Health experts will not ask Americans to remove the masks any time soon. That’s the opinion of Eric Toner, a scholar at the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Safety. He has been preparing for an outbreak like the new coronavirus as part of his job for years. Johns Hopkins practices …
Read More »Hospitalizations Increase 50% in California as Coronavirus Infections Increase
SACRAMENTO, California (Reuters) – New cases of coronavirus soared in California over the July 4 weekend, stressing some hospital systems and leading to the temporary closure of the Sacramento state capitol building for a deep cleanup, the Monday officials. The number of people hospitalized with COVID-19 has increased by 50% …
Read More »Wastewater can help track pandemic virus trends
NEW YORK (AP) – One county in Utah repressed an increase in pandemic virus infections in the spring, and another experienced an increase in its rate. Both trends appeared in its wastewater. Yes, sewer. In the US and Europe, researchers and health officials say they can follow the course of …
Read More »India records third highest coronavirus case but death rate is low
NEW DELHI / MUMBAI (Reuters) – India overtook Russia on Monday to register the world’s third-highest number of coronavirus infections at nearly 700,000, even as its worst-hit state said it will allow hotels to reopen this week. A healthcare worker wearing protective equipment transfers a resident’s blood sample to a …
Read More »Spain imposes the second local closure of coronavirus in two days
FILE PHOTO: A police officer reviews the documents of people traveling in vehicles at the entrance to Lleida after the government of Catalonia imposed new restrictions to control a new outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Lleida , Spain, July 4, 2020. REUTERS / Nacho Doce / File Photo …
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