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Coronavirus surge possibly linked to Labor Day gatherings in this area: officials

Gatherings over Labor Day are possibly behind a recent surge in cases of the novel coronavirus in Los Angeles County, officials there recently said. On Saturday, officials with the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health announced 13 new deaths and 1,343 newly confirmed cases of COVID-19, bringing the county’s total number of positive cases… Read More »

Drugmakers will start coronavirus vaccine production by end of summer, Trump health officials say

In this May 4, 2020 photo provided by the University of Maryland School of Medicine, the first patient enrolled in Pfizer’s COVID-19 coronavirus vaccine clinical trial at the University of Maryland School of Medicine in Baltimore, receives an injection. University of Maryland School of Medicine | AP U.S. health officials and drugmakers expect to start… Read More »

Testing Shortages Force Extreme Shift In Strategy By Local Health Officials

Use Our Content This story can be republished for free (details). Public health officials in California’s state capital region announced this week they have stopped tracing the contacts of patients diagnosed with the novel coronavirus. They’ve also ceased recommending quarantines for residents exposed to people confirmed to have the virus. It was a grim recognition… Read More »

Coronavirus officials hunt for anyone who spent more than 15 MINUTES with British businessman

Frantic but farcical hunt for anyone who has spent more than 15 MINUTES with British businessman who caught coronavirus at conference ‘hosted by UK company’ in Singapore (despite nobody knowing who he is!) Man diagnosed at Royal Sussex in Brighton Sunday night after flu-like symptoms  First Briton to be infected by deadly contagion after returning… Read More »