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The recent COVID-19 death in Region Ten has signalled to regional officials that many persons infected with the virus are refusing to seek medical treatment until it is too late.
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The president also stressed the importance of keeping the economy open after months of stifling movement restrictions.
He urged citizens not to drop their guard and continue adhering to the health rules, such as wearing face masks and respecting curfew times.
South Africa has recorded just over 800,000 coronavirus infections - more than a third of the cases reported across the African continent - and over 20,000 deaths.
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Six people, including four pedestrians, have died after a truck ploughed into five vehicles in Mokopane, Limpopo.
Psychotherapist Vassell George O’Gilvie told Family & Religion that whether it is examinations or back-to-school in September, students will be concerned about their mental and physical health, because of COVID-19, while worrying about their performance in school.
O’Gilvie added that although returning to school will be a challenge, it will be very possible as long as teachers, parents, and students work together.
It is for that reason, O’Gilvie said, that teachers will have to be prepared for the transition and to work with the students individually at the level where they are.
BLACK HEALTHCARE professionals are backing a major new campaign urging anyone concerned about cancer to...
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A consortium of medical researchers working with the U.S. Army is looking for help in finding technology solutions to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus and treat those with the COVID-19 disease.
Army Medical Research and Development Command invited defense firms to submit proposals for a $25 million effort expected to make up to 10 awards to qualified teams to design prototypes of a wearable diagnostic capability for “pre-/very early symptomatic detection of COVID-19 infection.”
Furthermore, the Request for Proposal (RFP) issued through the Medical Technology Enterprise Consortium (MTEC) suggests the device should be comfortable enough to wear continuously, like a Fitbit device.
Interested firms have until June 1, 2020, to submit their white paper proposals for the project describing their plan to create a working prototype and perform testing to demonstrate its ability to detect signs of current infection from “asymptomatic or symptomatic patients.”
According to the RFP, “Physiologic surveillance for COVID-19 positive individuals that do not yet show clear medical symptoms is an ultimate goal,” which adds that results should be easily saved, shared and interpreted by non-laboratory personnel.
MANDEVILLE, Manchester – The murder of 36-year-old Shanalee Bailey on Thursday, allegedly by the father of four of her five children in Heartease, close to Mandeville, has yet again focused attention on the high rate of domestic violence in this south-central parish.
“Her mother was killed 12 years ago on her [mother's] birthday…right around there they cut her throat, and this is what come happen to her daughter,” Bailey's uncle, Stafford Clayton told the Sunday Observer.
Custos of Manchester, Garfield Green told the Sunday Observer that special arrangements will be made to take care of the children left behind in this latest case.
He told the Sunday Observer that despite changes made as a result of the current COVID-19 pandemic, persons can still call a helpline to resolve domestic issues at 876-579-7112.
We were in discussion with a telecoms company to let us have a dedicated line that would have been placed at the police station, but COVID has put a lot of things on hold…If persons have called outside of the normal office hours, they can leave a message and we will get back to them,” the custos said.
An attorney from Florida is now at the center of a state investigation after it was alleged to election officials... View Article
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In an updated “Global Economic Prospects,” the World Bank projected that global economic activity will shrink by 5.2% this year, the deepest recession since a 13.8% global contraction in 1945-46 at the end of World War II.
The 5.2% downturn this year will be the fourth worst global downturn over the past 150 years, exceeded only by the Great Depression of the 1930s and the periods after World War I and World War II when many the economies of many war-torn countries were devastated and the United States and other nations demobilized after massive defense buildups.
The 5.2% estimate for a decline in global output is 7.7 percentage-points more severe than the World Bank’s January estimate that the world economy would grow by a modest 2.5% this year.
For China, the world’s second largest economy, the World Bank forecast growth will slow this year to a barely discernible 1% but rebound to 6.9% in 2021.
For the 19 European countries who use the euro currency, the World Bank projected a drop of 9.1% this year followed by growth of 4% next year.
What’s your take on the impact during these times of crisis as it pertains to your fields?
The official serving as President Donald Trump’s eyes and ears at the Justice Department has been banned from the building... View Article
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An Oregon police chief issued an apology after an officer was caught giving a group of armed white men a heads-up about how to skirt curfew enforcement.
The conversation was part of a longer video filmed on June 1 in Salem, Oregon, during a protest against police brutality, according to The Salem Reporter.
In the video, an unidentified Salem Police officer warned a group of white men clutching assault rifles about an impending curfew.
Salem Police Chief Jerry Moore apologized for the officer’s words in a video statement on Friday.
Moore said the officer “had not been fully briefed about enforcement of the curfew before he spoke with the group.”
Chance the Rapper has shared that Jeremih will be released from the hospital on Friday after the R&B singer was... View Article
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Thirty-five-year-old Teniel Wilson of Grange Pen, Lilliput in St James died after he fell from a ladder in his community on Saturday.
The police report that about 3:20 p.m., Wilson was seen on a ladder in a tree fixing an electrical wire while using a cellphone.
He then fell from the ladder and was taken to the hospital where he was pronounced dead.
Although wearing protective eye coverings to ward off COVID-19 has not been recommended to the general public by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, evidence is growing that shows the virus can be transmitted through the eyes via droplets from coughing, sneezing and even yelling.
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Researchers are suggesting that those at high risk of contradicting the disease should wear eye protection in addition to practicing social distancing and wearing a nose and mouth covering.
This week, Seattle-based American Seafoods confirmed that 92 crew from its American Dynasty ship had tested positive for COVID-19, nearly three-fourths of the 126 people onboard.
