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WASHINGTON — America’s most celebrated infrastructure initiative, the interstate highway system, rammed an elevated freeway through the center of Claiborne Avenue in New Orleans in the late 1960s.

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Some poor countries can’t cover the cost of administering the coronavirus vaccines when they finally receive them

Fri, 2021-04-02 09:36 — mike kraft

Coronavirus vaccines are finally reaching poor countries, but some can’t cover the cost of administering them Public health experts told The Post that many low-income countries are on track to face acute shortages of trained and salaried health-care workers in a few months, when Covax shipments increase. Miriam Berger Washington Post

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Ontario provience will enter a third lock down because of increasing COVID-19 cases

Thu, 2021-04-01 20:36 — mike kraft

Ontario 'pulling the emergency brake' with third COVID-19 lockdown as cases rise, ICU beds fill The Canadian province of Ontario will enter a limited lockdown for 28 days on Saturday, as COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations rise and more dangerous virus variants take hold, the premier said on Thursday. Allison Martell, Moira Warburton U.S.

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OPINION: How Europe has mishandled the pandemic--The Economist

Thu, 2021-04-01 19:58 — mike kraft

How Europe has mishandled the pandemic What happened and what does it mean for the union? The Economist

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Overview"Coronavirus international developments briefs

Thu, 2021-04-01 11:20 — mike kraft

Factbox-Latest on the worldwide spread of the coronavirus The World Trade Organization said risks from the uneven roll-out of coronavirus vaccination campaigns and the possible emergence of vaccine-resistant strains clouded the outlook for the global trade in goods, while raising its growth forecast slightly. Reuters Staff U.S.

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* All health workers in Italy must have coronavirus jabs, the government said, in a potentially controversial move aimed at protecting vulnerable patients and pushing back against ‘no-vax’ sentiment.

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FDA Approves 2 Rapid COVID Tests for at home use

Thu, 2021-04-01 09:30 — mike kraft

More consumers will soon be able to test themselves for COVID-19 from the comfort of their own home. On Wednesday, the Food and Drug Administration approved two rapid antigen home tests for use in the U.S.

Americans will soon be able to purchase Abbott's BinaxNOW and Quidel Quickvue tests at drug stores. The two options join a test made by Ellume, which received FDA approval in December, in the market. The two, newly-approved swab tests will be sold at a lower price point.

The BinaxNOW and Quickvue tests are expected to be sold in two-packs for around $15-20; Ellume costs $30.

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France to start a nationwide schooolclosure and domestic travel bans to counter the spreading coronovirus.

Wed, 2021-03-31 18:58 — mike kraft

France to close schools, ban domestic travel as virus surges PARIS (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday announced a three-week nationwide school closure and a month-long domestic travel ban, as the rapid spread of the virus ramped up... AP NEWS

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Presymptomatic individuals accounted for 75 percent of confirmed COVID-19 transmission events --New study ,

Wed, 2021-03-31 12:24 — mike kraft

Analysis of Asymptomatic and Presymptomatic Transmission in SARS-CoV-2 Outbreak, Germany, 2020

Catching the coronavirus from people who are asymptomatic, individuals who are infected but never have symptoms, may be exceptionally rare, according to a small but thorough study of 59 people who had the virus and 254 people they interacted with. However, presymptomatic individuals, those who are infected but haven’t yet begun to show symptoms, accounted for 75 percent of confirmed transmission events, researchers report in an April dispatch of Emerging Infectious Disease.

The seven asymptomatic cases did not transmit the virus to any of their contacts. Twenty-two of the 29 transmission events occurred when an infected person who was not yet showing symptoms interacted with people outside of their household. The study underlines the importance of isolation after testing positive, to reduce the chance of transmission even before symptoms start. ...

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