million doses a year should the Sinovac vaccine prove successful. Other drugmakers who have signed deals include Sanofi SA and Regeneron Inc. Just last week, the company initiated the first human clinical trials of its vaccine candidate in the USA and Belgium.

Phase-II trials of Zydus’s Covid vaccine from today

August 06, 2020

Zydus plans to complete late-stage trials for ZyCoV-D by February or March and could produce up to 100 million doses a year initially, the company's chairman said. The vaccine project announced today includes fill-finish manufacturing in US -based facilities. As is customary with U.S. government-purchased vaccines, healthcare professionals could charge for the cost of administering the vaccine.

Brush With Common Cold Might Help Protect Against COVID-19

August 06, 2020

Corroborating the analysis made by the scientists in Germany, the U.S. researchers maintained that memory helper T cells recognise matching molecular structural sites on SARS-CoV-2. Therefore, the finding suggested that the T cell responsible for fighting with common cold viruses can sequence similar fragments of SARS-CoV-2 and hence induces cross-reactive T cell response.

World Health Organization completes groundwork in China for coronavirus origin probe

August 06, 2020

Tedros reiterated. Official statistics show the pandemic already killed nearly 700,000 people since it began in the Chinese city of Wuhan last December. The bulk of those cases are in the US, Brazil, and India, but Tedros addressed that even countries that hadn't seen spikes in the past are now seeing an increase in cases and is warning everyone to stay vigilant.

Sanofi charged with manslaughter for epilepsy drug causing birth defects

August 06, 2020

Sanofi said it has filed a legal challenge to the indictment. According to Arab News , Sanofi insists that they have already warned health officials of the risks of taking the epilepsy drug in the 1980s. Furthermore, they have already received another 500 complaints. Sanofi, a France-based multinational, is working on a candidate vaccine against the novel coronavirus with Britain's GSK, for which it will receive up to $2.1 billion from the U.S.

Moderna partners with AWS as it races to develop COVID-19 vaccine

August 06, 2020

The price range is higher than the $19.50 per dose Pfizer and BioNTech have agreed to with the US government. Both Pfizer and Moderna are part of the US government's Operation Warp Speed program to facilitate the development and production of COVID-19 vaccines quickly.

Coronavirus hospitalizations drop in L.A., Orange counties

August 06, 2020

These parties and gatherings with people not in your household hurt all of us as we try to reduce our case rates so we can get our children back to school and get other adults back to their jobs. As of Monday, the number of people hospitalized in the county was reported at 1,784. Of hospitalized patients, 30% are in the ICU and 18% are now ventilated.

CDC warns about possible acute flaccid myelitis outbreak in 2020

August 06, 2020

Symptoms of AFM include sudden arm or leg weakness, difficulty walking, limb pain, back pain or neck pain. Most children with AFM will have a fever or respiratory illness about six days before weakness occurs. "AFM is a priority for CDC as we prepare for a possible outbreak this year", Clark said. "It's vital that all health care providers maintain a high index of suspicion for AFM in children with acute limb weakness or neck or back pain that develops after an upper respiratory ...

BC health officials report 146 new coronavirus cases since Friday

August 06, 2020

Provincial health officials confirmed 86 new cases of the novel coronavirus on Wednesday after 88 were reported on Monday and 91 were reported on Tuesday. York Region reported 10 new infections and Windsor-Essex reported only two new cases. In the last 24 hours, a little more than 17,000 tests were conducted.

Massachusetts' First Human Case Of EEE This Year Found In Middleborough

August 06, 2020

It was an under 18 Plymouth County boy who contracted the virus by a mosquito bite. As the boy turned positive for the virus, the EEE risk in Carver and Middleborough increased to a critical level. No outdoor activities are permitted on town-owned property in Middleborough from dusk to dawn, and the town manager advises all residents to avoid outdoor activities in the evening until further notice.

Coronavirus: UK to roll out millions of 90-minute 'rapid tests'

August 06, 2020

Starting next week, hospitals, nursing homes and laboratories will have access to some 5.8 million tests analysing DNA and another 450,000 swab tests. They can each process 15 on-the-spot tests per day without needing to send samples to a lab. LamPORE is created to be deployed on Oxford Nanopore's desktop device (GridION) or palm-sized device (MinION Mk1C), providing the capacity of processing up to 15,000 samples a day or 2,000 samples a day respectively.

