South Africa 2020-05-30 10:56 Nathi Mthethwa (Gallo) Professional rugby and soccer teams in South Africa can resume training under Level 3 of the national lockdown regulations starting on Monday, 1 June, but they will not be allowed to resume matches. That was the message from sports minister Nathi Mthethwa on Saturday as he confirmed that professional…
By Sam Wong , Adam Vaughan , Conrad Quilty-Harper and Layal Liverpool A commuter wearing a protective face shield at London Waterloo railway station in London.Simon Dawson/Bloomberg via Getty Latest coronavirus news as of 5 pm on 21 May Time is running out to prevent a second surge of infection in the UK The NHS…
Published: May 20, 2020 at 11:38 a.m. ET It is expected to be introduced across the U.K. in mid to late May and countries around the world are testing similar options The app tracks a user’s proximity to others in order to alert them if they have been in touch with somebody who has the…
First it was testing and PPE, then ventilators: The next big coronavirus hurdle for the U.S. is contact tracing.Why it matters: This is a must-have for reopening while limiting the death toll.The big picture: Contact tracing is a simple concept. Most countries use a combination of cellphone apps and human contact tracers to track down…
GettyAlmost everyone reading this will own a smartphone, and almost all of those smartphones will have WhatsApp installed. In its top markets, those where it has its greatest penetration, the leading messaging platform has just over an 80% install base across smartphone users. Getting there has taken 11 years. Now let’s talk about contact-tracing. These…
Here in the northern hemisphere, winter famously contributes to widespread vitamin D deficiency as sunlight exposure decreases. The trend is “very marked in clinical practice," Mary Gover, MD, an internal medicine doctor at Montefiore Einstein Advanced Care in New York City, tells SELF. What you might not know, however, is that vitamin D isn’t the
Your 30s and 40s are what some would consider the best years of your life. You’re no longer “figuring it out,” but you aren’t “old” by society’s ageist standards either. It should be a sweet spot—right? But despite the illusion of stability and security, it’s also common for anxiety and self-doubt to worsen during your
5 min read WHEN THE JUSTICE Department released a trove of Epstein-related files on January 30 and then pulled down thousands of pages after redaction failures exposed victims’ identifying information and explicit material, I felt a familiar gut-drop. Once again, the people with the least power were being asked to pay twice—first for the abuse