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DoD COVID-19 cases spike as Army moves forward with vaccine candidate
New COVID-19 cases across the Department of Defense increased sharply this week. Meanwhile, the Army is moving forward with a vaccine candidate.
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Hatay governor reveals 140 Turkish soldiers infected with coronavirus in Syria
BEIRUT, LEBANON (7:45 P.M.) The Turkish Governor of the Hatay Province revealed on Saturday that 140 Turkish soldiers and police officers working in the
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“There are 320 cases of coronavirus in the state, and 140 of them are soldiers and police officers. They work in the cities of Afrin and Idlib.”
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The Russian Defence Ministry has started testing the Russian COVID-19 vaccine : Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation
The introduction of the vaccine was carried out under the supervision of the most expe-rienced specialists of the Burdenko hospital, who had previously repeatedly participated in clinical trials of medicines and vaccines.
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Significant rise in IDF troops diagnosed with coronavirus
With the number of coronavirus patients in the IDF increasing significantly over the last week, the Israeli military is preparing for an even greater outbreak among troops.
The number of soldiers diagnosed with COVID-19 has risen to 93 after 27 troops from Bahad 11 training base tested positive for the virus. All are in light condition.
Another 2700 troops are in quarantine, 200 of them from Bahad 11, compared to 350 at the beginning of June.
Several officers on the IDF General Staff have also entered quarantine, including the head of the IDF’s C4I & Cyber Defense Directorate Maj.-Gen. Lior Carmeli, Incoming Central Command head Maj-Gen. Tamir Yadai, Southern Command head Maj-Gen.Hertzi Halevi, Gaza Division Commander Brig.-Gen.Eliezer Toledano, 80th Division Commander Brig.-Gen. Gur Schriebmann.
IDF Deputy Chief of Staff Maj.-Gen. Eyal Zamir has been coordinating the military’s response to the virus since the first outbreak began earlier this year along with the Operations Directorate led by Maj.-Gen. Aaron Haliva, the Medical Corps and the Homefront Command which works closely with civilian emergency response services.
On Sunday Zamir informed troops and commanders that due “significant increase in the number of individuals diagnosed with corona,” servicemembers must adhere to a combination of social distancing, personal hygiene, and the wearing of masks in order to prevent the disease from spreading in military units.
“Corona is not behind us! "Life in the presence of the disease" means there will be more deadly waves [of the virus] and it is in our hands to reduce [the number of sick] and maintain the IDF's operational competence and the health of our troops,” Zamir wrote.
With the rise of soldiers testing positive for the virus, the IDF is reportedly contemplating the decision to have troops return to capsule systems in, though soldiers are expected to be allowed to enter and leave their bases freely.
The Operations Division has prepared a plan for significant outbreaks in cities across the country as well as in Bedouin villages and towns which has seen a spike in cases. On Thursday, a partial lockdown was placed on neighborhoods in the Bedouin towns of Rahat and Arara in the Negev as well as on Jaffa’s Ajami neighborhood.
The latest numbers of Israelis diagnosed with the virus currently stands at 20,686 of which 4,717 are active cases. There are 39 people who are seriously ill including 29 on ventilators. A total of 305 Israelis have died from the virus.
During the cabinet meeting on Sunday, Defense Minister Benny Gantz said that the biggest challenge is to learn how to manage daily lives under the constant threat of contracting the virus.
Gantz warned that it is an issue “which will accompany us for the next year and a half, and may even longer” and that there must be “precise guidelines, proper preparations at the governmental level, the Corona cabinet, the relevant minister of health downwards and personal responsibility from the public upwards.”
Addressing government ministers, Gantz said that the government must not create public hysteria but must be “responsible in continuing to advance our guidelines and balanced vision” as to how the economy and society can continue to function.
“It’s a complex formula on which we depend in order to maintain a safe routine,” Gantz said. “It is impossible for it to work only in one direction. It is very important for the public to cooperate with the decisions that are made so that we can truly come up with a balanced, stable, and safe plan of action.”
With the number of coronavirus patients in the IDF increasing significantly over the last week, the Israeli military is preparing for an even greater outbreak among troops.
The number of soldiers diagnosed with COVID-19 has risen to 93 after 27 troops from Bahad 11 training base tested positive for the virus. All are in light condition.
