A nurse completes a Covid-19 test at a testing centre in Auckland, New Zealand, on August 14. Fiona Goodall/Getty Images Seven new locally transmitted coronavirus cases have been recorded in New Zealand, as the country attempts to contain a new outbreak after weeks of being virus free. According to Ashley Bloomfield, the country’s Director-General of … Read more
South Korea reported 166 new coronavirus cases on Friday — 155 of which were as a result of community transmission, according to a press release from the South Korean Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (KCDC). Churches in Seoul and neighboring Gyeonggi province, as well as fast-food restaurants and a market in Seoul, have been … Read more
In Covid-19 hotspot counties across the United States, Latino and Black people were hit particularly hard, according to new research published Friday by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Researchers analyzed cumulative case totals from February through June. Among 79 hotspot counties that also had data on race, more than 96% had disparities … Read more
South Korea recorded 43 new coronavirus cases in the past 24 hours, according to data released on Saturday. Thirty of the cases were locally transmitted cases, 16 of which have been linked to a church in Going City, Gyeonggi Province, Kwon Joon-wook, Vice Director of South Korea’s Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (KCDC), said … Read more
People in many parts of the United States are moving around as much as they did before the pandemic started, a top disease forecaster said Friday. That’s not good, said Dr. Christopher Murray, director of the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation at the University of Washington, which issues regular forecasts about the coronavirus pandemic. … Read more
Dr. Joseph Varon, the chief medical officer at Houston’s United Memorial Medical Center, gets home after a long day at work. Callaghan O’Hare/Reuters Dr. Joseph Varon hasn’t had a day off in months. Friday was his 134th consecutive day leading the coronavirus unit at Houston’s United Memorial Medical Center. “If you ask me how the … Read more
Paramedic Jess Baddams poses while holding a blood sample during an antibody testing programme at the Hollymore Ambulance Hub of the West Midlands Ambulance Service in Birmingham on June 5. Simon Dawson/Pool/AFP/Getty Images About 7% of participants in a British study tested positive for coronavirus antibodies, according to results from the first month of the nationwide … Read more
White House coronavirus task force coordinator Dr. Deborah Birx on Tuesday provided some dire warnings for states that are in the task force-defined “yellow zone” for cases and test positivity, which she said are different from outbreaks across the country earlier this year. On a call Tuesday with Vice President Mike Pence and several governors, she … Read more
Former Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Dr. Tom Frieden uses hand sanitizer during a hearing on May 6 in Washington. Alex Wong/Getty Images The first concern with a vaccine to prevent coronavirus infection will be safety, former Centers for Disease Control and Prevention director Dr. Thomas Frieden said Friday. “This is the … Read more
