COVID-19 Updates
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Infographic: Tracking MIS-C: Multi-System Inflammatory Syndrome in U.S. Children
Read Text Equivalent (for Section 508 access) Tracking MIS-C (Text Version) Tracking MIS-C: Multi-System Inflammatory Syndrome in U.S. Children 186 MIS-C Cases, 26 states March 15-May 20, 2020 Epidemiology of…
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Studying the disease
Antibodies: Proteins in blood that the body produces to fight a foreign substance like a virus. Asymptomatic: Describes a person who has been infected by a pathogen (such as a…
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Monitoring and tracking the disease
Burden of Disease: Impact of a health outcome or disease on a population. Case Definition: Set of criteria for determining if a person has a particular disease or other health…
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Identifying the source of the outbreak
Epidemic: Sudden increase in cases of a disease. Epidemiology: Study of disease and other health outcomes, their causes in a population, and how they can be controlled. Outbreak: A higher-than-expected…
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About COVID-19 Epidemiology
CDC keeps track of the number of COVID-19 cases and collects information on the disease from surveillance systems that report different kinds of data, such as new cases, hospitalizations, deaths,…
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Sick Parents and Caregivers
If a parent or a sole caregiver has COVID-19 Everyone in the home should practice everyday preventive actions. Those in the home who are sick with COVID-19 should follow CDC’s…
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Shanghai bets on consumer spending to propel the battered local economy in post-coronavirus era
Angus Gu, a jeweller, was one of hundreds of retailers to set up a market stall outside Shanghai’s Bund Finance Centre (BFC) at the weekend in a bid to reach…
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Indonesia pushes ahead with US$33 billion new capital city despite sputtering, pandemic-hit economy
Indonesia is pressing ahead with plans to build a new capital as billions of dollars in private sector investment is seen as key to reviving an economy battered by the…
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Coronavirus tests at 700 ‘high risk’ wet markets: welcome to West Java’s new normal
Indonesia’s most populous province of West Java is to test all the vendors in its 700 traditional wet markets for coronavirus in an effort to prevent a second wave of…
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Trump ‘more and more angry at China’ over coronavirus
US President Donald Trump said Tuesday he was growing “more and more angry at China” over the spread of the coronavirus, as American health officials warned they were not in…