COVID-19 Updates
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US sets daily record for coronavirus cases with more than 200,000 new infections
The United States has registered a record 200,000 new Covid-19 cases in one day, highlighting the desperate need for a vaccine after results from one medical trial fuelled optimism around…
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Hong Kong reveals plans to step up border controls to shield city from Covid-19 rebound, as warning signs of new wave emerge among drivers
New Covid-19 measures:•Four regular testing centres to operate long-term, offering free service for those at high risk of infections, and paid screening for those requiring certification to travel, especially for…
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Melbourne counts economic cost of coronavirus lockdown, offering harsh lesson to other cities
As countries across the globe grapple with the prospect of renewed lockdowns, the Australian city of Melbourne offers a stark lesson on the costs of bringing the coronavirus under control.The…
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Pfizer and BioNTech’s vaccine poses global logistics challenge
Two vast football-pitch-sized facilities equipped with hundreds of large freezers in Kalamazoo, Michigan, and Puurs, Belgium, will be the centres of the huge effort to ship the coronavirus vaccine, developed…
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Soaring UK job losses show furlough extension may have come too late
Record redundancies, rising unemployment and fewer job opportunities. Even before the second Covid wave forced the launch of lockdown 2.0, workers were feeling the pinch. In the three months to…
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Scientific Brief: Community Use of Cloth Masks to Control the Spread of SARS-CoV-2
Background SARS-CoV-2 infection is transmitted predominately by respiratory droplets generated when people cough, sneeze, sing, talk, or breathe. CDC recommends community use of masks, specifically non-valved multi-layer cloth masks, to…
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CDC Science Agenda for COVID-19
Priority Area I. COVID-19 Disease Detection, Burden, And Impact Disease surveillance and laboratory detection are at the heart of CDC’s mission and fundamental to the COVID-19 public health response. They…
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Celebrating Thanksgiving
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Late Sequelae of COVID-19
The identification of the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 in December 2019 has led to a growing and continually evolving body of knowledge about the virus and the disease it causes, COVID-19.…
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Long-Term Effects of COVID-19
CDC is actively working to learn more about the whole range of short- and long-term health effects associated with COVID-19. As the pandemic unfolds, we are learning that many organs…