COVID-19 Updates
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Compass seeks £2bn in biggest fundraising since Covid-19 crisis began
Compass Group, the world’s biggest catering firm, intends to raise £2bn from investors to shore up its finances, as the schools, offices and sporting venues it previously supplied with food…
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UK coronavirus home test kits run out as eligibility list is expanded
The NHS appeared to run out of its daily allocation of home testing kits within hours on Tuesday morning after Matt Hancock said anyone aged five and over with symptoms…
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‘A true emergency:’ Covid-19 pushes homeless crisis in San Francisco’s Tenderloin to the brink
On the streets of San Francisco’s Tenderloin neighborhood, social distancing does not exist. Tents and blankets cram the narrow sidewalks, even set right against sun-faded buildings. Occupants of these encampments…
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Hydroxychloroquine, Trump and Covid-19: what you need to know
Donald Trump has reignited a controversy over the antimalarial drugs chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine after telling reporters he was taking the latter to protect himself against coronavirus. What do we know…
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‘My angel’: man who became face of India’s stranded helped home by stranger
A photograph of a migrant labourer, his face contorted with anguish as he sits on the roadside in Delhi speaking to his wife about their sick baby boy, has come…
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Covid-19: are pandemics becoming more common? – podcast
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Considerations for Schools
As some communities in the United States open K-12 schools, CDC offers the following considerations for ways in which schools can help protect students, teachers, administrators, and staff and slow…
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Considerations for Youth Sports
As some communities in the United States begin to start youth sports activities again, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) offers the following considerations for ways in which…
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What Construction Workers Need to Know about COVID-19
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a respiratory illness caused by a virus called SARS-CoV-2. Our understanding of how the virus spreads is evolving as we learn more about it, so…
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Additional COVID-19 Guidance for Caregivers of People Living with Dementia in Community Settings
Older adults and people with serious underlying medical conditions are at higher risk for severe illness from COVID-19, according to public health and clinical experts.1–2 Among adults with confirmed COVID-19,…