Coronavirus vaccines will provide some light at the end of the tunnel, but they alone won’t mean an end to Covid-19, one leading health official said Friday.
Month: December 2020
As hospitals start to max out, medical workers beg officials for new Covid-19 mandates
CNN) – Dr. Cleavon Gilman served in the Iraq War, but he said that doesn’t compare to the battle he’s fighting as an emergency room physician in Arizona.
“This pandemic is a lot worse than being in Iraq just because when you’re in a war zone, you can leave that war zone. You can fly out of Iraq; you’re OK here in the United States,” the Yuma doctor said.
Southern California region could face stay-at-home order due to strain on health care system
Southern California counties could face a stay-at-home order after the percentage of available intensive care unit beds in the region dropped below 15%, the threshold set by new measure announced by Gov. Gavin Newsom earlier this week.
On Friday night, the percentage of available ICU beds in the Southern California region dropped to 13.1%, according to data released by the California Department of Public Health (CDPH).
Newsom divided California into five regions in order to best monitor and regulate Covid-19 in the state: Northern California, Bay Area, Greater Sacramento, San Joaquin Valley and Southern California.
Russia Covid-19 cases hit new daily record
The total number of coronavirus cases in Russia as of Dec. 5 is 2,431,731.
The country reported 508 deaths in the past 24 hours, bringing the overall official toll to 42,684.
Russiaβs counting methods of Covid-19 deaths have been questioned by independent observers and demographers with CNN previously reporting the numbers could be vastly understated.
German court upholds ban on coronavirus demonstration
BERLIN (Reuters) – Germanyβs highest court upheld on Saturday a ban on a demonstration in the northern city of Bremen planned by opponents of lockdown measures aimed at containing the spread of the coronavirus.
Lower courts had already denied permission for the protest, planned for Saturday afternoon, at which 20,000 demonstrators were due to convene in the city centre of Bremen.
Firefighters battling 3-alarm blaze in Downsview
Toronto firefighters are battling a three-alarm blaze in Downsview.Β
Heavy smoke can be seen coming from the area of Downsview Park as crews are attempting to contain a fire that broke out among some townhouses under construction. The smoke is said to be drifting over Highway 401 to the south, causing a visual distraction for drivers.Β
Italian police arrest two over hacking at defence group Leonardo
ROME (Reuters) – Police arrested two people on Saturday who have worked at Leonardo for their alleged role in hacking the Italian defence groupβs computers to steal sensitive information between 2015 and 2017, prosecutors in the southern city of Naples said.
The detentions are a blow for Leonardo which, along with its aerospace activities, also has a large cybersecurity division that counts NATO among its customers.
Prince Andrewβs accuser LIED about her age & was βprostituteβ paid off by Epstein, court papers show β report
Prince Andrewβs chief accuser was a prostitute who lied about her age and was paid βhalf a millionβ by disgraced businessman Jeffrey Epstein, new court papers allege, according to the Telegraph.
Virginia Roberts Giuffre, who is now an advocate for victims of sex trafficking, has claimed she had sex with the royal at least three times in 2001, when she was 17.
Giuffre claims this happened after she met with American financier Jeffrey Epstein, who was charged with procuring underage and young women for powerful clients, together with his close associate Ghislaine Maxwell.
According to the report, Sharon Churcher, the journalist who first revealed that Giuffre was among Epsteinβs victims, told New York publisher Tony Lyons that Giuffre lied about her age when she met Epstein.
βShe took a year off [her age]. Apparently she was 16, not 15, when she was recruited [by Epstein]. But sheβd been on the game for about a year then. Epsteinβs women were β he basically had prostitutes,βΒ the paper quoted Churcher as saying about Giuffre, citing a transcript of her conversation with Lyons.
https://www.rt.com/uk/508780-prince-andrew-accuser-documents/
