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England’s Covid R rate stays FLAT amid signs outbreak is now slowing

UK Covid cases jump 50% in a week and deaths tick upwards: Infections soar ABOVE second peak in Scotland where outbreak is TWICE size of England’s (but flat hospitalisations fuel hope outbreak is slowing… just not in time to make Freedom Day July 5) Britain’s infection rate is being driven up by a record number… Read More »

Minor slip ups may be behind SA outbreak

The investigation into how three South Australian medi-hotel staff members contracted coronavirus, later throwing the state into lockdown, is almost complete. SA chief public health officer Nicola Spurrier said she had been briefed on the report by the Communicable Disease Control Branch (CDCB) and was “pleased” there was no major incident or event that authorities… Read More »

U.S. tops 5 million coronavirus cases as outbreak threatens America’s Midwest

Medics transfer a patient on a stretcher from an ambulance outside of Emergency at Coral Gables Hospital where Coronavirus patients are treated in Coral Gables near Miami, on July 30, 2020. Chandan Khanna | AFP | Getty Images The United States has surpassed 5 million Covid-19 cases, a grisly milestone that represents roughly a quarter… Read More »