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Drones as first responders is a growing program in police departments across the country, and Virginia Beach will soon be the first city in its region to use the technology. -
On Sunday, Gov. Kathy Hochul issued a state of emergency after extreme storms hit upstate New York and ahead of several days of temperatures forecast to break records both upstate and in New York City.
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The North Area Technical Rescue Team is a 30-year-old, 150-member group that performs specialized rescues in Denver’s northern suburbs, including rope, confined space, trench and collapse rescues.
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"Some people are taking it extremely seriously and literally have been quarantined in their houses and not leaving. And then you have other people. Now that the executive order has come out, kind of have to remind them that we are under a quarantine."
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The recognition of restrictions against evictions will be included in the city's extension of a local emergency proclamation, which was first declared by the city manager's office in response to the coronavirus.
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C19Oregon.com is an online triage tool that cities and counties can use to dispense coronavirus information that is tailored to a certain area and also collect data about where coronavirus cases may be clustering.
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Confirmed COVID-19 cases caused by the novel coronavirus more than doubled to 51 among Miami VA patients over the past week. The number of positive cases among health-care workers quintupled to 20 over the same period.
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The federal government quietly seized orders for medical supplies made by hospitals April 7. Those seizures came despite President Trump directing states and hospitals to secure supplies to deal with the pandemic.
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On Wednesday, Deborah Birx said the White House Coronavirus Task Force has been looking for trends in daily case reporting and COVID-19 testing, and that Philadelphia continues to be among the cities they are watching.
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A total of 1,048 cases and 26 deaths were identified in the state March 8. Three counties reported their first cases Tuesday, with 78 of 99 counties now affected. Black Hawk County added three cases for a total of 15.
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Ambulances were pulling up into the emergency bay as the frontline nurse and director of emergency services at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital fit an N95 mask under her surgical mask and huddled with staff to prepare.
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Her action follows breakouts of coronavirus infections attributed to church events in three counties. It wasn't immediately clear when or where those events took place, or how many infections were traced to the events.
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The page, created in partnership with the Maryland Emergency Management Agency, and the state departments of Health and of Information Technology, allows residents to read a variety of information about the coronavirus.
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The shipping company opened a 450,000-square-foot UPS health-care facility in Louisville, Ky., near its air hub, with space for FEMA. The massive UPS air cargo operation allows overnight delivery to anywhere in the U.S.
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Wayne County remains a hotbed for coronavirus with almost 48 percent of Michigan’s 18,970 confirmed cases and almost 48 percent of the state’s 845 deaths. As of Monday, USPS had 386 of its 630,000 employees nationwide test positive for COVID-19.
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Community members and organizations are making masks as healthcare providers struggle to provide enough for staff. It’s a problem in medical facilities throughout the country, multiple news outlets report.
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It’s only for symptomatic residents who are considered high-risk or essential employees. To be tested, individuals must have symptoms including a fever of over 100.4 degrees, a cough, a sore throat and/or shortness of breath.
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There is widespread agreement in the medical community that “telemedicine” will have to play a much larger role in the diagnosis and treatment of disease than it has in the past, at least until the COVID-19 threat recedes.
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The University of Washington Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation’s Sunday update shows Florida’s peak is expected on April 21, at which point the state will see 242 deaths per day, more than the 136 projected in early May.
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The information gathered from those eerily prescient hearings is now informing draft crisis standards of care guidelines being prepared should that nightmare scenario become reality, COVID-19 patients overwhelm the state’s ability to care for them.
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Health officials initially downplayed the severity of the crisis, but before it was over, hospitals were overrun, makeshift medical facilities were set up and businesses temporarily shut as Hawaii fought the outbreak.
