Coronavirus

Research efforts are laser-focused on finding coronavirus treatments to save the most critically ill. But what about everyone else? A new clinical trial at Stanford University is part of an emerging movement to find COVID-19 medicines that can be given almost immediately after infection, before the virus gains a firm foothold in the body. If…

Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo said New York was working with the C.D.C. to investigate a mysterious illness linked to the coronavirus that causes life-threatening inflammation in children.Right NowMayor Bill de Blasio said 38 children in New York City had been sickened by a mysterious ailment linked to the coronavirus, an increase from 15 reported Monday.…

200 Covid-19 cases linked to three Eastern Cape funeralsThe MEC had previously raised concern over funeral services, which she deemed the worst spreaders of the virus.Gomba said the rising number of positive coronavirus cases in the province was a cause for concern.While concerned about the number of confirmed cases and deaths, there has also been…

9 420 coronavirus cases, with the Western Cape being the biggest contributor to the figures, News24 reported.Explaining the increase in cases, Mkhize said one of the features of the pandemic in the province was the outbreak in "clusters" of infections. These were primarily in factories and busy retail areas.Schreuder said in the letter that while…

Nearly 4 million people worldwide — including almost 1.3 million in the United States – have been infected with the new coronavirus, and the number of deaths from the outbreak continues to rise. While efforts to contain the COVID-19 outbreak continue, states have begun to shift their focus towards reopening their economies. Live updates for…