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The CTICC admits its first 10 patients on Monday as Covid-19 cases climb in the Western Cape.The centre has been converted into an 862-bed facility that will be run by more than 900 medical staff.The conversion took just four weeks as it raced against the clock to prepare for the peak.Cape Town International Convention Centre…

After five days on a ventilator because of covid-19, Susham “Rita” Singh seemed to have turned a corner. Around midnight on April 8, doctors at Houston Methodist Hospital turned off the sedative drip that had kept the previously healthy 65-year-old in a medically induced coma.“The expectation is that you should start waking up after six…

Get all the latest news on coronavirus and more delivered daily to your inbox. Sign up here.Stroke patients are arriving at hospitals and treatment centers an average of more than two hours later than they should amid the coronavirus pandemic, new research reveals, imperiling their chance of survival.A study published today in the Journal of NeuroInterventional Surgery…

A man navigates his boat next to Cruise Ships docked at the port of Long Beach during the COVID-19 Coronavirus pandemic on April 11, 2020 in Long Beach, California.Apu Gomes | Getty ImagesMore than 80% of the passengers and crew infected with coronavirus on an expedition cruise ship did not show any symptoms, raising questions…

May 24, 2020 | 11:36am | Updated May 24, 2020 | 11:56am Enlarge Image A medical worker in Beijing wearing full protective gear takes a swab sample from a journalist to be tested for the coronavirus. Nicolas Asfouri/Getty Images Coronavirus patients stop being infectious 11 days after contracting the disease — even if they still…