The Latest: US virus toll projected to drop by end of July
NEW YORK Health experts are projecting the coronavirus toll in the U.S. will wane dramatically by the end of July.
That’s according to research released by the government Wednesday. But health experts also warn a “substantial increase” in hospitalizations and deaths is possible if unvaccinated people don’t follow basic public health guidelines, such as wearing a mask and social distancing. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention paper included projections from six different research groups.
CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky notes the variants of the coronavirus are a “wild card” that could set back progress.
An international hub for pandemic control is to open in Berlin to ensure better preparedness and transparency in the fight against likely future global.
The Rockefeller Foundation
Updates 05.05.21
Statement from Dr. Rick Bright, Senior Vice-President, Pandemic Prevention and Response
NEW YORK | May 4, 2021 – The Rockefeller Foundation welcomes today’s announcement of a new World Health Organization (WHO) Hub for Pandemic and Epidemic Intelligence and looks forward to continuing our close collaborations with the WHO and other organizations to prevent future pandemics.
The development of the new Hub by the WHO and the Federal Republic of Germany as a global platform for sharing disease outbreak information, data and analytics will be an essential part of the future global network to predict, detect, and prevent worldwide health threats.
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The Latest: Fiji locks down hospital over coronavirus death
LaGuardia Community College professor Lucia Fuentes teaches her honors biology class via videoconference from Ontario, Canada, on Tuesday, May 4, 2021. Fuentes assigned her students to create multilingual online brochures on the science of the coronavirus and vaccinations to help make the information more accessible. (Lorena Fuentes via AP) May 05, 2021 - 7:25 PM
WELLINGTON, New Zealand â Soldiers and police in the Pacific nation of Fiji have surrounded and locked down a major hospital.
Health authorities say they are quarantining 400 patients, doctors, nurses and other staff within the compound until they can determine who had contact with a coronavirus patient who died there.