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Coronavirus closes two hospitals in Tasmania; staff forced into quarantine

About 5,000 people have been forced into quarantine in northwest Tasmania as health authorities battle a COVID-19 outbreak at two hospitals. Mr Gutwein anno...

COVID-19: China approves human trials of two vaccines

It said, "As part of WHO's response to the outbreak, a Research and Development (R&D) Blueprint has been activated to accelerate the development of diagnostic...

Lone Covid-19 patient in Meghalaya dies

Talking to newsmen after the Cabinet meeting, the Chief Minister said that the focus of the State government was to trace the primary contacts and then to find ...

Thailand got first coronavirus infection from dead body

For the first time, festivities for Thailand's traditional new year, dubbed Songkran - which is celebrated from April 13 to 15 with its water-splashing amid the...

'Mortified': Care home's coronavirus cluster sparked by worker with 'scratchy throat'

The aged care health worker, from the Anglicare Newmarch House aged care facility in western Sydney, was reportedly "mortified" after realising they tested posi...

Harvard Study Says We Could Need Bouts of Social Distancing Until 2022

Chan School of Public Health and co-author of the report . The coronavirus pandemic is unlikely to be crushed by a one-off lockdown with a new study find...

70 vaccines being developed for COVID-19

Cambridge, Massachusetts-based Moderna - which has never put out a product - received regulatory approval to move quickly to human trials in March, skipping t...

Carnival Extends Suspension of Cruising Through June 26

As of Monday, in addition to the cancellations by Holland America Line in Alaska, Canada has closed all ports to cruise ships of now over 12 passengers throug...

A further 778 deaths in United Kingdom hospitals takes total past 12000

On Tuesday, the home said an additional two residents died from the virus. No deaths have been reported at this point. By detecting antibodies, the study ha...

FDA authorizes new Covid-19 saliva test for emergency use

The move could expand testing options and reduce the risks of infection for health care workers, experts said . The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) a...

Coronavirus: 7 infected on Navy hospital ship Mercy in L.A

The Mercy is pier-side at the Port of Los Angeles. The news of the Mercy outbreak comes the same day that a crew member on the coronavirus-infected USS Theod...

COVID-19: Chloroquine study ends abruptly as patients die of complications

The decision by Ministry of Health to use chloroquine comes at the time, WHO revealed that the world will have to wait for at least 18months before Coronavirus...

Trump meets Michigan Democrat who credited him with coronavirus survival

Invoking the movie "Mutiny on the Bounty", President Donald Trump suggested Tuesday that objections by governors to his claim of absolute authority over when ...

COVID-19: Mobile testing units now operational

STEGH and Southwestern Public Health are investigating and conducting contact tracing of staff and patients who were in close contact with the employee, who is ...

Coronavirus Could Spread From Shoes — CDC

His daughter Mar-Gerie Crawley said that the pastor had a gastrointestinal disease that causes inflammation. Thus, it was not unusual for him to develop a high ...

Trump May Get New Challenger From the Right

And in a challenge to the president's most ardent Republican Party supporters in Congress, the House members on Tuesday introduced a single-sentence resolution ...

Health bodies 'working towards' daily publication of Covid-19 care home deaths

Every day, at about 2pm, the Department of Health has been providing an official COVID-19 death toll. Their figures have a lag of nearly two weeks and rely on d...

Mary Lou McDonald Tests Positive For Coronavirus

Yesterday afternoon, she was diagnosed herself. The Dublin Central TD said she's now been informed that she she is "no longer infected or infectious" - saying...

UK coronavirus death toll grows by 917 to 9875

Glenn's death came a week after he was diagnosed with COVID-19, the paper reported. "There are 82 confirmed cases among 249 residents and 14 confirmed cases a...

China approves inactivated coronavirus vaccines for clinical trials

Unlike the first phase, the second phase recruited more participants and introduced a placebo control group, according to Zhongnan Hospital. According to Wor...

Local health officials emphasize use of cloth face coverings

The CDC recommends cloth masks for the public, reserving surgical masks and N-95 respirators for healthcare workers and first responders. Additionally, "f...

'Unknown' Whether Coronavirus Patients Can Become Reinfected, World Health Organization Doctor Says

In March, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced that it was developing a serology test to identify portions of the population ...

An Accident in Wuhan Lab May Have Started The Virus Epidemic

The lab, which holds a level four biosafety research certification, the highest possible rating, was conducting research on coronaviruses in bats. The note ...

Covid-19 Deaths in England Are 15% Higher Than NHS Reports

Meanwhile, the ONS said 406 deaths involving COVID-19 in England and Wales registered up to April 3 occurred outside of hospitals. Figures released by the Of...

Angara donates own blood plasma to help infected patients

Convalescent plasma has not yet been approved for use by the the U.S. Food and Drug Administration . UPMC and AHN now have received clearance to try those tr...

How to make your own mask

She had also shared a video PSA on the matter, calling the face masks "a recommended guideline to keep us all safe". As of 9 April 2020, Public Health E...

Care homes 'airbrushed out' of Covid-19 numbers

The number of people dying hit a record weekly high in England and Wales at the start of April, figures show. The number of tests for COVID-19, the disease ca...

Two more deaths linked to COVID-19 at Almonte long-term care home

Although believing the public should know which nursing homes have cases, Heckler noted having cases does not necessarily guarantee a nursing home neglected its...

VA Pastor Who Defiantly Held Church Service Dies from Coronavirus

He had been warned by public health officials against holding gatherings of more than 10 people, but he flouted the advice and insisted that members of his chur...

Coronavirus pushes England and Wales death rate to record high

This compares to the 4,093 deaths reported by the Department of Health (DOH) for the same time period. Coronavirus has pushed the death toll in England and Wa...