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Aurelien Meunier/Getty For the most up-to-date news and information about the coronavirus pandemic, visit the WHO website. An open letter, signed by 239 researchers from 32 countries, sent to public health bodies, including the World Health Organization, on Monday argues there's significant evidence the coronavirus can persist in the air and spread in tiny, airborne particles from person to person. The letter, published in the ...

THE STATE’S WILDFIRE PREPAREDNESS. WHEN HIS NEWS CONFERENCE BEGINS, WE’LL BRING IT TO YOU LIVE. BUT FIRST, HERE ARE THE LATEST CORONAVIRUS HEADLINES. STARBUCKS SAYS IT WILL REQUIRE FACE MASKS INSIDE ALL U.S. LOCATIONS, STARTING JULY 15. IT’S THE LATEST COMPANY REQUIRING CUSTOMERS TO WEAR FACE COVERINGS, INCLUDING COSTCO AND MANY AIRLINES. DR. ANTHONY FAUCI SAYS STATES NEED TO SERIOUSLY CONSIDER SHUTTING DOWN AGAIN, IF THEY ARE FACING MAJOR RESURGENCES OF THE VIRUS. HE ALSO SAID HE HOPES THERE IS NOT A NEED FOR NEW SHUTDOWNS, SAYING IT WOULD NOT BE VIEWED FAVORABLY. AND THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION IS WARNING THE PANDEMIC IS STILL ACCELERATING. THEY NOTED THE TOTAL NUMBER OF CASES HAS DOUBLED IN THE PAST SIX WEEKS, TO MORE THAN 12 MILLION. THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA HAS NOW HAD MO...

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A dog in Tarrant County has been confirmed as infected with SARS-CoV-2 by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. State officials say the 2-year-old dog is healthy. TARRANT COUNTY, Texas — A dog in Tarrant County has been infected with the virus that causes COVID-19 in humans, SARS-CoV-2, the Texas Animal Health Commission said Tuesday.  The infection was confirmed by the U.S. Department of Agriculture National Veterinary Services Laboratories. This is the first case confirmed in an animal in Texas.  As a precaution, a priva...

The coronavirus crisis nationwide is not only deepening, it is growing more deadly. The country's three biggest states — California, Florida and Texas — are reporting their largest single-day death tolls since the pandemic began. Hospitals there are struggling to keep up with an exploding number of patients. And in Arizona, where about 1 in every 4 tests now comes up positive, lines to get screened stretch for blocks and supplies are running out. The country's top infectious disease expert, Dr. Anthony Fauci, said he believes the country's hardest-hit states should consider pausing plans to reopen. New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio on Thursday appeared to do just that, saying he is banning all large gatherings through the end of September. More than 3 million cases of coronavirus have no...

SAN ANTONIO – The spread of COVID-19 continued on Thursday, as Bexar County and San Antonio officials confirmed 954 new cases. It’s the third straight day that more than 700 new cases have been added. The total case count in Bexar County now stands at 17,679. Coronavirus update San Antonio, July 9: 13 new COVID-19 deaths reported after ME post-mortem tests San Antonio Mayor Ron Nirenberg also confirmed six COVID-19 deaths. Additionally, officials confirmed 13 previously unreported COVID-19 deaths that were discovered in post-mortem examinations. The numbers brought the death toll to 165. Nirenberg said there are now 1,216 COVID-19 patients in the hospital, up from 1,205 on Wednesday. Thursday’s numbers showed 399 patients in the ICU and 231 patients on ventilators. Only 11% of staffed ho...

One day after Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti warned that “We’d likely return to a mandated stay-at-home order” in one or two weeks if coronavirus conditions in the region get worse, the head of Los Angeles County’s Health Department agreed, with some qualifications. “Nothing can be off the table in the pandemic,” said county public health director, Barbara Ferrer. “There’s too much unknown and there’s lots of things that could happen that could put us in much worse shape, including, you know, some serious mutations of this virus that make it more dangerous. So I would never be the person that’s going to say, ‘Absolutely. Out of the question. We can never go back to Safer At Home.’ “There’s just too much unknown here,” continued Ferrer. “There’s a virus. There’s a pandemi...

PERRY CO., MO (WSIL) -- According to a statement from Perry County Memorial Hospital, a doctor who tested positive for COVID-19 was still on duty and may have seen patients. That doctor was asymptomatic at the time. A post on the hospital's Facebook page says two physicians tested positive and a third refused to return to work. You can read the entire statement from the hospital CEO below: Emergency Room personnel are often the front-line warriors in the COVID Pandemic battle. They bear some of the greatest risks of COVID exposure. Locally, Perry County Memorial Hospital (PCMH) has been treating COVID positive patients since March primarily in the Acute Respiratory Clinic, Emergency Room, and inpatient care units. Nearly every shift presents COVID exposure to...

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