COVID-19 Updates
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Coronavirus surge in Eastern Europe prompts sweeping travel bans, mandated mask-wearing
Countries in Eastern Europe are facing rising waves of coronavirus infections, leading to new restrictive measures such as the mandatory use of face masks in Croatia and travel bans or…
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Coronavirus: University of Hong Kong dismisses allegations from former employee that Beijing covered up outbreak
Hong Kong’s top university has dismissed as hearsay and distanced itself from allegations by a virologist it formerly employed that Beijing covered up the coronavirus outbreak in December.Yan Limeng, who…
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Coronavirus: 200 farm workers quarantined in Herefordshire outbreak
About 200 workers at a vegetable farm and packing business supplying Sainsbury’s, Asda, M&S and Aldi have been ordered to isolate on the property after an outbreak of coronavirus. At…
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Busy with coronavirus bailouts, the world has taken its eyes off the looming debt crash
Awful though Covid-19 has been for its victims and damaging as lockdowns and social distancing have been for commerce and industry, the economic and financial fallout has not yet seemed…
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Until Covid-19 uncertainty melts away there’s little chance of full economic recovery
Health considerations were all that mattered in the early stages of the Covid-19 pandemic. Governments ordered businesses to shut even though they knew activity would fall sharply as a consequence.…
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India allows Kashmir pilgrimage to go ahead despite Covid-19 risks
New Delhi’s decision to allow thousands of Hindu devotees to congregate in the mountainous Himalayan region of the Kashmir valley for an annual pilgrimage amid the coronavirus pandemic has sparked…
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Coronavirus: Hong Kong expert warns each infected person can now spread Covid-19 to four people
A top medical expert advising the Hong Kong government on Covid-19 has warned that each infected person could transmit the coronavirus to four others, as the city has now entered…
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Key Considerations for Transferring Patients to Relief Healthcare Facilities when Responding to Community Transmission of COVID-19 in the United States
Key Terms Relief Healthcare Facilities (RHFs): Established licensed healthcare facilities (e.g., hospitals, long-term acute care hospitals, long-term care facilities, and other licensed inpatient healthcare facilities) that accept patient transfers or…