September 2021

Case 1M/29NoneTraveling from Dubaiquarantine hotelDAn imported case (M/28) from the Philippines stayed in the adjacent room with Case 1 at the quarantine hotel for 13 days (March 25, 2021 to April 6, 2021). Whole genome sequencing showed…

OU contact tracing is currently limited to the Healthy Together app and the "individual responsibility" of…

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White House COVID-19 Response Coordinator Jeff Zients delivers remarks during a press briefing at the White House in Washington, U.S., April 13, 2021. REUTERS/Tom BrennerJoin now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.comRegisterWASHINGTON,…

"Test, trace, isolate." The oft-heard phrase provided a way to corral COVID-19 in the early days of the pandemic. Although still highly effective and recommended strategies, vaccines have strengthened the response to the current health…

When Harvard brought a limited number of undergraduate students back to campus in the fall of 2020, it promised that a robust internal contact tracing system would limit exposures to the coronavirus and that comfortable housing would be…

The contact list of the 12-year-old boy, who succumbed to the Nipah virus early Sunday morning in Kozhikode, Kerala, expands to 188 people and counts, a senior district health official confirmed. Of them, 20 are considered to have had…

Moriah College has been notified by NSW Health that a member of the school community has tested positive for COVID-19. In an email to parents on Thursday evening, the college said its Queens Park campus, including the ELC, will not be…

The teacher at an elementary school in California wasn't feeling well but still reported two days of instruction, which included reading aloud to her students. She was not vaccinated but still taught without using a mask. She was tested…