What’s New in Coronavirus: According to the CDC, new cases may begin to decline in more than 6 months

Authorities say the number of new cases, hospitalizations, and deaths across the country is expected to decline slowly over the next six months.

This is the first noticeable decrease since June.

However, in certain states, such as Alaska and West Virginia, record spikes continue.

The details of today’s COVID-19 heading are as follows:

First pill to treat COVID
Merck & Co.On friday Experimental COVID-19 pill It will halve hospitalizations and deaths for people recently infected with the coronavirus and will soon require health authorities in the United States and around the world to permit its use.

If cleared, Merck’s drug is the first pill shown to treat COVID-19 and is a potentially significant advance in efforts to combat the pandemic. All COVID-19 therapies currently approved in the United States require IV or injection.

A 105-year-old woman who survived the 1918 flu died of COVID-19 in World War II
She lived an adventurous life that spanned two continents. She fell in love with a World War II fighter pilot, barely fled Europe ahead of Benito Mussolini’s fascists, smashed steel for US war effort, and in much less enlightenment time. Defended a daughter with a disability. She said she was the one who didn’t get into the habit of giving up.

And this month at the age of 105 Primetta Jaco Puni Life ended the way it started-in a pandemic.

Proposed bill requires COVID vaccine, negative test for domestic air travel before holidays
Travelers may be watching New COVID restrictions when embarking on the holiday season.. This is one of the COVID related updates for the aviation industry.

With the upcoming Thanksgiving vacation and one of the busiest times on the plane, California Senator Dianne Feinstein said, “Future vacation air travel will contribute to the surge in COVID cases. Is not allowed. Today we have introduced a law requiring domestic passengers. A flight that completely recovers from vaccination, negative test, or previous COVID illness. “

Classroom masking reduces the incidence of COVID, additional studies show
The debate about requiring children to wear masks at school is intensifying, but not among doctors, scientists, or teachers.

In recent studies, Masks effectively delay viral infections and prevent school closures.. Three of these studies were published in the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Weekly Report on Infectious Diseases.

Long-distance COVID symptoms affect one-third of survivors, according to a study from the University of Oxford
In a large study conducted by the University of Oxford in more than 270,000 patients in the United States and the United Kingdom, one-third of all COVID survivors experienced at least one symptom 3-6 months after infection. I found out that.

Doctors at the Comprehensive COVID-19 Center at Northwestern Medicine said their long COVID patients would experience symptoms even longer.

No one knows how long the symptoms will last, so doctors say they need to prepare society for long-term effects on the economy and health care system.Doctors expect improvements in long-haul carriers, but for now they continue to address What they call a second pandemic..

YouTube removes 130,000 videos that violate COVID-19 vaccine policy
YouTube Eliminate false alarms and conspiracy theories of vaccines From its popular video sharing platform.

The ban on false alarms for vaccines announced in a blog post on Wednesday is due to countries around the world continuing to provide free immunity to COVID-19 to the somewhat hesitant civilian population.

NYC Establishes Permanent Public Health Corps
Mayor Bill de Blasio announced Wednesday that New York City will use the city’s Health + Hospitals Test and Trace Corps staff to establish a new permanent public health outreach agency. The new agency is called the NYC Public Health Service. Created to track exposure to coronavirus, Test and Trace Corps (which had reached 500 by December and had just completed a millionth follow-up contact) will be a permanent urban feature. “The new public health force announced today builds on the efforts already underway in our community to fight this pandemic and prepare for future emergencies,” said New York City Health Commissioner. Dr. David Chokshi said.

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