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Health Minister Zweli Mkhize has confirmed the country's first neonatal death related to Covid-19 on Wednesday evening - a prematurely born baby who had lung difficulties.The two-day-old had required ventilation support immediately after birth, Mkhize said."The mother had tested positive for Covid-19 and the child subsequently tested positive for Covid-19 as well. It is important…

Get all the latest news on coronavirus and more delivered daily to your inbox. Sign up here.Colorado health officials this week identified the first coronavirus outbreaks connected to childcare facilities in the state.At least four adults and one child have tested positive for COVID-19 after being exposed to the novel virus in childcare facilities, reported The Denver Post, citing data…

Share on PinterestA recent study uses CT scans to investigate the impact of COVID-19 on the bowel.In the early stages of the COVID-19 outbreak in China, doctors believed the main symptoms to be fever, cough, muscle pain, and fatigue.As case numbers rose worldwide, doctors increasingly noted gastrointestinal symptoms, such as diarrhea, nausea, vomiting, and abdominal…

Ramaphosa announces Level 3 lockdownBut the most serious oversight was he neglected to show the country that he understands the data which is fed into government structures from a range of sources; data that shows what the state of the spread of the pandemic in the country is.There was no firm explanation to South Africans…

Dr. Veena Jones was on her morning commute from her home in Menlo Park to her office at Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital in Palo Alto when she learned of lab test results that might have caused her to swerve off on El Camino Real if she hadn’t already been driving cautiously in the slow lane.…