The Trump administration is now requiring that all labs include detailed demographic data when reporting coronavirus test results to the federal government.
The administration has faced criticism from public health experts for its failure to collect the crucial data used to provide adequate access to testing and treatment in African American and other minority communities.
General Marine Masters registered their first win of the Guyana Cricket Board/ Tropical Spring Over-40 T20 tournament by inflicting a 97-run defeat on Sarjoo Tigers yesterday at the Enmore Community Centre ground.
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By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Up soon for President-elect Joe Biden: naming his top health care officials as the coronavirus pandemic rages. It's hard to imagine more consequential picks. Already one prominent candidate to lead the Department of Health and Human Services has faded from the scene. New Mexico Democratic Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham was offered another Cabinet post — interior secretary — and turned it down, a person close to the Biden transition said Wednesday. That person spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss internal deliberations. Lujan Grisham's office had no comment. Biden is expected […]
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Before the coronavirus outbreak abruptly disrupted the livelihoods of millions of people, the sight of masks worn in public spaces in the Western world conjured up images of malevolent clowns and terrifying fictional villains.
At the start of the pandemic, the lack of masks led many people to resort to home-made solutions.
A few hundreds metres down the road, people running errands at a big-chain supermarket mostly wear the surgical, disposable version of the mask — the one available for less than one euro in pharmacies — with no aesthetic airs at all.
It's the daily sight of cheap, disposable gloves and masks thrown away in the streets of her neighbourhood that convinced her to start producing her own during the health crisis.
Cochoy thinks the dichotomy between the handcrafted and surgical masks offers a preview of the trend that will shape life after COVID-19 – supporters of sustainable development facing off against “growth at all costs” strategies.
An acknowledgement by Tourism Minister Edmund Bartlett, on Thursday, makes as clear as crystal the reason behind the Government’s conviction that now is the time to reopen the country’s borders to international travel.
At the same time, COVID-19 is estimated to cost the Government J$38.4 billion between April 2020 and March 2021, and the estimated overall loss to the economy from visitor expenditure from stopover arrivals is J$107.6 billion, according to Ministry of Tourism estimates, he said.
Since Jamaica and other Caribbean countries closed their international borders in mid-March due to the coronavirus outbreak, hotels, shops and restaurants have gone unnervingly quiet, and large swathes of beaches normally occupied by tourists in lounge chairs have become acres of desolation.
However, while most of the Caribbean won’t reopen until next month at the earliest, Jamaica, Antigua and Barbuda and St Lucia have decided that they could not wait any longer, with Antigua’s information minister, Melford Nicholas, explaining that despite the continued high rate of infections and deaths in the United States, St John’s simply had to take the “calculated risk” for the economy’s sake.
Over 90 per cent of the hotels in the region are still closed, with two-thirds of them expected to reopen partially by the end of July, Frank Comito, the chief executive officer of the Caribbean Hotel and Tourism Association, told The Sunday Gleaner.
Warren C. Evans, Wayne County Executive The holidays are now upon us once again, and many of us in Wayne County are conditioned to look forward to what we always do this time of year: partaking in annual traditions, enjoying much needed rest from work, and spending time with friends and family. Unfortunately, … Continued
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With a great feel for modern times and hip-hop music, Rapman (aka Andrew Onwubolu) mixes a bit of Boyz N the Hood, with Menace II Society.
The African heritage interloper has become chummy with Marco (Michael Ward), a Caribbean student who has gang ties.
Wise as a hip-hop shaman, Rapman, a British rapper turned music producer, actor, writer, YouTube sensation (Shiro’s Story) and now a film director lays the groundwork.
As a director Rapman injects an inexplicable verve in every scene of a film that never seems glossy or superficial and proudly flaunts its rough edges.
Conversely, Rapman is particularly judicious with love scenes.
“The COVID 19 pandemic has aggravated the existing conditions for women, who are discriminated against in all sectors,” said Dr. Beatrice Duncan, Policy Advisor, Rule of Law, UN Women, at a May 22 briefing organized by Ethnic Media Services.
Dr. Nicole Mason, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Institute for Women’s Policy Research said women disproportionately account for the nearly 39 million people who have filed for unemployment in the last nine weeks because of their over-representation in service sector jobs which require employees to be on-site, rather than working remotely.
Dr. Estela Rivero, a Research Associate with Notre Dame’s Pulte Institute for Global Development, stated that the COVID 19 pandemic has exacerbated the already limited opportunities for women to gain financial independence.
In the U.S., her studies show that amid the pandemic women ages 30-40 spend an average of 60 hours per week in paid and unpaid labor.
Women isolated at home with an abusive partner cannot call a hotline for help because of fears that the violent domestic partner or adolescent child might overhear, resulting in increased violence.
Floyd’s murder sparked peaceful demonstrations in cities across the country, demonstrations that, in Minneapolis and a few other places, turned toward riots.
In the last years of the Obama administration, peaceful Black Lives Matter demonstrations occurred in cities across the country.
The Obama Justice Department entered into a series of consent decrees with more than a dozen police departments to encourage them to change their practices — to become more a guardian than an occupier.
Last October, Bob Kroll, the president of the Minneapolis Police Union, appeared at a Trump rally to celebrate the president for freeing the police from the mild reforms of the Obama years.
What America has failed to hear — decade after decade — is the demand for equal justice under the law, the demand for equal opportunity, the call for basic rights — not only for African Americans but for all — the rights to a livable wage, decent housing, health care, a safe environment, a protective, not a dangerous police force.
