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WHO Backtracks On Asymptomatic COVID-19 Comments

But Van Kerkhove said the real focus should by on following symptomatic cases. About 40 to 45 percent of people with COVID-19 may be asymptomatic , accordi...

158 new cases; 5 new deaths

One in Nowata County, a male in the 18-35 age group. The 10th case of COVID-19 has been reported in Pacific County. That list can be found here. Individual ...

WHO clarifies Covid-19 ‘very rare’ transmission remarks

Her statement provoked an immediate backlash from scientists, who noted that study after study had shown transmission of the virus from people before they e...

World Health Organization clarifies comments, confirms asymptomatic people can spread coronavirus

On Tuesday, Van Kerkhove said her assessment was based on specific studies which might not have undergone peer review, and that it does not reflect a change i...

Fauci: Coronavirus is a "nightmare" and "isn’t over yet"

Fauci added that there is still a world of uncertainty around the virus, and how it spreads and affects the body. "He just took over the planet", said Fauci. ...

COVID-19 continues assault on Person County

So far, 13 of Clark County's cases have been connected to the Pacific Crest outbreak, with 19 total employees testing positive for COVID-19. There were 22 new c...

World Health Organization retracts claim on asymptomatic spread of Covid-19

To truly understand how many people don't have symptoms, we don't actually have that answer yet. This feature has made it so hard to control spread of the v...

DuPage County reports 33 cases of COVID-19, 3 deaths, on Monday

Sherburne County added three new case for a total of 257 cases and two deaths. And state officials have acknowledged that the gradual reopening of the state's...

Gov. Murphy Relaxes Indoor, Outdoor Gathering Limits, Ends 'Stay-at-Home' Order

The governor acknowledged the risks the large protests pose to controlling the spread of the virus and encouraged those who participated to get tested for coro...

Mass production of COVID-19 vaccine by September

CEPI and Gavi are backed by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. The deals, meant to ensure wide distribution of the vaccine without requiring a profit, follo...

COVID-19: Bleaching Food, Gargling Cleaners

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has declared that 40% of Americans are utilizing bleach to clean their food to prevent cor*nav*rus infect...

Lockdowns prevented over 3 million deaths in 11 countries

They estimated that approximately 3.1 million deaths had been averted by the policies. The results of the study were published online by the Nature journa...

CrossFit CEO Apologizes For Insensitive George Floyd Comments, Businesses Cut Ties

While health clubs and gyms remain closed in the majority of USA states due to COVID-19 safety precautions, CrossFit is among the few branded activities that ...

COVID-19: United Kingdom deaths lowest since lockdown began as 77 die

This included no new deaths announced in both Scotland and Northern Ireland - for the second consecutive day. Recent Goverment reports have previously shown...

Kendall County COVID-19 death count remains at 22 for three weeks

Sherburne County added three new case for a total of 257 cases and two deaths. The county's seven-day rolling average of new cases was most recently 24.9, the h...

Kawasaki-like syndrome seen in Covid kids is new disease: Study #102313

The condition was first observed in April, when children in the United Kingdom and other European countries with high numbers of COVID-19 cases showed symptoms ...

Do Not Focus on Asymptomatic COVID-19 Spread, Says WHO

The health ministry in India last month made a decision to revise patient discharge policy on the basis of a similar evidence even though it maintained that ove...

Tanzania says it is COVID-19 but the WHO is concerned

The US Embassy in Tanzania has warned that the risk of contracting coronavirus in Dar es Salaam, a major city and commercial port, and other regions are extreme...

Ford expected to announce Ontario's reopening plan for child-care centres today

Ontario Premier Doug Ford is expected to make an announcement Tuesday on the province's plan to reopen child-care centres. An online Council Meeting is schedul...

Says Asymptomatic Spread of COVID-19 Is 'Very Rare'

But when questioned in more detail about these cases, Van Kerkhove said many of them turn out to have mild disease, or unusual symptoms. "We are constantly ...

World Health Organization chief urges anti-racism protestors to wear masks

As of Monday afternoon, over 7 million coronavirus cases have been diagnosed worldwide, with over 1.9 million of them in the US, according to Johns Hopkins ...

Coronavirus | WHO chief warns virus is worsening globally

At a coronavirus briefing on Monday , he told reporters that more than 100,000 cases had been reported in nine of the past 10 days, and that 75% of Sunday's ...

Death Toll in UK Surpasses 40000

The milestone was reached Sunday, a day after the Brazilian government stopped publishing a running total of coronavirus deaths and infections. Peru also re...

Asymptomatic spread of coronavirus appears to be 'very rare'

WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said Friday at a press briefing that the change in advice was "based on evolving evidence". The Covid-19 pa...

Gov. Andy Beshear seeks better health care for black communities

He wasn't sure how exactly that might be accomplished, adding that he aims to extend Medicare or Medicaid - federal programs for seniors and the poor - to those...

Supply of promising COVID-19 drug will soon run out

He mentioned that this costly medication is being made out there to the poor and needy sufferers within the state. "It has generated promising results in MERS- ...

Free non-medical masks now available at fast food restaurants in Alberta

Albertans can now pick up four free non-medical grade masks alongside their burgers or donuts. Municipalities outside a 50-kilometre radius of a drive-thru ar...

'Aggressive' Shutdowns Kept 60 Million Americans From Getting Sick

According to The Washington Post , researchers analyzed data from six countries, including the USA, and found that "anti-contagion policies" had a significant ...

World Health Organization says pandemic 'far from over' as daily cases hit record high

Singapore's coronavirus task force also said Monday that it believes half of the country's new COVID-19 cases are asymptomatic based on testing data, Reute...

Allegheny County reports no new coronavirus deaths, 5 new cases

With no new deaths since Friday, the total in B.C. remains at 167. According to the department's hospital preparedness dashboard, 1,250 of the commonwealth's ...