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More than three dozen workers connected with a single unit at St. Rose Hospital in Hayward tested positive for the coronavirus in late May, a spokesman disclosed Friday. Of the hospital’s 780 employees, 37 tested positive and a majority (26) were workers on the same medical/surgical/telemetry unit. Two additional workers who had the virus interacted…

One dead, several rescued from collapsed building (Supplied:EMS) One person died and several others, who were trapped in a collapsed building, have been rescued. Seven people were transported to hospital, while others were treated by paramedics on the scene. The police and Department of Labour are on the scene to investigate the cause of the collapse.One person…

Doctors at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) said Thursday that the coronavirus appears to be declining both in virulence and infection rate.“The virus may be changing,” Dr. Donald Yealy said Thursday during a news conference. “Some patterns suggest the potency is diminished.”Yealy said UPMC has successfully treated more than 500 patients with coronavirus since…

Groote Schuur hospital in Cape Town has about 140 Covid-19 patients. (Ashraf Hendricks/GroundUp) GroundUp previously reported that Groote Schuur, a public hospital in Cape Town, was experiencing a surge of Covid-19 related cases that is stretching its capacity.This week GroundUp reported that a Covid-19 patient who did not have medical aid insurance was moved from…

Ricardo Torres and Mark Johnson, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Published 8:11 a.m. CT May 29, 2020 | Updated 9:58 a.m. CT May 29, 2020CLOSEChildren's Hospital of Wisconsin believes it has identified seven suspected cases of multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children in Wisconsin, the first known cases in the state. The cases have been referred to the Wisconsin Department…