‘’There will, therefore, be no reason for a COVID-19 positive person to be outside a designated isolation and treatment centre, especially with the ThisDay Dome Isolation centre ready to take cases. It will be headed in the introductory phase by the Medical Director of Irrua Specialist Teaching Hospital, one of the most experienced virus disease hospitals in Nigeria. The FCT managed Idu COVID treatment centre with 500 beds is also ready. … [Read more...] about UPDATE ON CORONAVIRUS: 812 health workers infected — PTF
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New York Governor Gives Final Daily COVID-19 Update
He said hospitalizations Thursday for the virus were at 1,284 – an all-time low. The state is at record-high testing levels – nearly 80,000 tests per day – and the infection rate is less than 1 percent. The death toll for the past week has remained below 32 per day, a dramatic drop from the high of nearly 800 people daily in the second week of April. … [Read more...] about New York Governor Gives Final Daily COVID-19 Update
[ICYMI] New coronavirus vaccine trials start in UK this week
It is the first British-made vaccine to go into clinical trials and carries with it huge hopes that it will provide a key to getting out of lockdown and banishing COVID-19 from society. … [Read more...] about [ICYMI] New coronavirus vaccine trials start in UK this week
Trump administration reverses plan, will fund COVID-19 testing [UPDATED]
The funding program originally included 41 testing sites nationwide, representatives with FEMA and the Department of Health and Human Services told NPR. Some, such as the site in Montgomery County, as well as in nearby Philadelphia, will close when the money dries up. Others will be "transitioning to state-managed sites," HHS told NPR. While many of those locations will close or change hands, however, local media in Texas report that two Dallas locations have received extended funding through May 30. … [Read more...] about Trump administration reverses plan, will fund COVID-19 testing [UPDATED]
Delhi: Total Covid-19 infections cross 100k, but number of new infections fall
An increased recovery rate is the reason for the number of active cases stabilising. The number of recoveries shot up June 18 onwards when 3,884 people recovered or were discharged in one day, rather than the few hundred that were recovering before. According to the data provided by the Delhi government, the highest number of recoveries was recorded on June 20—7,725. … [Read more...] about Delhi: Total Covid-19 infections cross 100k, but number of new infections fall
