Month: November 2020

EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) -- The El Paso Health Department reported 3,100 new cases in the county on Wednesday morning, shattering a previous daily record by more than 1,000 cases. “Hospitalizations continue to rise sharply and unfortunately more people we know will continue to succumb to the complications of this disease. What we have been asking is for all of us to take an active role in prevention and to take this pandemic seriously," El Paso's health authority Dr. Hector Ocaranza said. "Our hospitals are near breaking point, we need everyone to do their part to stop this virus.” The health department's Covid-19 dashboard also shows a massive increase in active cases. That number now stands at 21,902, also an all-time high. Health officials also announced eight ...

As the coronavirus pandemic spread across the world this year to such devastating effect, many of us were asking the same questions. How does the virus spread? How do I protect myself from the infection?   The truth is, we're still learning how SARS-CoV-2 works. Official guidance from the CDC suggests the main way the virus spreads is through respiratory droplets or small particles, ejected from the mouth or nose of infected people, and then inhaled by others. But that's not the only way the virus circulates. The same infectious droplets and particles can land on surfaces and be transferred by touch – meaning infection could result if you touch something with virus particles on it, and then touch your mouth, nose, or eyes, the CDC says. While this general advice is repeated by health...

The global economy is currently a tale of two recoveries, one East and one West. The East China’s economy continues its full-throttled recovery after successfully suppressing COVID, and travel, mobility and consumer patterns are rising and approaching prior year levels. India, where COVID cases increased uncontrollably in June/July, has set itself on a course of herd immunity, lifting all national restrictions as of September 1. “Unlock 4” allowed students to take exams and bars, restaurants, hotels and travel across the country reopened. COVID cases spiked, but have peaked as of the last week of September and are now trending down. The West In contrast, COVID cases in the US and Europe continue to rise as new waves take hold. Cases in the US have surpassed 80K per day and Europe ...

Students play during their break on their first day of school after the summer break at St Luke's Church of England Primary School in East London on September 3, 2020. DANIEL LEAL-OLIVAS | AFP | Getty Images If you live with children, you're not at a greater risk of contracting Covid-19, according to a large study carried out in the U.K. In fact, living with children was associated with a lower risk of dying from the coronavirus compared to those that didn't live with children, researchers from the University of Oxford and London's School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine found. They investigated 9 million adults in the U.K. under the age of 65 between February and August to see whether the risk of infection with Covid-19, and the risk of severe outcomes from...