COVID-19 case recorded in 14 states in Puerto Rico

Since the start of the pandemic last week, 14 states and Puerto Rico have recorded new coronavirus cases on average over a seven-day period. Washington Post report.. This increase has been boosted by rural outbreaks in the southern and western states, many of which resumed around May 1 when the country’s physical distance efforts were officially ended.

by Position, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Florida, Kentucky, New Mexico, North Carolina, Mississippi, Oregon, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Utah all see the highest number of cases since the beginning of June. Most outbreaks occur in towns and communities with less than 60,000 inhabitants. This is in stark contrast to the first wave of a US outbreak where the virus burned in major cities such as New York, Chicago and Detroit.

of Texas Tribune The 14-day trend in the state says there are hotspots in prisons and meat packing factories, increasing the number of cases by 71%. State officials said the number of cases surged, especially due to mass inspections in prisons. Yesterday, 1,935 Texas people were hospitalized for the virus, most recorded in the outbreak.

Johns Hopkins University COVID-19 tracker, The country has 1,971,302 cases and 111,620 deaths.

Challenges of the Nursing Home Test

Today New York times report Extensive testing of COVID-19 for nursing home employees is essential to prevent viruses from sweeping vulnerable communities, but who pays for insurance companies, nursing homes, and frequent testing? For, there is a dispute between states.

In New York, employees in nursing homes must be tested for COVID-19 twice a week. The White House Coronavirus Headquarters recommended weekly testing by nursing home staff. Other states have adopted patchwork policies for how often employees are tested, based on how often insurance companies pay for the tests.

Staff at nursing homes are some of the country’s lowest-paid health care workers, so employees say they can’t cover the costs of such frequent tests.

Trump plans to resume rally within two weeks

President Donald Trump said he would resume the rally within two weeks. This rally, which has been favored as a means of connecting with Mr. Trump’s voters, has been held for months due to the coronavirus.

But now, after George Floyd’s racism and police atrocities protest and many states reopened, the president’s adviser Told Politico Trump is ready to meet his base at a rally before the end of June.

The outbreak of ships indicates that young adults show few symptoms

The outbreak of COVID-19 in aircraft carriers is due to USS Theodore Roosevelt among young and healthy adults. Mild or no symptoms of coronavirus are also common features of the disease across this demographic, According to a study published today Weekly report of morbidity and mortality.

From January to March, at least 1,000 service members boarding the carrier tested positive for COVID-19. The ship entered the port of Guam in April and the US Navy and Centers for Disease Control tested a handy sample of 382 young men. 60% had reactive antibodies to COVID-19, and 59% of them also had neutralizing antibodies at the time of specimen collection.

Over 75% of the 382 participants were men, with a median age of 30 years. Of 238 (62.0%) participants with previous or current SARS-CoV-2 infection, 194 (81.5%) reported one or more symptoms. 44 (18.5%) were asymptomatic. , 2 (0.8%) were hospitalized with COVID-19.

382 adults have also completed a survey of behavior on ships during COVID-19 outbreaks. Those who reported taking precautions were less likely to be infected than those who did not. Only 55.8% of service members wearing face masks were infected. Those who reported practicing physical distance were also less likely to get sick (54.7% vs. 70.0%).

“This sample of highly exposed subjects, evaluated at some point in time, resulted in the development of antibodies and many of these were neutralizing antibodies at the time of sample collection,” the authors write. I concluded. “This is a promising indicator of immunity and in some participants neutralizing antibodies were detectable more than 40 days after the onset of symptoms.”