Coronavirus: Scotland's Aberdeen goes into lockdown after 'significant outbreak'

August 06, 2020

People in the city are also unable to go to other peoples' houses. She said an outbreak in the city had now accounted for a total of 54 known cases in recent days, and that in the last 24 hours there had been 64 new cases across the whole of Scotland.

Eli Lilly begins stage-three trial for COVID-19 antiviral drug

August 06, 2020

Nursing homes and other senior-care facilities have been hit hard by the new coronavirus , accounting for a large percentage of deaths during the pandemic. Even after this, we are taking this challenge so that the needy people can be helped. LY-CoV555 belongs to a class of treatments known as monoclonal antibodies, which are among the most widely used biotechnology medicines.

No New COVID-19 Cases In Clare; 50 New Cases Nationally

August 05, 2020

It brings the total number of cases of the virus in the region to over 6,000, with 6,006 cases. There are also 3 care homes now with confirmed outbreaks of COVID-19. The group warned of the dangers of an increase in community transmission of the virus, which it said now "appears to be stable" but would require close monitoring.

How Can the Common Cold Help Protect Against COVID-19?

August 05, 2020

Pathogenic coronaviruses are a major threat to global public health, as shown by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus, or SARS-CoV; Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus, known as MERS-CoV; and the newly emerged novel coronavirus (COVID-19).

Hyderabad hospital's permission to treat COVID-19 patients revoked over 'surplus' billing

August 05, 2020

As a result, the Director of Public Health and Family Welfare in the state cancelled the hospital's permit to admit any new coronavirus patients, while also directing it to make sure that patients now undergoing treatment do not face any inconvenience.

Coronavirus did come from bats, say World Health Organization scientists sent to Wuhan

August 05, 2020

Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus and WHO emergencies head Mike Ryan exhorted countries to rigorously enforce health measures such as mask-wearing, social distancing, hand-washing and testing. At least 41 passengers and crew on a Norwegian cruise ship have tested positive for Covid-19 , officials say. WHO and UNICEF recommends that infants should be exclusively breastfed for the first six months of life to achieve optimal growth, development and health.

United Kingdom coronavirus death toll increases by 89 to 46,299

August 05, 2020

This was just days before nationwide lockdown measures announced by Prime Minister Boris Johnson came into force. It is also the sixth consecutive week that overall deaths were below the five-year average, the ONS said. Another five deaths were reported with no positive Covid-19 test result. The UK now has the fourth-largest COVID-19 death toll. These are fatalities where the disease has been mentioned on a death certificate, including suspected cases.

'Saddened by 3-language formula': Tamil Nadu CM Palaniswami on NEP 2020

August 05, 2020

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Edappadi K Palaniswami said that the two-language policy will continue to be followed in schools in the state. Talking to reporters, Mr Chatterjee said the new committee will scrutinise the points mentioned in the new policy, and submit its report to the state by August 15.

Serum Institute Gets DCGI Nod For Clinical Trials Of Oxford Vaccine

August 05, 2020

Johnson and Johnson is testing both. As part of the antibody response team, Indra collects samples from those who have volunteered for the vaccine trial, and measures the immune system's response to the vaccine. Each subject will be administered two doses in a gap of four weeks (first dose on day one and second dose on day 29) following which the safety and efficacy will be assessed.

New York City health commissioner resigns

August 05, 2020

Dr. Oxiris Barbot, the city's public health commissioner, submitted her resignation Tuesday following clashes with Mayor Bill de Blasio's office, which had given responsibility for contact tracing to the public hospital system instead of her department, the New York Times reports .

Two new cases of Covid-19 in NZ's managed isolation facilities

August 05, 2020

I can not stress enough how critical the next few weeks are". NSW has recorded 12 new COVID-19 cases and health authorities have updated mask usage recommendations to include public-facing workers, worshippers and people near clusters. "The centre is now closed for cleaning, close contact tracing is under way, and investigations as to the source of that infection in that person is under way", she said yesterday.

Toowoomba COVID-19 case referred to police for investigation

August 05, 2020

A Queensland Health spokesman said the exemption to travel to Queensland was granted under arrangements agreed nationally in June. "He flew into Queensland and I gave him exemption to quarantine at home because of the national agreement", she said.

CDC: Hundreds of kids infected with coronavirus within days at overnight camp

August 05, 2020

The CDC reports that although the camp did a good job sanitizing shared surfaces and requiring staff members to wear masks, numerous children at the camp did not wear cloth face masks as the camp did not require it, despite guidance from the CDC stressing the importance of mask-wearing.

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