Greens Grill NDP over Delays to Safe Supply and Decriminalization
More than 700 people have died of poisoned drugs since a health order to address the crisis was made last fall.
Jen St. Denis is The Tyee’s Downtown Eastside reporter. Find her on Twitter @JenStDen. This reporting beat is made possible by the Local Journalism Initiative. SHARES Green Leader Sonia Furstenau and MLA Adam Olsen have challenged the NDP government’s inaction on the poisoned drug crisis in the BC legislature.
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As B.C.’s poisoned drug supply continues to kill an average of 145 people a month, Green MLAs are highlighting yawning gaps in policies that advocates say could save lives.
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Cuba has a new disease diagnosis system
Cuba has a new disease diagnosis system
Havana, Mar 11 (Prensa Latina) The Havana-based Immunoessay Research Center informed that Cuba has a new Ultra Micro Analytical System, which allows detecting several diseases early, among them Covid-19, local press reported on Thursday. This technology can support the follow-up of the evolutionary cases as of the fifth day after the first PCR (Polymerase Chain Reaction) test is made in patients infected with the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus.
The Umelisa SARS-CoV-2 IgG system, which will be used to diagnose people with suspected contagion, completed its external assessment with very good results at the Pedro Kouri Tropical Medicine Institute in Havana, the source stated.