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Trinidad Warned to Brace for Upsurge in COVID Cases

ed — Thu, 13 Aug 2020 18:27:49 +0000

[Reprinted: CNW, 8-12-2020] PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – The technical director of the Epidemiology Division at the Ministry of Health, Dr Avery Hinds, has warned that Trinidad and Tobago should brace itself for an upsurge in coronavirus (COVID-19) cases given the increased movement of people over the past few days. “As you have seen there Read More

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Penn State University develops disposable stethoscope

ed — Thu, 16 Jul 2020 18:15:56 +0000

[Reprinted: Healthcare Business News, 7/14/2020] Students and faculty at Penn State University have teamed up to develop disposable, single-patient stethoscopes for front-line healthcare workers caring for COVID-19 patients. The university’s college of engineering collaborated with Penn State Health and the Center for Medical Innovation at Penn State College of Medicine to create the device, and Read More

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Coronavirus cases in the Caribbean to date: 65,942

ed — Mon, 13 Jul 2020 16:22:26 +0000

[Reprinted: Loop Caribbean News, 7-13-2020] Confirmed Caribbean coronavirus cases as of July 13, 2020: Dominican Republic- 44,532 cases, 897 deaths, 21,459 recovered Haiti- 6727 cases, 139 deaths, 2924 recovered French Guiana- 5949 cases, 26 deaths, 2981 recovered Puerto Rico- 2583 cases, 167 deaths Cuba- 2426 cases, 87 deaths, 2258 recovered Jamaica- 758 cases, 10 deaths, 620 recovered Suriname -741 cases, 18 deaths, 620 recovered Guyana- 297 cases, 17 deaths, 154 recovered Martinique-255 cases, 15 deaths, 98 recovered US Virgin Islands- 206 cases, 6 deaths, 96 recovered Cayman Islands-201 cases, 1 death, 197 recovered Guadeloupe-190 cases, 14 deaths, 157 recovered Bermuda- 150 cases, 9 deaths, 137 recovered Trinidad and Tobago- 133 cases, 8 deaths, 120 recovered Bahamas- Read More

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Coronavirus cases in the Caribbean to date: 47,758

ed — Mon, 29 Jun 2020 16:00:30 +0000

[Reprinted: Loop Caribbean News, 6-29-2020] Confirmed Caribbean coronavirus cases as of today, June 29: Dominican Republic- 31,373 cases, 726 deaths, 17,142 recovered Haiti- 5847 cases, 104 deaths, 787 recovered French Guiana- 3461 cases, 12 deaths, 1249 recovered Cuba- 2332 cases, 86 deaths, 2201 recovered Puerto Rico- 1638 cases, 153 deaths Jamaica- 696 cases, 10 deaths, 552 recovered Suriname – 490 cases, 11 deaths, 199 recovered Martinique-242 cases, 14 deaths, 98 recovered Guyana- 230 cases, 12 deaths, 109 recovered Cayman Islands-196 cases, 1 death, 186 recovered Guadeloupe-182 cases, 14 deaths, 157 recovered Bermuda- 146 cases, 9 deaths, 134 recovered Trinidad and Tobago- 126 cases, 8 deaths, 109 recovered Bahamas- 104 cases, 11 deaths, 87 recovered Aruba- 101 cases, 3 deaths, 98 recovered Barbados- 97 cases, 7 deaths, 90 recovered US Virgin Read More

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A wake-up call: COVID-19 and its impact on children’s health and wellbeing

ed — Fri, 19 Jun 2020 15:20:16 +0000

[Reprinted: Lancet Global Health, 5-12-2020] As cases of COVID-19 surge worldwide and threaten to overwhelm life-saving health services, the survival of mothers and children is at great risk. In The Lancet Global Health, Timothy Roberton and colleagues present startling new evidence on the potential rise in maternal and child mortality in low-income and middle-income countries if essential Read More

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