Portugal quarantine rules come into force

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Image copyright Reuters Image caption Portugal had previously been removed from the UK’s quarantine list on 20 August Travellers arriving in Scotland from Portugal will have to self-isolate for 14 days under new rules coming into force on Saturday. Scotland and Wales have added the country to their “quarantine list” – while England and Northern … Read more

Colleges Weigh How Best to Test for COVID

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Ravina Kullar, PharmD, infectious disease expert. JAMA Network Open: “Assessment of SARS-CoV-2 Screening Strategies to Permit the Safe Reopening of College Campuses in the United States.” CDC: “Interim Considerations for Institutions of Higher Education Administrators for SARS-CoV-2 Testing.” University of Georgia: “Plans for Surveillance Testing and Notification.” News conference, Sarah Fortune, chair, Harvard Department … Read more

For funerals in the time of Covid, strangers step in to help in final journey

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Among the hundreds of calls he has attended ever since he began handling coordination efforts of the volunteer-led Mercy Angels, Mohammed Ismail remembers one woman in particular. “She told me, ‘My father died yesterday, there is no one to take his body from the hospital. I will fall at your feet, but please do his … Read more