ABUJA, NIGERIA - Nigerian doctors began a nationwide strike Monday over unpaid COVID-19 hazard allowances and inadequate protective equipment during the pandemic. Other health workers' groups and associations are threatening to join the strike. Since the country’s first case, more than 1,000 Nigerian healthcare workers have become infected with COVID-19. … [Read more...] about Nigeria Health Workers, Officials at Odds Over Unpaid COVID-19 Allowances
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Summer of COVID-19 Ends With Health Officials Worried
WASHINGTON - The Lost Summer of 2020 drew to a close Monday with many big Labor Day gatherings canceled across the U.S. and health authorities pleading with people to keep their distance from others so as not to cause another coronavirus surge like the one that followed Memorial Day. … [Read more...] about Summer of COVID-19 Ends With Health Officials Worried
COVID-19 Plunges Australia Into First Recession Since 1991
“If you look at what was happening towards the end of June and early July, we were certainly heading in the right direction. Jobs were being restored across the economy, and indeed, across many sectors of the economy, activity was picking up. But then, of course, the outbreak in Victoria that happened. So, what we desperately need is to continue to get on top of the outbreak in Victoria and to open up the economy as much as we can as soon as we can,” Cormann said. … [Read more...] about COVID-19 Plunges Australia Into First Recession Since 1991
Despite Strict Lockdown, Spain Sees Sharp COVID-19 Spike
“The picture is not homogeneous, but some regions also failed to employ enough case tracers when outbreaks started. It also has to be said that the number of tests being carried out has increased dramatically since March and April, so we are seeing more positive diagnoses,” he said. … [Read more...] about Despite Strict Lockdown, Spain Sees Sharp COVID-19 Spike
How Superspreaders – People and Places – Drive COVID-19 Pandemic
In fact, epidemiologists in the late 1990s found that respiratory ailments, sexually transmitted infections, vector-borne parasites and other diseases all follow what they call the 20/80 rule: 20% of the cases are responsible for 80% of disease transmission. Those figures might be more like 10/80 for COVID-19, according to one recent study. … [Read more...] about How Superspreaders – People and Places – Drive COVID-19 Pandemic
