Dr. Eric Cioe-Pena, Director of Global Health at Northwell Health, will join NBC New York at 2 p.m. to address questions submitted by viewers regarding the novel coronavirus, its disease COVID-19 and how to protect yourself as the virus spreads. Submit your questions for the doctor here. Loading…
Martins Ifijeh Despite the recurrent bouts of disease outbreaks in Nigeria and the looming threat from Coronavirus, the Nigerian government has deemed it fit to budget a paltry eight naira (2.1 cents) for prevention, diagnosis and management of communicable diseases of each citizen in 2020. Data exclusively obtained by THISDAY shows that only a meager …
Ebtekar, one of Iran's vice presidents, was the English-language spokesperson known to the media as "Mary" during the 1979 Iranian hostage crisis.
With no word on a vaccine, upping your hygiene is your best weapon against COVID-19
DOCTORS could be forced to give Skype video call appointments at the height of a coronavirus pandemic, the Chief Medical Officer warned today. Professor Chris Whitty admitted today it was “hi…
The number of deaths worldwide passed 3,000 on Sunday as China -- the epicenter of the disease -- reported an additional 35 fatalities and 573 cases.
After an elderly Rocklin man became California’s first reported coronavirus death Wednesday morning, state and county officials have declared public health emergencies and are scrambling to identify hundreds more Californians who may have been exposed during a travel voyage.
Christophe Payne, chief economist at Peninsula Real Estate Management, discusses the economic impact of the coronavirus outbreak.
Kenya on Wednesday accused Somalia of an "unwarranted attack" on the frontier town of Mandera, during heavy fighting over the border.
Health officials today confirmed that the master of a Buddhist temple in North Point at the center of a coronavirus infection cluster has tested positive for the illness himself, as has the domestic worker of another previously confirmed case, bringing the total number of confirmed cases in the city to 103. Chuang Shuk-kwan, from the ... This article, Temple master tests positive for coronavirus as Hong Kong tally reaches 103, originally...
For Jena Spahic, her study abroad program in Milan was supposed to be the trip of a lifetime. Instead, it was cut short as she raced to fly out of Italy, where COVID-19, the coronavirus has spread rapidly. "I feel like my experience got robbed from me," Spahic said. On Feb. 29, the U.S. State Department issued a Level 4 warning against travel to areas in Northern Italy where Spahic was studying. She self-quarantined for two weeks and is not...
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SINGAPORE - Team Singapore athletes from bowling, golf, football, netball, silat, swimming, table tennis, volleyball and wushu showed their appreciation to frontline medical staff from the Singapore General Hospital on Wednesday (March 4).. Read more at straitstimes.com.
Among the many rumors surrounding the coronavirus that have run rampant on social media is one concerning a dog that allegedly had the virus at the Corpus Christi Animal Shelter. Again, this was just a rumor. According to the Shelter's Veterinarian Dr. Melissa Draper, the claim is simply not true. She spoke with 3News Monday to explain that animals do suffer from different strains of coronavirus. They are often referred to as "kennel cough."...
Also, congregants who attended services Feb. 22 and a funeral and a bat mitzvah at the temple Feb. 23 must self-quarantine.
The UN health agency says the world has entered âuncharted territoryâ with the rapid spread of the coronavirus outbreak, as global financial leaders vow to ward off a widespread financial crisis.
To date, the virus has infected nearly 97,000 people and killed over 3,300.
School divisions in Hampton Roads are monitoring the coronavirus and taking proactive measures. School districts in Newport News, Hampton, York County and Williamsburg-James City County are all working closely with local health departments for guidance or actions. In Newport News, school officials are reviewing its communicable disease protocols and will update them with guidance from the Virginia Department of Health to address the coronavirus....
Wool buyers in Australia, the world's dominant exporter, have shrugged off growing concerns over the impact of the coronavirus on garment-makers in China and Italy to send prices slightly higher in the first auctions since a sharp escalation in the global epidemic. Traders, frustrated by a near