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A team of scientists has high hopes for a potential breakthrough blocker for the novel strain of coronavirus (COVID-19). It has discovered that strains of medical cannabis may help prevent contracting COVID infections. At least a dozen cannabis plants of the hundreds tested were high in CBD that appeared to affect the ACE2 pathways that…

Maryland has confirmed 1,071 new cases of COVID-19 since Friday, officials announced Saturday morning, as the number of hospitalizations again declined. State officials also announced 38 more people died due to complications from the disease, bringing the state’s total to 2,130 fatalities. In addition, officials say, 113 people have probably died due to the disease…

A boy wears a handmade mask to try to reduce transmission of COVID-19, the disease caused by the coronavirus. Stephen Shankland/CNET For the most up-to-date news and information about the coronavirus pandemic, visit the WHO website. At first, news that COVID-19 doesn't always affect children as severely as it strikes adults was a welcome relief. At least…

led by Deputy President David Mabuza, Presidency spokesperson Khusela Diko said. At that meeting, Mabuza said traditional leaders would play an important role in disseminating information to rural South Africans on the novel coronavirus and the measures taken by government. Diko said Ramaphosa had recently held consultative meetings with the National Economic Development and Labour Council, the President's…

three police stations in the Eastern Cape were temporarily closed after it was discovered that some of their officers had tested positive for Covid-19.SAPS management in the province provisionally closed the stations so that the facilities could be decontaminated. All these processes were done through the advice and guidance of Department of Health officials, police…