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by: Olivia Steen Posted: May 4, 2020 / 09:36 PM EDT / Updated: May 4, 2020 / 09:36 PM EDT WILKES COUNTY, N.C. — A major coronavirus battle is ramping up in Wilkes County. The Wilkes County Health Department screened 200 employees who work at the Tyson Foods Processing Plant, a place that employs more…

More than 2700 people were screened during roadblocks on the N14 in Ventersdorp, Brandvlei and the N1 North freeway, on Sunday.The roadblock was held to monitor commuters returning to Gauteng. Law enforcement officers and health officials were joined at the roadblock by Gauteng Education MEC Panyaza Lesufi.Of those screened for Covid-19, five were taken in…

@itchybyte) pic.twitter.com/ZQ7oaTYdAA— Team News24 (@TeamNews24) May 1, 2020Selfies were taken very quickly, but people kept moving. Restaurants and businesses along the strip remained closed.By 08:55 the atmosphere changed - there was a rush to return home or to a vehicle. At 09:02, the first whoop of a police siren was heard as a mum and…

An initiative has attracted more than 1,700 volunteers who say they would be willing to intentionally be infected with the coronavirus as part of a controversial testing method that advocates say could speed the development of a vaccine.  The group, 1Day Sooner, says 1,754 people have signed up as volunteers for a so-called human challenge…

Six hundred severely ill Covid-19 patients have received blood plasma from recovered patients in a study researchers hope sheds light on whether the experimental therapy improves health outcomes and yields other useful data outside the scientific rigor of a traditional clinical trial. The patients are participating in a national expanded-access program authorized in early April…