US surpasses 5M coronavirus cases More than 97,000 children tested positive for coronavirus in last two weeks of July; Bryan Llenas reports on the latest. The U.S. reached five million coronavirus cases on Sunday, continuing to lead the world as the nation with the highest number of infections. The milestone came fewer than three weeks since […]
Credit: CC0 Public Domain More than 10,000 people have died from coronavirus in South Africa since the pandemic arrived in the country in March, the health ministry said Saturday. The continent’s most industrialised economy has registered 553,188 infections, more than half of the continental caseload, and the fifth biggest number of COVID-19 cases in the […]
In view of the substantial increase in Coronavirus Infection in Germany, the Medical Alarm have failed. For a second pandemic wave of the health departments " be;just besetzt", the Chairman of the Federal Association of the Physicians of the Public health service (BVÖGD), Ute Teichert said, the Newspapers of the Funke media group. "With the […]
If you are reading this in the United States, you’re probably dwelling on the great mask debate—not about whether to mask on (definitely do it), but instead about how to make a mask that works. But first things first: simple cloth masks will help get the job done of minimizing the spread of viral particles […]
Poland reported 615 new coronavirus infections on Thursday, setting a new daily record, as authorities mulled reintroducing mandatory quarantines for travellers from some countries. The health ministry’s Twitter site also reported 15 deaths over the past day, raising the number of fatalities to 1,709 in a country of 38 million people. Coronavirus infections tallied at […]
Dr Fauci tells people to wear eye shields for ‘perfect’ protection from coronavirus amid growing evidence particles can get into eyes – as deaths surpass 150,000 and seven states smash daily fatality records Top US infectious disease expert Dr Fauci advised universal mask wearing and potentially eye protection to protect against coronavirus infection Coronavirus can […]
Amid coronavirus closures, some parents turn to ‘underground schools’ A new study is looking at how coronavirus particles may spread in contained areas like elevators, classrooms, and supermarkets. Researchers at the University of Minnesota’s College of Science and Engineering tried to evaluate how the novel coronavirus is transmitted through aerosols, or particles released from a person while breathing […]
Smokers are likely to be more vulnerable to Covid-19 as smoking increases possibility of transmission of virus from hand to mouth, the Union Health Ministry has said, warning that use of tobacco products can increase severity of respiratory infections and make people susceptible to coronavirus. In its document ‘Covid-19 Pandemic and Tobacco Use in India’, […]
Corona: Raised marijuana, the risk of infection? Early on in the Corona of a pandemic, there was evidence to suggest that Smoking increases the risk of getting infected with the novel Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, and developing COVID-19. An increased risk of infection, but also by marijuana use? Smoking is generally unhealthy and makes for a weakened […]
Florida surpassed New York over the weekend as the state with the second-most coronavirus cases in the U.S., as more than 9,300 new cases were reported in the Sunshine State on Sunday, accompanied by an additional 78 new deaths. Florida’s 423,855 coronavirus cases as of Sunday were surpassed only by California’s 453,659 cases. With 39.5 […]
