Covid-19

An 83-year-old Western Australian woman has died from COVID-19, after contracting the virus from a close contact.Key points:An 83-year-old woman is the ninth WA coronavirus fatalityPolice have arrested 10 people for breaching coronavirus restrictionsOne man will face court over alleged breaches of self-quarantine"It's obviously heartbreaking to hear another West Australian has lost their life to COVID-19,"…

A Victorian teacher has tested positive to COVID-19, with the Melbourne school to be closed for three days for deep cleaning and to enable contact tracing.Health Minister Jenny Mikakos said the school needed to be shut down and cleaned urgently because the infected teacher had been on site in recent days.  Parents and staff at Meadow Glen…

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Gilead Science Inc’s (GILD.O) antiviral drug remdesivir was granted emergency use authorization by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for COVID-19 on Friday, clearing the way for broader use of the drug in more hospitals around the United States. During a meeting in the Oval Office of the White House with President…

Colorado Gov. Jared Polis said Friday in an interview with Colorado Public Radio that his state kept a shipment of more than 100,000 COVID-19 tests from South Korea "under wraps" over concerns the federal government might interfere."We were worried that the federal government or somebody else would take them," he said in the interview.During a…

Colorado Gov. Jared Polis said Friday in an interview with Colorado Public Radio that his state kept a shipment of more than 100,000 COVID-19 tests from South Korea "under wraps" over concerns the federal government might interfere."We were worried that the federal government or somebody else would take them," he said in the interview.During a…

MONTREAL -- Public health officials announced Saturday that there are 1,008 new cases of COVID-19 in Quebec since Friday, and 114 more people have died in the province. The total number of deaths is now 2,136, and the total number of people infected is 29,656 up from 28,648 announced Friday. There are now 22 more…

Beef and pork production has slowed down in Michigan. May 2, 2020, 6:11 PM4 min read In response to a recent slowdown of beef and pork production in Michigan, food industry leaders urged consumers not to panic buy as adjustments are made in response to the coronavirus pandemic at processing plants across the state. The…

FILE PHOTO: Nurses at Montefiore Medical Center Moses Division hospital hold a protest demanding N95 masks and other critical Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) to handle patients during the outbreak coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in the Bronx borough of New York City, New York, U.S., April 2, 2020. REUTERS/Brendan Mcdermid(Reuters) - A U.S. District Court on Friday…

A trial has begun to test if plasma rich in antibodies from the blood of those who have recovered from COVID-19 could be the key to fighting the virus.Blood is taken from a volunteer's arm and then returned to the body once the liquid, known as convalescent plasma, has been removed. If it proves successful,…

WHILE HEALTH AUTHORITIES PREPARED HOSPITALS AND OTHER SECTORS FOR COVID-19, THE VIRUS WAS SILENTLY SPREADING THROUGH NURSING HOMES. HOW WAS IRELAND ‘CAUGHT OFF GUARD’? Sitting in her bedroom in St Mary’s Hospital nursing home in the Phoenix Park in Dublin, Rose Hegarty was listening to Taoiseach Leo Varadkar’s March 12th speech announcing the closure of…