Month: September 2020

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A new report from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) suggests that people diagnosed with COVID-19 are approximately “twice as likely” to have dined out at restaurants within the 14 days before they began to present symptoms. The report, released on Thursday, suggests that in-person dining at restaurants — “where mask use and social distancing are difficult to maintain” — offers a greater risk of exposure than places like gyms or shopping centers. “Masks cannot be effectively worn while eating and drinking, whereas shopping and numerous other indoor activities do not preclude mask use,” states the report, which suggests that on-site dining might pose “important risk factors associated with SARS-CoV-2 infection.” NYC TO RESUME INDOOR DINING AT 25% CAPACITY BY END ...

MARSEILLE, France (AP) — All five intensive care beds dedicated to COVID patients are in use at the Laveran Military Training Hospital in Marseille, and its doctors are bracing for more. It’s a small ward in a mid-sized hospital, but what’s happening here reflects growing pressure on medical facilities across France as infections resurge. The hospital’s medical staff suit up to enter the COVID zone, hook patients up to monitors and tubes for hydration, nourishment and medicine, and meet frequently to discuss their prognosis. While France’s daily case count climbed back up as summer vacations brought relaxed virus vigilance, the number of infected patients in hospitals and intensive care units stayed low and stable for several weeks. Until now. Doctors in Marseille — the country’s latest ...

By CNN Newsource Salisbury, N.C. — A North Carolina husband and wife of 48 years died holding hands after a battle with COVID-19. Their son, Shane Peoples, said his mom and dad, 67-year-old Johnny Lee Peoples and 65-year-old Cathy Darlene Peoples, died last week. "They were married 48 years, been together 50," Peoples said. "They walked hand-in-hand for those 50 years." Peoples said the deaths marked the end of a 30-day ordeal of both parents contracting the virus then rapidly declining. He said it started with his mother just days away from her retirement. "It was mainly the fever and loss of taste," he said. "My dad starting showing symptoms two days later. About two weeks later they were both put in the ICU....

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