A top health official said Friday that the U.S. was too slow in banning travel from Europe and that the delay in closing the nation’s borders to travel from the continent helped accelerate the coronavirus’s spread.“The extensive travel from Europe, once Europe was having outbreaks, really accelerated our importations and the rapid spread,” Anne Schuchat,…
carefully selected" for their knowledge in planning, execution and management of clinical cases and public response, News24 reported."They will be deployed in different provinces of the country in accordance with the strategic plans elaborated by the Department of Health," the Cuban Embassy in South Africa said.Cuban Health Specialists arrive in South Africa to support efforts…
Get all the latest news on coronavirus and more delivered daily to your inbox. Sign up here.Tom Inglesby, director of the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security, said Sunday that the United States is “near the end of the beginning” of the coronavirus pandemic, but remained skeptical of Vice President Pence’s earlier assertion that the country…
Published on Apr 26, 2020‘This pandemic is going to break us.’ — These doctors are documenting their mental health struggles while fighting on the front lines of COVID-19.» Subscribe to NowThis: http://go.nowth.is/News_Subscribe» Sign up for our newsletter KnowThis to get the biggest stories of the day delivered straight to your inbox: https://go.nowth.is/KnowThisIn US news and…
Plus, drive-thru food and weed in WeHo, how local farmers markets are doing, and Homestate Playa Vista Mozza chef, Nancy Silverton Photo by Rick Kern/Getty Images Earlier this week, Los Angeles County officials announced that restaurants with confirmed cases of COVID-19 will be posted on the Los Angeles County of Department of Public Health website.…
Kataza the baboon. Facebook / Baboon Matters The City of Cape Town has asked the public not to feed a baboon that has relocated to Tokai. The baboon, known as Kataza or SK11, is slowly being integrated into the Tokai troop. Video footage, however, shows humans feeding Kataza. The City of Cape Town has requested that Kataza…
As SA Rugby moves to determine which franchises will go to Europe in future, Rassie Erasmus has noted several potential benefits for the local game should that route be followed.The national director of rugby believes the high world rankings of Wales, Ireland and Scotland mean PRO Rugby is competitive and that fans will eventually identify…
(John Finney Photography/Moment/Getty Images) An abnormally bad season of weather may have had a significant impact on the death toll from both World War I and the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic, according to new research, with many more lives being lost due to torrential rain and plummeting temperatures. Through a detailed analysis of an ice…