NBC News -
October 23, 2020
“We know the history of football games within our cities,” the mayors wrote in an open letter this week to the Big Ten Conference, which actually has 14 universities and includes storied college football programs like Ohio State, Michigan, Penn State and Wisconsin. “They generate a lot of activity, social gatherings and consumption of alcohol. These activities within our communities have also been associated with an increased spread of Covid-19.” So even though all Big Ten games will be played this season without fans in the stands, the mayors wrote, “we humbly request a few practical measures that the Big Ten Conference can take to ensure we have the tools we need to combat the spread of Covid-19.”
CNN -
October 23, 2020
When the Philadelphia Phillies met the Miami Marlins on the field last July, a batch of Marlins players were infected with coronavirus, although they didn't know it. One case led to 19 other cases -- a superspreader event, the US CDC said Thursday. But with no fans in the stands and strict measures requiring the use of masks, social distancing and other measures, the two MLB teams managed to spend 11 hours on the field together over the course of five games without spreading the virus there, the CDC researchers said. Social distancing and mask use worked, they said, and team members were safer outdoors than inside.
TIME -
October 23, 2020
Li Shurui didn’t hesitate. Faced with putting his life on hold indefinitely or the risk of catching COVID-19 by returning to university in the U.K., the 22-year-old business student decided to roll up his sleeve and receive an experimental coronavirus vaccine. Two injections of CoronaVac made by SinoVac (otherwise known as Beijing Kexing Bioproducts) cost 2,000 rmb ($300) at the private Taihe Hospital in the Chinese capital. The treatment still hasn’t passed final (Stage 3) clinical trials but is already being offered to the public on a first come, first served basis. Anyone can turn up, pay their money and get the jab.
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October 23, 2020
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October 22, 2020
AP -
October 22, 2020
U.S. health officials Wednesday redefined what counts as close contact with someone with COVID-19 to include briefer but repeated encounters. For months, the CDC said close contact meant spending a solid 15 minutes within 6 feet of someone who tested positive for coronavirus. On Wednesday, the CDC changed it to a total of 15 minutes or more — so shorter but repeated contacts that add up to 15 minutes over a 24-hour period now count. The CDC advises anyone who has been in close contact with a COVID-19 patient to quarantine for two weeks.
Yahoo! Finance -
October 22, 2020
At 787,000 new jobless claims came in below 1 million for an eighth straight week, but at a level that still handily topped the pre-pandemic one-week record of 671,000 from 1982. The increase also came even as California, the most populous state, continued with a freeze on reporting new claims to the national total.
Reuters -
October 22, 2020
Four U.S. states reported a record one-day increase in COVID-19 deaths on Wednesday including Wisconsin, a hotly contested state in the Nov. 3 election, according to a Reuters analysis, as infections kept rising across the Midwest and beyond. Coronavirus deaths hit daily records in Iowa, Minnesota, Montana and Wisconsin, according to a Reuters analysis. Wisconsin also reported a record daily increase in new cases together with Illinois and Ohio, the analysis showed.