Layered advice — For homemade masks, you're probably doing it wrong, guidance suggests. Beth Mole - Jun 6, 2020 4:08 pm UTC Enlarge / French fashion student sews homemade protective face masks to stop the spread of COVID-19. The World Health Organization on Friday updated its guidance on the use of masks amid the COVID-19…
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As schools prepare to reopen, Redhill School in Johannesburg gave us a glimpse into what life will be like for pupils.The school has implemented innovative ideas for prevention, already welcoming half of their pupils back."Bringing them back to campus was vital so that we can help them adjust and grow the skills needed to navigate…
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A mass public health alert has been issued after a fruit picker flew into Queensland from Victoria while infectious with coronavirus.Key points:Contact tracing is underway for Virgin flights VA313, Melbourne to Brisbane, on June 1 and VA2905, Brisbane to Bundaberg, on June 2Health authorities say Bundaberg and Brisbane should be on high alert for infectionsThere is…
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U.S. President Donald Trump has said that countries like India and China would have much more coronavirus cases than America if they conduct more tests.Mr. Trump, in his remarks at Puritan Medical Products in Maine, said that the U.S. has carried out 20 million tests.Interactive map of confirmed coronavirus cases in IndiaCompared to the U.S.…
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New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio revealed Friday a 75 percent spike in coronavirus hospitalizations since a day earlier but rejected the suggestion that the spread could have been caused by massive protests in the wake of the death of George Floyd."I would be surprised if that's what's causing it," de Blasio said Friday of…
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A woman wearing a protective face mask salutes as people hold a minute of silence during the last day of the official ten-day mourning of those who died of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), at Puerta del Sol square in Madrid, Spain June 5, 2020. REUTERS/Sergio PerezLONDON (Reuters) - The World Health Organization (WHO) updated its…
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(Reuters) - The World Health Organization (WHO) updated its guidance on Friday to recommend that governments ask people wear fabric face masks in public places to curb the spread of the pandemic COVID-19 disease caused by the new coronavirus. FILE PHOTO: A man wearing a mask waits at a bus stop in London, following the…
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Games Done Quick announced on Friday that Summer Games Done Quick (SGDQ), the annual charity speedrunning event, will be held entirely online this year because of the COVID-19 pandemic. SGDQ was already postponed earlier this year due to the pandemic. The event’s original dates were June 21-28, and it would have been held in Minnesota.…
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A Bombardier Global 6500 business jet displayed at the National Business Aviation Association exhibition in Las Vegas on Oct. 21, 2019. David Becker/Reuters Bombardier Inc. is laying off 2,500 people in its aviation division, including about 1,900 people in Toronto and Quebec, as the Montreal-based transportation company slashes jobs in anticipation of reduced demand for…
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Three of the authors of an influential article that found hydroxychloroquine increased the risk of death in COVID-19 patients retracted the study on concerns about the quality of the data.A bottle of hydroxychloroquine tablets in Texas City, Texas. in April. A Lancet study on the potential COVID-19 treatment has been retracted. (David J. Phillip/The Associated…
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