Coronavirus spread to more than 40% of children and teens within one week at a Georgia sleep-away camp, new CDC study says.
6:39 p.m.: US suffers worst month of cases, hospitalizations
The head of the World Health Organization said the world should be prepared to feel the effects of the coronavirus pandemic"for decades to come."The remarks were made as the WHO convened its emergency committee for the fourth time. The meeting came about six months after declaring a global health emergency, its highest level alert. The WHO said it was a pandemic later in March.
Beachgoers enjoy the weather at Island Beach State Park in Berkeley Township, N.J., on July 27, 2020.The governor said the state is cracking down on house parties, which he said was one of the reasons for the increase. He added that he could change the number allowed for indoor and outdoor gatherings at any time.
The National Institutes of Health has picked seven companies to receive $248.7 million to invest in new technologies and increase COVID-19 testing, the government agency said Friday. The seven companies that will receive the funding are Mesa Biotech, Quidel, Talis Biomedical, Ginkgo Bioworks, Helix OpCo, Fluidigm and Mammoth Biosciences, Inc.The coronavirus spread to more than 40% of children and teens within one week at a Georgia sleep-away camp, according to aAll campers and staff had tested negative within 12 days of arriving; however, one staff member developed symptoms and eventually tested positive for COVID-19, according to the study.
Lastly, the study said it was not always possible to maintain physical distancing and masks were not required for campers.New York saw its lowest number of hospitalizations, ICU patients and intubations since mid-March on Friday, Gov. Andrew Cuomo's office said. There are now 6,966 total deaths and the number of confirmed cases has reached 470,386, with an increase of 9,007 in the last 24 hours, according to the health agency.
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