COVID-19 case reported at Union Sanborn School
January 13, 2021NORTHFIELD A letter was sent to parents last week reporting a confirmed case of COVID-19 at Northfield s Union Sanborn School.
Principal Jessica Welch reported in the letter, dated Jan. 7, that an adult who had been in the building early last week began experiencing symptoms two days later, and tested positive for the virus.
Upon learning of the positive test, school officials began working with the state s Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) to notify any staff that had been in close contact with the infected individual. Affected staff are currently quarantining for 14 days, along with a cohort of students from one classroom who were also identified as having been in close physical contact. Any parents or children who experience symptoms such as fever, chills, difficulty breathing, aches or loss of taste and/or smell are advised to get tested themselves and isolate at home.
NAMUTECH holds its ‘Smart DX Solution’ product suite launch at CES 2021
Jan 13, 2021 Smart DX Solution Key Image
NAMUTECH, a cloud expert company in South Korea, launched its Smart DX Solution, a full-stack digital transformation product suite, on the 11th of January at CES 2021, the world s largest IT electronics show held from the 11th to 14th of January.
With constant changes across all industry scenes, it is becoming essential for organizations to adopt the cloud, big data, AI, and smart city technologies. It is also a trend for many organizations to utilize multiple technologies simultaneously as these technologies are interdependent.
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Operational update – Victorian Aged Care Response Centre
The Victorian Aged Care Response Centre (VACRC) is coordinating testing of asymptomatic staff in Victorian aged care facilities.
Since late October, the cumulative total of tests recorded in 729 individual aged care facilities is 64,477 staff.
This is week 12 of asymptomatic testing. Over a 4 week period it is expected that all aged care facilities will have taken part in asymptomatic testing to staff.
Since December 30, VACRC has contacted 257 aged care facilities across Victoria that are in, or adjacent to, nominated COVID-19 exposure sites. VACRC has confirmed the facilities outbreak preparedness plans and expedited the routine asymptomatic testing.
Our Pandemic Response Must Center Racial Justice
Authors: Bisola Falola & Brett Davidson,
Open Society Public Health Program, December 8 2020 - In November, during one of his daily press briefings, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, after praising some local leaders for enforcing social distancing restrictions, assigned blame for the rising number of COVID-19 cases elsewhere in the state. If you socially distanced and you wore a mask and you were smart, the governor said, none of this would be a problem. He continued: If you didn t eat the cheesecake, you wouldn t have a weight problem. Cuomo was widely - and rightly - criticized for fat shaming, but it is also highly concerning that the governor decided to blame individual behavior for the severity of the coronavirus pandemic, rather than focusing on the role played by more important social and structural factors. The truth is that the COVID-19 pandemic, which in the United States has disproportionately harmed communities of