Another 2700 troops are in quarantine, 200 of them from Bahad 11, compared to 350 at the beginning of June.
Several officers on the IDF General Staff have also entered quarantine, including the head of the IDF’s C4I & Cyber Defense Directorate Maj.-Gen. Lior Carmeli, Incoming Central Command head Maj-Gen. Tamir Yadai, Southern Command head Maj-Gen.Hertzi Halevi, Gaza Division Commander Brig.-Gen.Eliezer Toledano, 80th Division Commander Brig.-Gen. Gur Schriebmann.
IDF Deputy Chief of Staff Maj.-Gen. Eyal Zamir has been coordinating the military’s response to the virus since the first outbreak began earlier this year along with the Operations Directorate led by Maj.-Gen. Aaron Haliva, the Medical Corps and the Homefront Command which works closely with civilian emergency response services.
On Sunday Zamir informed troops and commanders that due “significant increase in the number of individuals diagnosed with corona,” servicemembers must adhere to a combination of social distancing, personal hygiene, and the wearing of masks in order to prevent the disease from spreading in military units.
“Corona is not behind us! "Life in the presence of the disease" means there will be more deadly waves [of the virus] and it is in our hands to reduce [the number of sick] and maintain the IDF's operational competence and the health of our troops,” Zamir wrote.
With the rise of soldiers testing positive for the virus, the IDF is reportedly contemplating the decision to have troops return to capsule systems in, though soldiers are expected to be allowed to enter and leave their bases freely.
The Operations Division has prepared a plan for significant outbreaks in cities across the country as well as in Bedouin villages and towns which has seen a spike in cases. On Thursday, a partial lockdown was placed on neighborhoods in the Bedouin towns of Rahat and Arara in the Negev as well as on Jaffa’s Ajami neighborhood.
The latest numbers of Israelis diagnosed with the virus currently stands at 20,686 of which 4,717 are active cases. There are 39 people who are seriously ill including 29 on ventilators. A total of 305 Israelis have died from the virus.
During the cabinet meeting on Sunday, Defense Minister Benny Gantz said that the biggest challenge is to learn how to manage daily lives under the constant threat of contracting the virus.
Gantz warned that it is an issue “which will accompany us for the next year and a half, and may even longer” and that there must be “precise guidelines, proper preparations at the governmental level, the Corona cabinet, the relevant minister of health downwards and personal responsibility from the public upwards.”
Addressing government ministers, Gantz said that the government must not create public hysteria but must be “responsible in continuing to advance our guidelines and balanced vision” as to how the economy and society can continue to function.
“It’s a complex formula on which we depend in order to maintain a safe routine,” Gantz said. “It is impossible for it to work only in one direction. It is very important for the public to cooperate with the decisions that are made so that we can truly come up with a balanced, stable, and safe plan of action.”
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Victoria calls in military as cases spike
Victoria has called in the military and asked other states for help as it struggles to contain a...
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COVID-19 vaccine candidate approved for military use in China
China's military has received the greenlight to use a COVID-19 vaccine candidate developed by its research unit and CanSino Biologics after clinical trials proved it was safe and showed some efficacy, the company said on Monday.
The Ad5-nCoV is one of China's eight vaccine candidates approved for human trials at home and abroad for the respiratory disease caused by the new coronavirus. The shot also won approval for human testing in Canada.
China's Central Military Commission approved the use of the vaccine by the military on June 25 for a period of one year, CanSino said in a filing. The vaccine candidate was developed jointly by CanSino and a research institute at the Academy of Military Science (AMS).
"The Ad5-nCoV is currently limited to military use only and its use cannot be expanded to a broader vaccination range without the approval of the Logistics Support Department," CanSino said, referring to the Central Military Commission department which approved the military use of the vaccine.
CanSino declined to disclose whether the innoculation of the vaccine candidate is mandatory or optional, citing commercial secrets, in an email to Reuters.
The military approval follows China's decision earlier this month to offer two other vaccine candidates to employees at state-owned firms travelling overseas.
The Phase 1 and 2 clinical trials of the CanSino's vaccine candidate showed it has the potential to prevent diseases caused by the coronavirus, which has killed half a million people globally, but its commercial success cannot be guaranteed, the company said.
