Kaylee Litteral is being treated for MIS-C. According to the CDC, it is a “multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children where different body parts can become inflamed, including the heart, lungs, kidneys, brain, skin, eyes or gastrointestinal organs.”
Day: January 5, 2021
WATCH: Gov. Hutchinson’s weekly COVID-19 briefing
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (KAIT) – Gov. Asa Hutchinson and Arkansas Department of Health Secretary Dr. Jose R. Romero will update the public at 1:30 p.m. on the state’s response to the coronavirus, including the latest cases of COVID-19 and deaths.
Wolf Administration to give update on COVID-19 contact tracing and testing efforts
HARRISBURG, Pa. (WHTM) — The Wolf Administration will hold a press conference on Tuesday to give an update on COVID-19 contact tracing and testing efforts. Director of Testing and Contact Tracing, Michael Huff, and Senior Advisor on Contact Tracing for the Department of Health, Lindsey Mauldin, […]
N.J. COVID-19 vaccine: You can now register through state’s new online portal
UPDATES: Some users report problems with state’s new registration portal State asks only health care workers use new registration portal due to huge volume The state’s new website to sign up to receive a vaccine for the coronavirus has gone live. The site allows people […]
Indiana COVID-19 hospitalizations increasing in new year
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana health officials report 3,477 new coronavirus infections and 142 additional COVID-19 deaths as the state begins to see a slow increase of coronavirus-related hospitalizations following a previous series of spikes in December. The Indiana State Department of Health reported Tuesday that […]
Covid-19: Isle of Man to enter second lockdown
The announcement follows the identification of the six new cases overnight.
Dyfed-Powys Police Commissioner calls for officers to have Covid-19 vaccine
Dyfed-Powys Police and Crime Commissioner Dafydd Llywelyn is calling for the Welsh Government to include police officers on the Covid-19 vaccination priority list. Mr Llywelyn argues officers should be protected from the virus as a matter of urgency. Police have been enforcing lockdown laws while […]
Chris Whitty: Covid-19 restrictions could return next winter
The press conference came as new figures from the Office of National Statistics released figures suggesting an estimated one in 50 people in private households in England had Covid-19 between Christmas and New Year. Professor Whitty said: “If we did not do the things all […]
More new Covid strains likely to arrive in U.S., epidemiologist says
More new strains of the coronavirus are likely to make their way to the U.S., Michael Osterholm, a member of President-elect Joe Biden‘s Covid-19 advisory board, said Tuesday. Several mutated strains of the virus have emerged around the world in recent months, according to the […]
Largest global study of ‘long Covid’ finds many patients unable to return to work six months later
LONDON — The largest global study of “long Covid” to date has found that many of those suffering from ongoing illness after infection with Covid-19 are unable to return to work at full capacity six months later. The term “long Covid” refers to patients suffering […]