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Protect yourself and others from the spread COVID-19 You can reduce your chances of being infected or spreading COVID-19 by taking some simple precautions: Regularly and thoroughly clean your hands with an alcohol-based hand rub or wash them with soap and water. Why? Washing your hands with soap and water or using alcohol-based hand rub kills viruses that may be on your hands. Maintain at least 1 metre (3 feet) distance between yourself and others. Why? When someone coughs, sneezes, or speaks they spray small liquid droplets from their nose or mouth which may contain virus. If you are too close, you can breathe in the droplets, including the COVID-19 virus if the person has the disease. Avoid going to crowded places. Why? Where people come together in crowds, you are more likely to come into close contact with someone that has COVID-19 and it is more difficult to maintain physical distance of 1 metre (3 feet). Avoid touching eyes, nose and mouth. Why? Hands touch many surfaces and can ...

No charges for Allentown police officers involved in controversial restraint, district attorney says ALLENTOWN, Pennsylvania (WPVI) -- The Lehigh County District Attorney's Office said Friday afternoon it will not file charges against the officers involved in restraining a man outside St. Luke's Hospital last weekend. According to the report, the two Allentown officers involved were outside of the hospital on Saturday, July 11, when they observed a man, identified as Edward Borrero, "walking and stumbling in the middle of Chew Street, vomiting several times into the street, walking with a staggered gait and screaming incoherently." District Attorney James Martin said the officers, whose names are not being released at this time, concluded the man was in distress and needed medial attention. After Borrero acted aggressively toward a hospital employee, the officers determined they needed "to detain him for his own safety," the report says. The officers attempt...

SUPPORT AKSHAYA PATRA'S COVID-19 RELIEF SERVICE As the COVID-19 crisis continues to loom over us, The Government of India has taken a strict combat measure by directing a lockdown of the entire nation. At this great hour of need, The Akshaya Patra Foundation, in close coordination with State Governments & District Administration, has stepped in to provide relief by providing food to thousands of people across the country. By adhering to all safety and hygiene measures, Akshaya Patra has begun its relief service by providing meal or packed grocery kits to the marginalised and low-income segment of the society comprising of daily wage workers, migrant labourers, construction site workers, and needy people at old age homes and night shelters. Presently, the Foundation is providing food relief in Rajasthan, Karnataka, Telangana, Gujarat, Maharashtra, NCR, Uttar Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Chhattisgarh, Odisha, Assam, Madhya Pradesh, Uttarakhand ,Tripura ,West Bengal , Punj...

These 15 states have either paused reopening plans or delayed any further action: Arkansas, Connecticut, Delaware, Idaho, Indiana, Kansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, North Carolina, Utah, Washington and Wyoming. New Jersey, for example, started reopening on May 18. But on June 29, Gov. Phil Murphy said after seeing a surge in cases in other states, he would postpone reopening indoor dining indefinitely. Then on July 7, Murphy said New Jersey would remain in phase two until further notice, explaining, "we’re not gonna be jumping the gun." Beyond those 21 states, two states -- Maine and Virginia -- as well as major cities like New York City and Philadelphia, have postponed some aspect of reopening, such as indoor dining. 2:15 p.m.: NJ, PA report cases linked to Myrtle Beach trips Officials in New Jersey and Pennsylvania are reporting coronavirus cases in their states linked to trips to Myrtle Beach, South Carolina,  reported ABC Philadelphia station...

Tennessee doctors and teachers question reopening schools As many school districts prepare for students to return to classrooms in the coming weeks, a group of Tennessee doctors, health care workers and even teachers are calling the return to school "insane and irresponsible." Dr. Amy Gordon Bono, a primary care doctor practicing internal medicine in Middle Tennessee, spoke out on behalf of ProtectMyCare, a coalition of doctors who have been outspoken throughout the coronavirus pandemic. A pandemic of the  novel coronavirus  has now killed more than 540,000 people worldwide. Over 11.6 million people across the globe have been diagnosed with COVID-19, the disease caused by the new respiratory virus, according to  data  compiled by the Center for Systems Science and Engineering at Johns Hopkins University. The actual numbers are  believed to be much higher  due to testing shortages, many unreported cases and suspicions that some governments are...

2021 से पहले नहीं आ सकती कोरोना की वैक्सीन, मंत्रालय अब पीछे हटा मिनिस्ट्री ऑफ साइंस एंड टेक्नोलॉजी ने अपने जारी प्रेस रिलीज में कहा था कि COVAXIN और ZyCov-D के साथ-साथ दुनिया भर में 140 वैक्सीन बनाने वाली कंपनियों में से 11 ह्यूमन ट्रायल के दौर में हैं, लेकिन इनमें से किसी भी वैक्सीन के 2021 से पहले बड़े पैमाने पर उपयोग के लिए तैयार होने की संभावना नहीं है. प्रेस रिलीज से हटाई गई 2021 में वैक्सीन आने की बात ICMR ने 15 अगस्त तक वैक्सीन आने की संभावना जताई कोरोना वैक्सीन को लेकर भारतीय आयुर्विज्ञान अनुसंधान परिषद (आईसीएमआर) और मिनिस्ट्री ऑफ साइंस एंड टेक्नोलॉजी के बीच आपसी सामंजस्य नहीं दिख रहा है. हालांकि मंत्रालय ने अपने जारी किए गए प्रेस रिलीज से वो बयान हटा लिया है, जिससे दोनों के बीच असहमति दिख रही थी. मिनिस्ट्री ऑफ साइंस एंड टेक्नोलॉजी ने अपने जारी प्रेस रिलीज में कहा था कि COVAXIN और ZyCov-D के साथ-साथ दुनिया भर में 140 वैक्सीन बनाने वाली कंपनियों में से 11 ह्यूमन ट्रायल के दौर में हैं, लेकिन इनमें से किसी भी वैक्सीन के 2021 से पहले बड़े पैमाने पर उपयोग के लिए तैयार होने की संभाव...