Separately, AMS received an approval earlier this month to test its second experimental coronavirus vaccine in humans.
No vaccine has yet been approved for commercial use against the illness caused by the new coronavirus, but over a dozen vaccines from more than 100 candidates globally are being tested in humans.
China's military has received the greenlight to use a COVID-19 vaccine candidate developed by its research unit and CanSino Biologics after clinical trials proved it was safe and showed some efficacy, the company said on Monday.
The Ad5-nCoV is one of China's eight vaccine candidates approved for human trials at home and abroad for the respiratory disease caused by the new coronavirus. The shot also won approval for human testing in Canada.
China's Central Military Commission approved the use of the vaccine by the military on June 25 for a period of one year, CanSino said in a filing. The vaccine candidate was developed jointly by CanSino and a research institute at the Academy of Military Science (AMS).
"The Ad5-nCoV is currently limited to military use only and its use cannot be expanded to a broader vaccination range without the approval of the Logistics Support Department," CanSino said, referring to the Central Military Commission department which approved the military use of the vaccine.
CanSino declined to disclose whether the innoculation of the vaccine candidate is mandatory or optional, citing commercial secrets, in an email to Reuters.
The military approval follows China's decision earlier this month to offer two other vaccine candidates to employees at state-owned firms travelling overseas.
The Phase 1 and 2 clinical trials of the CanSino's vaccine candidate showed it has the potential to prevent diseases caused by the coronavirus, which has killed half a million people globally, but its commercial success cannot be guaranteed, the company said.
Separately, AMS received an approval earlier this month to test its second experimental coronavirus vaccine in humans.
No vaccine has yet been approved for commercial use against the illness caused by the new coronavirus, but over a dozen vaccines from more than 100 candidates globally are being tested in humans.
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His younger brother, Igor Gayda, also a prominent physician also succumbed to COVID-19. He was just 52 years of age.
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The German Armed Forces have announced a project to train dogs to identify people infected with SARS-CoV-2 has been yielding promising results. The ten sniffing dogs – shepherd dogs, retrievers and spaniels – have proven their ability to detect tiny samples of inactivated viral matter with a hit rate of 80%. The programme may now proceed to a test series with live viral samples; keeping animal and handler alike from harm will be the biggest challenge, says the German Army's Service Dog Training Centre. (Source, German)
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ADF troops headed for Melbourne and border
Hundreds of Australian Defence Force troops are being deployed to help ringfence Melbourne as the Victorian capital is...
Prime Minister Scott Morrison agreed on Tuesday afternoon to a request from Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews for another 260 ADF personnel to help close roads across Melbourne.
Between 350 and 500 others will help NSW authorities fortify the sealed interstate border.
The troops will support police operations without directly involving themselves in law enforcement activity.
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IDF reopens facility in Ashkelon for soldiers sick with coronavirus
Total of 663 service members have been diagnosed with the virus; military says troops on furlough can't meet in groups of over 5 people
The military reopened its quarantine treatment facility in Ashkelon for troops who have been diagnosed with the coronavirus, IDF Spokesperson Brig.-Gen. Hidai Zilberman said Thursday.
The facility, which has a capacity of 500 beds, will see 200-250 troops moved there by the end of day, and is expected to reach full capacity in the coming days. Two additional facilities – including in Haifa, which will be able to treat soldiers in serious condition – will open and will be able to provide another 500 beds if deemed necessary.
A total of 772 service members are currently sick with the coronavirus, all in light condition and in coronavirus facilities. Another 10,615 are currently in quarantine.
It is believed most were infected outside the military.
Due to the significant rise in infected troops, Zilberman said all troops on furlough would not be allowed to gather with groups of more than five people except for immediate family to minimize contact with others.
More decisions are expected to be made on Monday, including whether or not to stop all furloughs and keep troops on base like during the first wave.
The military’s lab is also continuing to carry out between 500-700 tests per day and will likely increase to 1,000 tests, Zilberman said. The military’s call center, where troops can request a test, has also increased its capacity and has brought the wait time down from close to half an hour to five and half minutes.
Maj.-Gen. Itzik Turgeman, head of the Technology and Logistics Division, stressed the importance of adherence to the Health Ministry regulations.
