Experts accuse government of acting too slowly and call for more restrictions on people arriving from hard-hit countries such as France and Spain Driver of a patient is latest local case of infection, bringing city’s tally on Monday night to 115 Photo by rawpixel.com from Pexels Read more… The post Coronavirus: Hong Kong [...]
In late December 2019, a cluster of unexplained cases of viral pneumonia occurred in Wuhan, China.1 This initial cluster of patients with what soon became known as coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) heralded the arrival of a new pandemic caused by a novel coronavirus, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). To date, close to 90 000 cases [...]
Infections outside China have risen 13-fold, according to the WHO Officials caution countries to step up containment efforts to prevent Covid-19 from overburdening health care workers Read more… The post World Health Organisation declares coronavirus pandemic as cases soar worldwide appeared first on Healthier Environment Living Program.
The World Health Organization (WHO) today declared COVID-19 a pandemic, pushing the threat beyond the global health emergency it had announced in January. In the WHO’s daily briefing, Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, PhD, said that the label should galvanize the world to fight. However, “describing the situation as a pandemic does not change WHO’s assessment [...]
N95 masks are essential for protecting health care workers and controlling the epidemic, but some hospitals have been unable to get new shipments as supplies dwindle. Credit: Debora Cartagena CDC Read more… The post Some Hospitals Are Close to Running Out of Crucial Masks for Coronavirus appeared first on Healthier Environment Living Program.
Tonight President Donald Trump took an unprecedented step in the ongoing effort to fight the spread of COVID-19: A ban on all travelers from Europe beginning at midnight on Mar 13 and lasting 30 days. He also said insurers will waive copays for COVID-19 treatment and called for tax relief for workers affected by the [...]
The World Health Organization on Wednesday declared the rapidly spreading coronavirus outbreak a pandemic, acknowledging what has seemed clear for some time — the virus will likely spread to all countries on the globe. Image by Alexandra_Koch from Pixabay Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said the situation will worsen. Read more at STAT… The post WHO declares the [...]
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is developing tests that could provide public health officials crucial information about how broadly the coronavirus has spread in the United States, even among mild cases or people without symptoms, the agency’s director said Wednesday. The serologic tests, which are different from the ones used to diagnose active infection, [...]
The World Health Organization (WHO) today declared COVID-19 a pandemic, pushing the threat beyond the global health emergency it had announced in January. In the WHO’s daily briefing, Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, PhD, said that the label should galvanize the world to fight. However, “describing the situation as a pandemic does not change WHO’s assessment [...]
“Bottom line, it’s going to get worse.” Those were the words of National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) Director Anthony Fauci, MD, today during a House Oversight Committee hearing discussing the coronavirus response. His comments came just hours after cases in the United States crossed the 1,000-case mark. During questioning, Rep. Carolyn Maloney, [...]
