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A woman working as a tour-bus guide in Japan tested positive for the coronavirus...
Hong Kong is testing over a thousand people a day for coronavirus, while the US has only tested a total of 445 — partially because the CDC’s test didn’t work.
The dog tested âweak positiveâ for the coronavirus
The pet dog of a coronavirus patient has tested positive for the virus in Hong Kong, according to a government press release on Friday.
Hyundai Motor shut down a factory in South Korea on Friday after a w...
Hyundai Motor Company's (OTC: HYMTF) shares dipped on Friday's trade in Seoul as the company's production is hit by the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus. What Happened The South Korean automaker has shut down a factory in the city of Ulsan after a worker tested positive for the coronavirus, Reuters reported Friday. Hyundai has five factories in Ulsan, which account for about 30% of the company's entire production worldwide, according to...
Dogs, cats and other mammals owned as pets by confirmed coronavirus patients must now undergo a 14-day quarantine.
Hong Kong officials confirmed Friday that a dog has tested positive for the coronavirus.The Hong Kong Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department said in a statement that the dog tested "weak positive" for the virus, meaning there were low traces of the virus found. More than 80,000 people have been infected from the virus so far and at least 2,800 have died worldwide.Health officials are not sure if the dog is infected itself or if the...
The Google employee who tested positive for coronavirus was in the company's Zurich office "for a limited time," Google said in a statement.
The Google employee had been in the Zurich office days before displaying symptoms, the company told employees by email on Friday.
A Google employee at the company's Switzerland office has tested positive for coronavirus, the company said Friday. The unnamed employee was working in the tech giant's Zurich division and was only in the office "for a limited time before they had any symptoms," a spokesperson said. "We have taken — and will continue to take — all necessary precautionary measures, following the advice of public health officials, as we prioritize everyone's...
Hong Kong scientists aren't sure if the dog is actually infected or if it picked up the virus from a contaminated surface.
New Jersey's public health lab and Hackensack Meridian Health have developed the tests to rapidly screen for coronavirus
Health officials have ruled out the COVID-19 virus after an illness prompted a precautionary closure of Bothell High School this week.
An Oregon elementary school employee in Clackamas County has tested positive for the new coronavirus and may have exposed other people to it at work, health officials said Friday night. The announcement raised two key questions: how the patient contracted the virus since they have not traveled to any hot spots, and how many other may be infected as a result. “We’ve been expecting this and we are prepared for it,” Patrick Allen, director of the...
The coronavirus appears to be spreading among people in three separate communities. The new cases were confirmed Friday in California and Oregon.
Coronavirus News: States to begin tests; 1 self-quarantines, another being evaluated for COVID-19 in New York City
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Saturday said it will allow labor...
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Saturday said it will allow laboratories to immediately use tests they have developed and validated to achieve more rapid testing capacity for the coronavirus in the country.
The guidance comes as at least four people have tested positive for the virus without a known origin.
The FDA will allow hundreds of academic hospital labs to immediately begin testing for the novel coronavirus, meaning that the U.S. virtually overnight will become able to test thousands of patients rather than the few hundred tested so far.
Coronavirus News: NY state approved to begin own tests; 1 person evaluated for COVID-19 in New York City
One day after learning an employee at a Lake Oswego elementary school is presumed to have coronavirus, the superintendent said the district’s top priority is the safety of students and staff. The person believed to be infected works at Forest Hills Elementary School and tested positive for coronavirus on Friday, the first presumed case in Oregon. Superintendent Dr. Lora de la Cruz said the person was last at the school on Feb. 19 and stayed home...
The UC Davis student who was being tested for coronavirus does not have the virus, school officials said Saturday. Test results for COVID-19 came back negative, Yolo County health officials said. Two other students who were in contact with them have been released from isolation as well, officials said. Sign up for our Newsletters Campus resources like student housing and dining services will still continue their intensified cleaning programs....
A person under investigation for Coronavirus has tested negative and does not have the virus, according to the Arkansas Department of Health.
The Arkansas Department of Health confirmed on Saturday that the person being tested for the Covid-19 virus has tested negative. They received the results from the Centers for Disease Control. This is the second person from Arkansas to test negative for the coronavirus. Sign up for our Newsletters READ THE FULL STORY:ADH: Arkansan tests negative for coronavirus CHECK OUT KHBS:Get the top Fort Smith and Fayetteville news of the day. With live,...
An Oregon person who was under investigation as a possible case of COVID-19, the illness caused by the new coronavirus, has tested negative for the disease, state officials said Saturday. The negative result is unrelated to the first presumptive case in Oregon, according to the Oregon Health Authority. Seven cases remain pending and four others have been completed, officials said. Three of the ...
British health authorities said on Sunday there had been 12 new cases of coronav...
ROME—It is, by now, impossible to keep up with the fast-changing coronavirus statistics: the number of confirmed cases in new countries seems to roll like ticker tape. The latest confirmations include an American student studying in Italy who reportedly just tested positive for the coronavirus while on a weekend trip to the Czech Republic, one of the first three cases there. Add to that a dozen new cases in the U.K. and an increase by nearly...