“Despite the increase in the number of cases and those in isolation within the IDF, the level of morbidity is similar to that of the rest of the population, and we must act to stop the coronavirus from spreading,” he wrote.
Stressing the need to wear masks, keep social distance and observe personal hygiene, Turgeman told troops “we will stop the spread of the virus and maintain our health and fitness.”
Zilberman also said the IDF is continuing to run 19 coronavirus facilities – 15 for 4,100 sick individuals and another four facilities for 760 people.
A thousand Home Front Command reservists have been called up to assist in Arab and ultra-Orthodox communities that have been hit hard in the second wave, and continue to conduct training and information sessions to prevent further outbreaks as well as distribute food and to communities that have been placed under lockdown like Lod, Ramle and Betar Illit.
On Thursday, it was reported that the Health Ministry announced Maj-Gen. Amir Abulafia, head of the IDF Planning Directorate, was appointed as coronavirus “czar.” According to Zilberman, however, no decision has yet been made.
Earlier, Defense Minister Benny Gantz instructed his ministry to prepare to assist efforts to increase testing and tracing, as well as to quickly assist medical personnel.
Gantz – who held a call with Labor, Social Affairs and Social Services Minister Itzik Shmuli, Deputy Chief of Staff Maj.-Gen. Eyal Zamir, head of the Home Front Command Maj.-Gen. Uri Gordin and other senior officials – said efforts must be stepped up and action taken to prevent certain cities from turning into red zones where there are large outbreaks of the virus.
Total of 663 service members have been diagnosed with the virus; military says troops on furlough can't meet in groups of over 5 people
The military reopened its quarantine treatment facility in Ashkelon for troops who have been diagnosed with the coronavirus, IDF Spokesperson Brig.-Gen. Hidai Zilberman said Thursday.
The facility, which has a capacity of 500 beds, will see 200-250 troops moved there by the end of day, and is expected to reach full capacity in the coming days. Two additional facilities – including in Haifa, which will be able to treat soldiers in serious condition – will open and will be able to provide another 500 beds if deemed necessary.
A total of 772 service members are currently sick with the coronavirus, all in light condition and in coronavirus facilities. Another 10,615 are currently in quarantine.
It is believed most were infected outside the military.
Due to the significant rise in infected troops, Zilberman said all troops on furlough would not be allowed to gather with groups of more than five people except for immediate family to minimize contact with others.
More decisions are expected to be made on Monday, including whether or not to stop all furloughs and keep troops on base like during the first wave.
The military’s lab is also continuing to carry out between 500-700 tests per day and will likely increase to 1,000 tests, Zilberman said. The military’s call center, where troops can request a test, has also increased its capacity and has brought the wait time down from close to half an hour to five and half minutes.
Maj.-Gen. Itzik Turgeman, head of the Technology and Logistics Division, stressed the importance of adherence to the Health Ministry regulations.
“Despite the increase in the number of cases and those in isolation within the IDF, the level of morbidity is similar to that of the rest of the population, and we must act to stop the coronavirus from spreading,” he wrote.
Stressing the need to wear masks, keep social distance and observe personal hygiene, Turgeman told troops “we will stop the spread of the virus and maintain our health and fitness.”
Zilberman also said the IDF is continuing to run 19 coronavirus facilities – 15 for 4,100 sick individuals and another four facilities for 760 people.
A thousand Home Front Command reservists have been called up to assist in Arab and ultra-Orthodox communities that have been hit hard in the second wave, and continue to conduct training and information sessions to prevent further outbreaks as well as distribute food and to communities that have been placed under lockdown like Lod, Ramle and Betar Illit.
On Thursday, it was reported that the Health Ministry announced Maj-Gen. Amir Abulafia, head of the IDF Planning Directorate, was appointed as coronavirus “czar.” According to Zilberman, however, no decision has yet been made.
Earlier, Defense Minister Benny Gantz instructed his ministry to prepare to assist efforts to increase testing and tracing, as well as to quickly assist medical personnel.
Gantz – who held a call with Labor, Social Affairs and Social Services Minister Itzik Shmuli, Deputy Chief of Staff Maj.-Gen. Eyal Zamir, head of the Home Front Command Maj.-Gen. Uri Gordin and other senior officials – said efforts must be stepped up and action taken to prevent certain cities from turning into red zones where there are large outbreaks of the virus.
