Coronavirus: Britons saying final goodbyes to dying relatives by videolink

People are having to use videolinks to say their last goodbyes to dying relatives with Covid-19 because hospitals are curtailing visits to prevent spread of the virus. In a sad scene that is increasingly being played out out across the country, in the early hours of Tuesday morning a patient with coronavirus was taken off a ventilator at a hospital in south-east London.
Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/24/britons-saying-final-goodbyes-to-dying-relatives-by-videolink-covid-19?source=Snapzu

New Oxford study suggests millions of people may have already built up coronavirus immunity

A model predicting the progression of the novel coronavirus pandemic produced by researchers at Imperial College London set off alarms across the world and was a major factor in several governments' decisions to lock things down. But a new model from Oxford University is challenging its accuracy, the Financial Times reports.
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‘NanoVapor’ used by NJ hospital kills coronavirus on surfaces for 70 days

The novel coronavirus outbreak that began as a handful of mysterious viral infections in Wuhan, China has been getting progressively worse. It began moving west last month into Europe, which is now the epicenter of the COVID-19 pandemic. There was hope in the early days of the new coronavirus’s spread to the United States...
Read more: https://bgr.com/2020/03/26/coronavirus-usa-news-nanovapor-in-hospital-kills-coronavirus-on-surfaces-70-days/?source=Snapzu

Bauer offers to make protective medical gear instead of hockey equipment

Hockey equipment manufacturer Bauer is offering to modify its production line to make protective visors for doctors, nurses and first responders. The protective equipment to help deal with the COVID-19 pandemic would be produced at the company's innovation centre in Blainville, Que., as well as its facility in Liverpool, N.Y.
Read more: https://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/nhl/bauer-equipment-visors-masks-1.5509778?source=Snapzu

Coronavirus Rhapsody

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Prince Charles tests positive for coronavirus, symptoms 'mild'

Prince Charles, the 71-year-old heir to the British throne, has tested positive for coronavirus but is in good health and is now self isolating in Scotland. Charles, eldest son of Queen Elizabeth, is displaying what Clarence House said were mild symptoms but remains in good health and has been working from his home on the Balmoral Estate in Scotland. His wife, Camilla, tested negative.
Read more: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain-royals/britains-prince-charles-tests-positive-for-coronavirus-idUSKBN21C1IS?source=Snapzu

Not even a pandemic can stop Trump from pushing fossil fuels

During the partial government shutdown that started in December 2018 and became the longest in US history, the fossil fuel-friendly Trump administration plowed ahead with its “energy dominance” agenda. As about 800,000 federal workers went without paychecks, the Interior Department worked to boost oil and gas development in the Alaskan Arctic, processed fossil fuel drilling applications and permits, and even brought back dozens of furloughed employees to ensure offshore drilling activities continued.
Read more: https://www.motherjones.com/environment/2020/03/not-even-a-pandemic-can-stop-trump-from-pushing-fossil-fuels/?source=Snapzu