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The rapid spread of COVID-19 has launched a flurry of new tests for the highly contagious virus, as researchers and medical providers race to track and understand the pandemic. Yet Illinois — like most of the country — lagged in testing for much of March and April, though more testing has been ramping up across…

IDAHO FALLS — The number of new COVID-19 infections in Idaho continues to rise in the lower double digits every day, but there hasn’t been any major spikes or hot spots. So far, there have been 2,324 positive cases in Idaho. But about 67 percent of those who tested positive have now lived at least…

81-year-old Bo-Kaap woman dies of Covid-19Usually, at this time of year, the community is deep in its routine of special Ramadan prayers as they fast between dawn and dusk.At night, they take food to each other and the poor, and eat together at long place settings that can stretch an entire block at times.It is…

With sporadic reports in recent weeks of cats infected with the coronavirus that causes Covid-19, a group of researchers set out to determine whether cats can transmit the pathogen to one another. The answer, the scientists said: They can. The question now is whether felines can transmit SARS-CoV-2 back to people. Researchers from the University…

while four residents and 11 staff members had tested positive.Devy on Wednesday said Nazareth House is well-known for its homes for the elderly, the disabled, and abandoned children, with facilities in Johannesburg, Pretoria, Durban, Port Elizabeth, as well as Vredehoek and Elsies River in Cape Town.READ | Another Cape Town old age home has Covid-19…