March 16 2021
A lot has changed since last March when Prineville businesses, schools and events shut down and people were directed to stay in their homes as much as possible
A lot has changed in Crook County since this time last year.
Around mid-March, the COVID-19 pandemic hit the community hard as state mandates first shut down local events, then closed schools and finally grounded people in their homes. Grocery store shelves were as bare in certain aisles as local streets were during the evening. At first, the whole situation was assumed to be temporary, and the closures were enacted in that manner. Schools were initially shut down for four weeks and the same timeframe was applied to the prohibition of in-person dining.
In Oregon, schools are reopening, but some students feel safer at home
Years of maintenance issues within Portland schools have brewed mistrust of safety measures for COVID-19.
A year after schools across Oregon closed down due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Portland schools now are rushing to prepare classrooms for a return to in-person learning.
But not everyone is ready to go back to school.
Danny Cage, a sophomore at Grant High School, said as a student of color with underlying health issues, he doesn t feel safe attending school in person yet. I m high risk and I have people in my house who are high risk, the teen said. Even if I m not sick, it s not safe to bring that back to anyone in my house.
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Ebola, Still a Threat to Global Health, Says AHF
March 15, 2021 GMT
LOS ANGELES (BUSINESS WIRE) Mar 15, 2021
While the world’s attention is turned toward addressing the COVID-19 pandemic, several cases of Ebola virus have recently re-emerged in Guinea and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). The World Health Organization (WHO) must be ready to declare a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC) if the outbreak starts to accelerate.
The number of possible and confirmed cases currently stands at 18 in Guinea and 11 in the DRC – these flare-ups come on the heels of bigger Ebola epidemics in both countries in 2013-2016 and 2018-2020, respectively. During the prior outbreaks 2,543 people died of Ebola in Guinea and 2,299 in the DRC. With the recent reports that the outbreak in Guinea was likely caused by the re-emergence of the virus in a person who had survived Eb
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