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A respiratory virus outbreak forces the closure of all schools In Costa Rica

12Oct

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A respiratory virus outbreak forces the closure of all schools In Costa Rica

Following an outbreak of a "respiratory virus," the Costa Rican Ministry of Health declared on Monday that all schools will be closed throughout the nation in an effort to stop further transmission and relieve the strain on the Children's Hospital."In the framework of the health alert for respiratory virus, the Ministry of Health orders a week of recess in the school calendar with the aim of cutting the transmission that has saturated the services of the Children's Hospital,"The organization explained in a statement that they will be closed from October 11 to October."It is important to note that during October 10, a total of 83 children were hospitalized for severe acute respiratory infections, of these, most were under 4 years of age and in ICU there were 20 children in this...

Two Men in India Tested Positive for the New Covid Variant Omicron

3Dec

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Two Men in India Tested Positive for the New Covid Variant Omicron

India reports its first cases of the new Covid variant, Omicron. Two men from the state of Karnataka, have tested positive for the new coronavirus variant.Previously, the World Health Organization (WHO) warned that this new variant of Covid has a high infection risk.Officials report that one of the two men is a 66-year-old South African national, had traveled there and already left India.The second man who tested positive is a 46-year-old doctor in the southern Indian city of Bengaluru and has no travel history so far.These are the first cases of the Omicron variant to be reported in India. Health officials said that the two patients with the new strain had shown mild symptoms, as reported by BBC.According to the official release, five contacts of the 46-year-old have ...

Austria going into full lockdown following the surge of the COVID-19 cases

20Nov

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Austria going into full lockdown following the surge of the COVID-19 cases

A few days after Austria imposed a lockdown on the unvaccinated, the country finally announced a full lockdown starting on 22 November 2021. This national-level lockdown is a response to the record case number that has been surging for the past few weeks.According to BBC, the latest data shows that the incidence rate of Covid-19 in Austria has risen to 1,049.9 cases per 100,000 people. Seeing the significantly increasing number, Health Minister Wolfgang Mückstein said imposing a lockdown was the last resort to press down the number of cases.ALSO READ : PARKLAND MASSACRE SHOOTER PLEAD GUILTY OF ALL CHARGES!The lockdown will continue until 12 December but will be reassessed after 10 days. Austrians will have to work remotely from their own homes, non-essential shops will clo...

A “Get Covid” party sends people into the ICU in Alberta

25Sep

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A “Get Covid” party sends people into the ICU in Alberta

Yes, you heard that right!The party sent many people in the ICUSurprising news coming out of a Canadian town have left many people in shock as according to local news get "covid party" was arranged which sent many people to the hospital.City news reported this week that the guests at the party were trying to get covid deliberately in the town of Alberta and they were trying to get infected with the virus as to build up natural immunity against covid.It is believed the guest were trying to get the infection so that they can recover from it and develop a herd immunity so that they won't need any vaccines administered to them.On Twitter, the town mayor of Edson where the incident happened called the news troubling but he did not confirm that the party ever happened for th...