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BC provincial health officer assures health-care workers in COVID-19 fight

Bonnie Henry said in an emailed statement in response to questions from The Citizen. About two dozen healthcare workers in B.C. have also been infected with C...

VIRUS SURGING: Ontario confirms another 59 COVID-19 cases

Only 16 of the new cases have information, with the rest listed as pending. Other new cases have been located in Toronto, Peel, York, Durham, Ottawa, and Hast...

Young people are not invincible against coronavirus — WHO's Tedros

The World Health Organization ( WHO ) on Friday stated that the first epicentre China of the coronavirus outbreak at last reported no new cases, which gave ...

Men more likely to die from coronavirus than women: WH expert

In Iran and South Korea , two countries which had some of the earliest outbreaks of the virus outside of China , the virus has followed two very different pat...

Trump to roll out malaria drug to treat coronavirus COVID-19 patients

As of Friday afternoon, there were over 260,000 cases of COVID-19 worldwide, but there may be a type of drug to fix it. The president called on the US Food a...

Two die of coronavirus in Singapore

Subsequent test results confirmed Covid-19 infection that afternoon. She was warded at the National Centre for Infectious Diseases and died at 7.52am on Satur...

Novel coronavirus: MoH issued an advisory for hospitals, medical institutes

It asked hospitals to put up posters to increase awareness amongst patients on Do's and Don'ts regarding COVID-19. "All hospitals should carry out a preparedn...

Italy's coronavirus death toll skyrockets to 4 032

The government has unveiled a 25 billion euro ($26.84 billion) package of measures to support companies and workers and sources said it was considering extendin...

Ontario launches online learning for students at home during COVID-19 pandemic

To that end, Lecce and Premier Ford announced the first phase of the government's online " Learn at Home " program. "I know many of them want to be part of th...

Coronavirus outbreak leads to rising number of young Americans hospitalized

Less than 1% of the hospitalized cases were aged 19 or younger, the CDC reported. For younger people , the CDC found between 14% and 20% of adults between th...

United Kingdom scientists say social distancing needs to last 'most of a year'

The conclusions are contained in a set of papers from Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies ( SAGE ), which provides scientific and technical advice to gove...

Baylor College of Medicine Match Day 2020 Recap

The students were still able to celebrate, though, through a live-stream. More than 5,000 USA citizen worldwide medical school graduates submitted program cho...

PM announces pubs and restaurants to close

This is the latest of a series of moves to mitigate the effects of coronavirus (Covid-19) and follows the announcement earlier this week that schools and colleg...

COVID-19: South Central Railway cancels several trains

The bi-weekly express (train no. 22207) operated from Chennai Central to Thiruvananthapuram will not ply on March 20, 24, 27 and 31 and train no. 22208 from Thi...

The CPS began testing a vaccine against COVID-19

We will follow all standard trial safety requirements, but as soon as we have a vaccine that's working, we anticipate there will be an accelerated pathway to ge...

Manitoba doctors attended same curling bonspiel as COVID-19 positive doctor

The province announced Friday there were six new presumptive cases of COVID-19 in Saskatchewan, bringing the total to date to 26. "The goal here is full compl...

RCMP Warning of Scams Preying on Coronavirus Fears

This relates to online scams, where people have ordered protective masks, hand sanitisers and other products associated to the Coronavirus . According to polic...

Army takes Bergamo coffins away - English

The wealthy city, northeast of Milan in Italy's Lombardy region, has recorded at least 93 coronavirus-related deaths as cases continue to grow relentlessly ea...

How long the COVID-19 coronavirus lasts on everyday surfaces

The stability of SARS-CoV-2 in aerosols and on surfaces likely contributes to transmission of the virus in health care settings, according to the NIH. Scientist...

CDC research shows COVID-19 death rates in the United States so far

The CDC report does not include whether young and middle-aged adults who were hospitalized had chronic illnesses. Of the patients requiring ICU care due to CO...

Biotech Giant Sees Potential COVID-19 Human Trial Testing By Early Summer

Further, sarilumab is an injectable prescription medicine now used to treat adult patients with moderately to severely active rheumatoid arthritis after at leas...

New coronavirus can last up to three days on surfaces, study finds

By testing on these surfaces, the NIH study hoped to demonstrate the virus's capabilities on everyday surfaces in households and hospitals. The stability of S...

New Yorkers Should Expect Shelter-in-Place Order: Mayor

Under the state of emergency, the mayor can establish curfews and order people off the streets and out of public spaces. New York City is not now under any ...

Third Coronavirus Death As Number Of Cases Jumps

People can register their interest here - where they will be asked for details of experience or skills. "We will shortly commence a really tough time but all ...

PM: We can 'turn the tide' on coronavirus crisis

There was frustration the government did not confirm the list of those workers - which includes health and social care workers, police, farmers, social workers,...

Malaria drug will eliminate 'corona', America approves treatment

The German drugmaker said that it is seeking an emergency use authorization for the drug in the U.S., where it is not approved. "We are committed to helping t...

How long does COVID-19 live on surfaces? Researchers say it depends

SARS-CoV-2 remained viable in aerosols through the duration of their experiment, which lasted three hours . The study team compared the environmental quali...

Digestive symptoms are common in COVID-19 patients, study reveals

Children in China with COVID-19 showed less severe symptoms than adults, but infants and toddlers were vulnerable to moderate and severe infection. Accordin...

NY must stay home, Cuomo mandates as coronavirus cases spike

More than 32,000 people have been tested. "The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is prepared to assist the nation in a time of crisis to the very best of its cap...

Almost Half of Coronavirus Patients Have Digestive Symptoms

These symptoms came up days before the respiratory symptoms of Covid-19. The study also reveals that patients with digestive symptoms had a longer gap between t...