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While secondhand smoke likely doesn’t directly cause the coronavirus, smokers can exhale infected droplets into the air, experts say.“Not only are they potentially spreading virus by not wearing a mask, they are blowing those droplets to the people around them to potentially get infected,” Dr. Albert Rizzo, chief medical officer for the American Lung Association, told…

The SA economy is said to contract to levels last seen since the Great Depression of the 1930s. South Africa will record its worst economic performance since the Great Depression with Treasury projecting a contraction of 7.2% because of the Covid-19 pandemic has exacerbated the already weak economic environment.During the tabling of the special adjustment…

Share on PinterestResearchers warn that many SARS-CoV-2 infections are likely asymptomatic, and they urge people to wear face masks to prevent ‘silent spread.’In considering the spread dynamics of the new coronavirus — or SARS-CoV-2 — researchers, and health authorities have been pondering the importance of “silent” transmission.This concept says that people who may have contracted…

The city Health Department has awarded a $1.2 billion contract focusing mainly on services to prevent HIV/AIDS — even as the Big Apple grapples with a massive budget crisis over the coronavirus. The huge nine-year contract to the not-for-profit firm Public Health Solutions was announced May 27 — the same day Mayor Bill de Blasio…