Almost half of Canada's COVID-19 cases are caused by spread in the community from an unknown source, and experts say that signals there could be a silent epidemic happening across the country.Pedestrians wear masks in Toronto on Friday as residents engage in social distancing during the COVID-19 outbreak. Health experts say the rise in COVID-19…
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Mechanical Ventilator Milano (MVM): A Novel Mechanical Ventilator Designed for Mass Scale Production in Response to the COVID-19 Pandemics
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Read More »Courtroom drama thin on the ground amid Covid-19 anguish
The changes to the criminal courts system amid the coronavirus crisis are difficult to spot at first. Aside from the hand-sanitiser dispensers and warning signs dotted around the Criminal Courts of Justice (CCJ) on Dublin’s Parkgate Street, the wheels of justice appear to be turning relatively normally, albeit with a vastly reduced caseload. It is…
Read More »Covid-19: Rent-a-room tenants at risk of eviction
Coronavirus is putting rent-a-room tenants in the homes of landlords at risk of eviction as landlords seek to protect themselves from the pandemic. Housing charity Threshold says it has received “dozens of calls” from people in rent-a-room scenarios who have been told to leave their homes because they have returned to Ireland from affected areas,…
Read More »Subscriber Only: Kathy Sheridan on Covid-19: No time to stigmatise elderly
We get it. Covid-19 is delivering a smart kick in the communal backside. No part of our lives remains untouched. We are levelled. We are isolated, shrouded in dread, grieving for the time and the hugs of loved ones that are lost to us for now. It’s hardly surprising if the loss is felt more…
Read More »Computex delayed until late-September over continued COVID-19 concerns
Scheduled for early-June in Taipei, Computex has been one of the world’s largest technology trade shows for decades now. It was also among the last big hold outs as events all over the world have been canceled on postponed over the growing COVID-19 pandemic. Earlier this week, a number of manufactures sent out public flares,…
Read More »Volunteers step up to aid seniors during coronavirus crisis
While the coronavirus pandemic is expected to worsen, efforts have been raised around the country to help people aged 65 and older who are the most susceptible to the coronavirus. A Kentucky COVID-19 relief program pairs people who are medically at-risk, in most cases the elderly, with those who are not. In Texas, a Facebook…
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Read More »Labs under pressure as Covid-19 testing increases, while private, public sectors rally
The country’s health laboratories are taking strain as testing for the Covid-19 disease, caused by the novel coronavirus, increases.Zweli Mkhize, the Minister of Health, announced on Tuesday that the number of confirmed infections had jumped from 402 to 554.An epidemiologist, who is directly involved in testing and battling the virus, spoke to News24 on condition…
Read More »Nearly half of Canada’s COVID-19 cases now acquired through community spread, Public Health Agency of Canada says
Shoppers lineup outside a Loblaws grocery store in Toronto on March 20, 2020. On Monday, the Public Health Agency of Canada reported that 44 per cent of all COVID-19 cases in the country are the result of community transmission. Melissa Tait/The Globe and Mail Nearly half of Canada’s COVID-19 cases are now being acquired through…
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