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Illinois Has A New Stay-At-Home Order

There were 14,478 COVID-19 tests administered within the last 24 hours and 2,253 new cases. Pritzker cited a poll published by IL political blog Capitol Fax t...

Premier Gets Teary Discussing Window Ban

One resident with a 93-year-old mother in a long-term care home told the Citizen , "I am quite dismayed that interacting by just looking at one another through...

UK COVID-19 deaths top 26000 as care home, community figures included

It is now only behind Italy in Europe , and now has the third highest official coronavirus death toll in the world, behind the Mediterranean state and the US...

TikTok, Bill Gates pledge $20 million to help Africa tackle COVID-19

It comes after Global Citizens took over 344,000 actions to call on world leaders to protect the health of the most vulnerable people during the COVID-19 pandem...

Sale of cigarettes, other tobacco products now banned under Level 4

Various ministers who sit on the coronvirus command council held a briefing in Pretoria on Wednesday to explain the level 4 lockdown regulations. Due to the...

UK COVID-19 deaths higher among black, Asian and other minorities

Data from the US has shown African Americans are more likely to die from COVID-19, highlighting long-standing disparities in health and inequalities in access t...

Could remdesivir be a game changer for COVID patients?

Fauci - who said he spoke with the commissioner of the FDA, Stephen Hahn, recently - believes the FDA are going to start moving very quickly. "There will be a l...

North York General Hospital reports COVID-19 outbreak

A number of other hospitals around the GTA have reported outbreaks of the virus, including SickKids Hospital, which also reported an outbreak Tuesday. Additiona...

Thirteen new COVID-19 cases in Westmeath

The Department of Health have confirmed that, as of 8pm on Wednesday, 29 April, an additional 376 cases have been confirmed, bringing Ireland's total to 20,253....

Remdesivir: Drug has 'clear cut' power to fight coronavirus

Researchers released some good news about a possible treatment for coronavirus Wednesday - evidence that the experimental drug remdesivir might help patient...

President Donald Trump planning to be in Arizona next week

John Bel Edwards, D-La., in the Oval Office of the White House, Wednesday, April 29, 2020, in Washington. For example, the New York Department of Health repor...

Governor To Announce Any Changes To Stay at Home Order Thursday

But bars, restaurants and other public accommodations must remain closed except for takeout and delivery. "It's not essential products that are being sold, it's...

Coronavirus: Ontario's patient ombudsman says complaints from long-term care homes signal crisis

Ontario has had about 16,000 cases of COVID-19 and at least 1,000 deaths since the outbreak began in late January. Since then, the ombudsman has seen long-term ...

Mfume Wins Special Election for 7th Congressional District Seat

Elijah Cummings . Mfume, 71, who defeated Republican Kim Klacik in the heavily Democratic district that covers parts of Baltimore and central Maryland, is...

Blood clots linked to COVID-19 death risk

Around one in four coronavirus patients admitted to ICU will develop a pulmonary embolism. "The association between large-vessel stroke and Covid-19 in youn...

Remdesivir Drug Demonstrates Promising Results in Phase 3 Trial for COVID-19

Remdesivir, developed by Gilead Sciences Inc., is an investigational broad-spectrum antiviral treatment administered via daily infusion for 10 days. The fin...

New Jersey Golf Courses and State Parks to Reopen on Saturday

During their meeting, Murphy requested between $20 to 30 billion in federal funds to keep state firefighters, teachers, police, EMS paid during the epidemic. "I...

Karen Pence Defends Mike Pence Not Wearing Mask at Mayo

Pence visited a factory in IN producing ventilators on Thursday and, following medical experts' recommendations, put on a mask in preparation for coming face to...

Reopened golf courses, campsites part of Alberta relaunch plan

The government says boat launches are also to be made accessible and it is working to open as many campsites as possible by June 1. At first sites will be open ...

Men may be more likely to die from Covid-19 than women

People with symptoms, including a cough, fever, shortness of breath, muscle aches and pains, diarrhea, sore throat or decreased sense of smell and taste, should...

Random, voluntary testing for COVID-19 antibodies starts today in metro neighborhoods

A spokesman with the state public health's district office said recovery cases are not tracked because many people infected with COVID-19 do not seek medical ca...

NY doctor on Covid duty kills self

He said that her gruelling work was "overwhelming" and took a "toll on her mental health" after she contracted the deadly coronavirus from a patient that sh...

Oxford researchers have reportedly received promising news about their coronavirus vaccine

According to BBC , the Serum Institute of India alone has an extra capacity of 400 to 500 million doses, above the usual utilization of its capacity for the ...

United Kingdom construction workers offered Covid-19 testing

As part of the government's attempts to expand COVID-19 testing across the United Kingdom, the criteria of people who can now get a test has been broadened by H...

Contact Tracing: The key to fighting COVID-19

Beginning May 11, 500 centralized contact tracers will begin work to help track the spread of COVID-19. Mayo Clinic recently established a system that integra...

Georgia issuing driver's licenses without road tests during coronavirus crisis

An actual driver's license will be mailed to them. Permit holders over the age of 18 can sign their own affidavit. Georgia just made getting a driver's lice...

United States says Remdesivir shows 'clear-cut' effect on coronavirus

It said the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases would provide more information. "It just puts us in a very hard position when you have one of ...

Interior Health has 169 cases of COVID-19

There have been two new outbreaks in long-term care facilities. Currently, there are 24 active outbreaks in long-term facilities and three acute care unit outbr...

Tennessee kicking off coronavirus antibody testing

After requesting and purchasing the test, people can set an appointment for a blood draw at one of Quest's service centers. An antibody test shows whether som...

Number of overall deaths in North Yorkshire higher than average in March

According to the Office for National Statistics there have been 3,096 care home deaths overall and with 2,000 in the week ending 17 April, double the previous...