The Access to COVID-19 Tools Accelerator (ACT-Accelerator), a global collaboration led by the WHO for the development of diagnostics, therapeutics and vaccines has a finance gap of US$28 billion, including US$4.3 billion urgently needed for the next two months, Guterres noted. Guterres also d...
Acting Chief Medical Officer (CMO) Dr Ronald Georges said the BVI will be adhering to the UK recommended guidelines of 10 days of isolation for COVID-19 infected persons. This is in considerable contrast to the five-day isolation period recommended by the United States-based Centers for Disease...
WASHINGTON, Dec. 24 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has shortened the isolation periods for health care workers infected with COVID-19, due to hospital staffing shortages driven by the surge in new cases and hospitalizations. The CDC revised its guidelin...
Americans who test positive for COVID-19 no longer need to stay in isolation for five days, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced on Friday. The health agency changed its longstanding guidance, saying people can return to work or regular activities if their symptoms...
LONDON, Jan. 13 (Xinhua) -- From Monday, the self-isolation period for fully vaccinated people in England who test positive for COVID-19 will be reduced from seven days to five full days, British Health Secretary Sajid Javid announced Thursday. ...
On March 1, 2024, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (“CDC”) repealed its previous guidance advising a 5-day isolation period for individuals testing positive for COVID-19 and issued consolidated guidance on “Preventing Spread of Respiratory Viruses ...
The economic consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic are evident on a global scale, having been responsible for the second largest global recession in history, with more than a third of the global population at the time being placed on lockdown. ...
On 22 December 2021, the UK HSA reduced self-isolation for covid-19 cases in England from 10 to seven days following negative lateral flow tests on days six to seven. The UK HSA stated that a seven day isolation period alongside two negative lateral flow tests had nearly the same ...
The entire third floor at the Dr D Orlando Smith Hospital has been transformed into a ‘special’ Isolation Unit for Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) cases. Health Minister Carvin Malone said the unit is “to handle and support of confirmed cases” who are deemed to require hospital administration...
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