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Remember the World War II veteran who walked laps of his garden for health service charities - Captain Sir Tom Moore? He raised the odd $A59.5 million.
He will be knighted by the Queen in his own personal ceremony at Windsor Castle on Friday.
Royal investitures were put on hold during the pandemic and those scheduled to take place at Buckingham Palace and the Palace of Holyroodhouse in Edinburgh in June and July were postponed.
But the 94-year-old Queen, who has been staying at Windsor since before lockdown for her safety, will carry out the official engagement in person - rare for the monarch during the pandemic - to honour Captain Sir Tom.
The monarch will use the sword that belonged to her father, George VI, and will present Captain Sir Tom with the insignia of Knight Bachelor.
He will be knighted by the Queen in his own personal ceremony at Windsor Castle on Friday.
Royal investitures were put on hold during the pandemic and those scheduled to take place at Buckingham Palace and the Palace of Holyroodhouse in Edinburgh in June and July were postponed.
But the 94-year-old Queen, who has been staying at Windsor since before lockdown for her safety, will carry out the official engagement in person - rare for the monarch during the pandemic - to honour Captain Sir Tom.
The monarch will use the sword that belonged to her father, George VI, and will present Captain Sir Tom with the insignia of Knight Bachelor.
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More troops are moving into Victoria. An additional 272 ADF personnel are on the march, taking the total to nearly 1500 to helped with border control and contact tracing.
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Air Force sends medical help to overwhelmed California hospitals
Teams of military doctors, nurses and other health care specialists are being deployed to eight California hospitals facing staffing shortages amid a record-breaking surge of coronavirus cases across the state.
The Air Force, at California’s request, assigned 160 people to increase capacity in intensive care units. Some teams arrived this week, including 20 people each to the Adventist Health Lodi Memorial Hospital in San Joaquin County on Wednesday; and Eisenhower Health Hospital in Southern California’s Riverside County on Thursday.
Both hospitals had beds available for extra patients, but they did not have the staff to care for them — highlighting a growing problem across the state as coronavirus hospitalizations reach record levels.
“I think people erroneously think of hospital capacity as all about beds and space,” said Carmela Coyle, president and CEO of the California Hospital Association. “It’s far more than a mattress and a pillow. The most important resource are the people who are taking care of patients.”
On Thursday California reported its largest two-day total of confirmed cases, nearly 20,000, along with 258 deaths in the last 48 hours. There are more than 8,000 people in hospitals who have either tested positive for the coronavirus or are suspected to have it.
Coyle said some models suggest hospitals should prepare for four times as many coronavirus patients as they have now, raising questions about the future of health care staffing “in what may be a new era of virus and pandemic.”
Eisenhower Health Chief Medical Officer Dr. Alan Williamson said the hospital is at 80 percent bed capacity but was “virtually 100 percent of our staffing capacity.”
San Joaquin County’s seven hospitals were at 71 percent capacity on Wednesday, but 121 percent capacity in their intensive care units. A team of 20 doctors, nurse practitioners, respiratory therapists and nurses arrived from Travis Air Force base, according to Marissa Matta, spokeswoman for the San Joaquin County Office of Emergency Services.
Los Angeles County, where a quarter of the state’s nearly 40 million residents live, on Thursday reported its largest increase in additional cases — 4,592 — while hospitalizations remained above 2,100. County Health Officer Dr. Muntu Davis said coronavirus patients in hospitals “are needing intensive care at higher numbers than we’ve seen before.”
Just south of Los Angeles, in Orange County, cases are rising fast and medical workers are tired, said Dr. Clayton Chau, the interim public health director. He said that the county has capacity in its intensive care units in terms of beds “but we always have concerns of staffing.”
Hospitals are licensed to have a certain number of beds, but they typically don’t have enough people to staff all of them at one time. The facilities have plans to share resources for emergencies, but those plans are designed for local or regional disasters. The coronavirus pandemic has impacted nearly every hospital in the state for more than four months.
Zenei Triunfo-Cortez, president of the California Nurses Association, said hospitals were already facing a staffing shortage before the pandemic. She said the coronavirus has just made it worse.
“You would think that our hospitals would learn from that and would try and beef up the staffing so that if a surge happens again, they will be prepared,” she said. “If they really want to hire nurses, they could.”
