Few railings to prevent people from cutting in line for Covid gunfire

[ad_1] In the hours between Trump leaving the White House and entering Biden, a team of cleaners will wipe down all surfaces and spray the air with disinfectant. After that, masks will be mandatory and testing will be constant. POLITICO’s Alice Miranda Ollstein explains how Biden and his team are working to turn the White … Read more

COVID-19 kills 8 nuns in nursing home in one week

[ad_1] (Journalist) – Eight nuns living in a nursing home for sisters in suburban Milwaukee died of complications from COVID-19 last week – four of them on the same day, according to the congregation that runs the home. Sisters at the school in Notre-Dame Central Pacific Province said other sisters who live in Notre-Dame d’Elm … Read more

Sir Ian McKellen is ‘euphoric’ after receiving his COVID-19 vaccine

[ad_1] NHS London / Twitter “Anyone who has lived as long as me is alive because they have already been vaccinated.” – Sir Ian McKellen, 2020 COVID-19 vaccination programs are being rolled out in a number of Western countries. In the UK, vaccination efforts have been underway for a week now, with the first resident … Read more

69 Wake County students tested positive for coronavirus in one week :: WRAL.com

[ad_1] By Maggie Brown, WRAL Multiplatform Producer More than 100 staff and students in Wake County have tested positive for the coronavirus within a week, according to the district’s Coronavirus Dashboard. Sixty-nine students tested positive for the coronavirus from December 10 to December 16, and 59 staff members tested positive. The first coronavirus cluster has … Read more

How the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine works

[ad_1] The University of Oxford has partnered with Anglo-Swedish company AstraZeneca to develop and test a vaccine against the coronavirus known as ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 or AZD1222. A clinical trial found the vaccine to be up to 90% effective, depending on the initial dose. But uncertainty about the results clouded his outlook. A piece of the … Read more

Eight nuns died from Covid-19 at Wisconsin facility in one week

[ad_1] The Notre Dame school sisters confirmed the deaths to CNN affiliate WTMJ, adding that the sisters had died of complications from the virus. “Each of our sisters is really important,” Sister Debra Sciano, the provincial leader of the School Sisters of Notre Dame Central Pacific Province, told the channel. “Not just for us, but … Read more

CDC warns of ‘substantial increase’ in fatal drug overdoses to coincide with Covid-19 pandemic

[ad_1] The worst of the deaths coincide with the closures and other measures taken to control the pandemic, the CDC said in a health alert. Data from the CDC’s National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) indicates that approximately 81,230 drug overdose deaths occurred in the United States during this period. “This represents a worsening of … Read more

59 more deaths from COVID-19 in Wisconsin; 129 more hospitalized

[ad_1] MADISON (WKOW) – Fifty-nine deaths were added today to the total of those who died from COVID-19, according to the latest figures from the Wisconsin Department of Health Services. Deaths for each day are reported by DHS HERE. DHS also reported that 129 people had been newly hospitalized. As of Wednesday afternoon, 1,410 COVID-19 … Read more