Many states have introduced restrictions, from full lockdowns to night curfews. The northern state of Bihar, which has been adding about 13,000 daily cases in recent days, is the latest to announce a full lockdown -only essential services, such as government offices, groceries and hospitals, will be open. Source link
The cases are linked to travel from India and further testing is being carried out at a city school. Source link
Maps, charts and graphics explaining what is happening and what the authorities are doing about it. Source link
The UK is still in a “vulnerable situation”, one of the country’s vaccine advisers says. Source link
Researchers found that, on average, Black Americans reported an increase in “poor mental health days” during weeks where more than one deadly racial incident was in the news. Source link
TUESDAY, April 20, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Meatpacking plants were the source of an estimated 334,000 COVID-19 cases in the United States, according to a new study. It puts the economic toll stemming from those cases at $11.2 billion. And study author Tina Saitone, a livestock and rangeland economics cooperative extension specialist at the … Read more
Michael Osterholm, PhD, director, Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy, The University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN Brian Peters, CEO of the Michigan Hospital Association, Lansing, MI Ruth Lynfield, MD, State Epidemiologist, Minnesota Department of Health, Saint Paul, MN Natasha Bagdasarian, MD, Senior Public Health Physician, Michigan Department of Health & Human Services, Ann Arbor, … Read more
And another study shows even 96-year-olds are producing an impressive immune response. Source link
“A lot of the spread is happening among younger people,” he said. “That’s the group that is moving around, kind of relaxing, getting infected.” The CDC is warning of impending doom because of potential covid spikes. Keep masking up, folks. — BrooklynDad_Defiant! (@mmpadellan) March 29, 2021 States are beginning to lift their COVID-19 … Read more
Vaccination of Scotland’s healthcare workers has lowered the rate of infection for people they live with. Source link