John Pasha, an intensive care nurse at Good Samaritan Hospital in San Jose, said he often works shifts without a break because there are no nurses available to fill in for him.
“We’re all tired and we’re all exhausted,” he said. “We don’t have anything left to give.”
Teams of military doctors, nurses and other health care specialists are being deployed to eight California hospitals facing staffing shortages amid a record-breaking surge of coronavirus cases across the state.
The Air Force, at California’s request, assigned 160 people to increase capacity in intensive care units. Some teams arrived this week, including 20 people each to the Adventist Health Lodi Memorial Hospital in San Joaquin County on Wednesday; and Eisenhower Health Hospital in Southern California’s Riverside County on Thursday.
Both hospitals had beds available for extra patients, but they did not have the staff to care for them — highlighting a growing problem across the state as coronavirus hospitalizations reach record levels.
“I think people erroneously think of hospital capacity as all about beds and space,” said Carmela Coyle, president and CEO of the California Hospital Association. “It’s far more than a mattress and a pillow. The most important resource are the people who are taking care of patients.”
On Thursday California reported its largest two-day total of confirmed cases, nearly 20,000, along with 258 deaths in the last 48 hours. There are more than 8,000 people in hospitals who have either tested positive for the coronavirus or are suspected to have it.
Coyle said some models suggest hospitals should prepare for four times as many coronavirus patients as they have now, raising questions about the future of health care staffing “in what may be a new era of virus and pandemic.”
Eisenhower Health Chief Medical Officer Dr. Alan Williamson said the hospital is at 80 percent bed capacity but was “virtually 100 percent of our staffing capacity.”
San Joaquin County’s seven hospitals were at 71 percent capacity on Wednesday, but 121 percent capacity in their intensive care units. A team of 20 doctors, nurse practitioners, respiratory therapists and nurses arrived from Travis Air Force base, according to Marissa Matta, spokeswoman for the San Joaquin County Office of Emergency Services.
Los Angeles County, where a quarter of the state’s nearly 40 million residents live, on Thursday reported its largest increase in additional cases — 4,592 — while hospitalizations remained above 2,100. County Health Officer Dr. Muntu Davis said coronavirus patients in hospitals “are needing intensive care at higher numbers than we’ve seen before.”
Just south of Los Angeles, in Orange County, cases are rising fast and medical workers are tired, said Dr. Clayton Chau, the interim public health director. He said that the county has capacity in its intensive care units in terms of beds “but we always have concerns of staffing.”
Hospitals are licensed to have a certain number of beds, but they typically don’t have enough people to staff all of them at one time. The facilities have plans to share resources for emergencies, but those plans are designed for local or regional disasters. The coronavirus pandemic has impacted nearly every hospital in the state for more than four months.
Zenei Triunfo-Cortez, president of the California Nurses Association, said hospitals were already facing a staffing shortage before the pandemic. She said the coronavirus has just made it worse.
“You would think that our hospitals would learn from that and would try and beef up the staffing so that if a surge happens again, they will be prepared,” she said. “If they really want to hire nurses, they could.”
John Pasha, an intensive care nurse at Good Samaritan Hospital in San Jose, said he often works shifts without a break because there are no nurses available to fill in for him.
“We’re all tired and we’re all exhausted,” he said. “We don’t have anything left to give.”
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Vic overhauls tracing amid COVID-19 surge
The military will help doorknock Victorians who test positive for the coronavirus as part of efforts to contain...
About 1400 ADF members are on the ground in Victoria assisting with testing, contact tracing and enforcing the border around locked-down metropolitan Melbourne and the Mitchell Shire.
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4th US Service Member Dies of COVID-19
The number of COVID-19 infections doubled in the U.S. military in July.
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Fourth service member COVID-19 death was a Virginia pastor
Spc. Curtis Fort, 61, died July 30.
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Li-Meng Yan: coronavirus was developed in Chinese military lab
The Chinese virologist, who claims she fled to the U.S. after receiving threats due to her research, has accused the Chinese military of creating Covid-19.
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About 30 sailors are now housed in the frigate’s helicopter hangar.
In addition, according to the publication, one of the sailors from the Oleksandr Okhrimenko rescue ship also has a suspicion of coronavirus.
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