Infant dies from coronavirus in Chicago A 6-week-old baby who tested positive for the coronavirus died last week in Connecticut. Governor Ned Lamont confirmed the death on Wednesday, and said that it is likely one of the youngest deaths from the disease “anywhere.” “It is with heartbreaking sadness today that we can confirm the first pediatric fatality…
Mayor Bill De Blasio has endorsed a rental relief plan that would provide immediate aid to those struggling to pay their April rent.The plan, which still needs to be approved by Gov. Andrew Cuomo, would allow tenants to use already-paid security deposits in place of their April rent payments.Visit Business Insider’s homepage for more stories. New…
Professor David Mills is a senior lecturer at Stanford Law School, and Emily Galvin-Almanza is a former public defender and the executive director of Partners for Justice.They write that unless the US acts now, there’s a high probability that as many as 100,000 people who pass through our jails and prisons will die from COVID-19.In…
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Some patients with COVID-19 experience gastrointestinal symptoms, particularly diarrhea, as the first sign of illness, according to a new study.Among this subset of patients – who have mild disease overall – respiratory symptoms show up only later in the illness, and some never develop respiratory symptoms at all, the authors said.NEW YORK SURPASSES CHINA’S OFFICIAL COUNT IN CORONAVIRUS…
The City of Ekurhuleni closed the Duduza Clinic in Nigel, Gauteng, indefinitely after a nurse tested positive for Covid-19. According to mayoral spokesperson Phakamile Mbengashe, the facility and the surrounding area will be sanitised during the period of closure to kill any traces of the novel coronavirus on surfaces.The nurse had attended the prayer breakfast…
New Orleans — Ellis Marsalis Jr., jazz pianist, teacher and patriarch of a New Orleans musical clan that includes famed performer sons Wynton and Branford, has died after battling pneumonia brought by the new coronavirus, one of his sons said late Wednesday. He was 85. Ellis Marsalis III confirmed in a phone interview with The…
Australia’s national science agency has begun testing potential coronavirus vaccines in what has been described as a critical milestone in the global fight against COVID-19.CSIRO scientists are performing the first stage of testing for two vaccine candidates at the agency’s high-containment biosecurity facility in Geelong.The pre-clinical trials, which are expected to take three months, will…
Latest figures from Wednesday show 14 further deaths and 212 new cases In a statement released to The Irish Times on Tuesday evening, the HSE said testing centres had performed ‘in excess of 2,000 tests across the country’ on Tuesday. Photograph: RollingNews.ie
In an exclusive interview with the “CBS Evening News,” Secretary of Defense Mark Esper said governors will have the option of bringing in the National Guard to help enforce stay-at-home orders. Esper spoke to CBS News as more than 500 members of the military have tested positive for COVID-19, including at least 70 sailors on…
