Month: August 2020

A COVID-19 patient in the intensive care unit at the United Memorial Medical Center, Houston, Texas on July 28th, 2020. Go Nakamura/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Go Nakamura/Getty Images A COVID-19 patient in the intensive care unit at the United Memorial Medical Center, Houston, Texas on July 28th, 2020. Go Nakamura/Getty Images Leslie Cutitta said yes, twice, w...

Below  is a summary of the latest rates of new Covid-19 cases in key areas of England from PA news agency: Oldham There were 149 new cases of Covid-19 recorded in Oldham in the seven days to August 20. This is the equivalent of 62.8 cases per 100,000 people - down from 102.5 per 100,000 in the previous week. Oldham continues to record the highest rate of new cases in England, but the rolling rate has fallen steadily since a peak of 112.2 in the seven days to August 11. Further restrictions were introduced in Oldham from midnight on Saturday August 22, with people told not to socialise with anyone outside their household and to use public transport only if it is essential. Pendle Pendle is currently recording the second highest rate in England, but here too the numbers are fall...

A US Marine veteran who went from living on the streets to becoming an ER nurse at a Long Island hospital found inspiration to help the homeless in the coronavirus pandemic. Antranik “Andy” Garabedian, 41, used his experience to start a charity for the homeless as he watched the virus take its toll on people on the street — and said he’s handed out close to 1,500 meals across the five boroughs and Nassau County, Long Island since April. “I always said I was going to do something to help people that needed more help than me,” Garabedian told The Post. “I just didn’t know it was going to take a pandemic.” The Long Island native knows first-hand about homelessness: He spent about three years on the streets in the early 2000s after receiving a medical discharge from the Marines....