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Gov. Kathy Hochul announced that more drones will be providing aerial surveillance this summer at New York's Long Island State Beaches, patrolling for unsafe water conditions and dangerous marine life like sharks. -
By adding drones, an online listing reads, the police department would “enhance public safety, improve response times, and optimize situational awareness during critical incidents.”
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Paid for through grant funding, the new suite of tools included in the free app is designed to make it easier for residents to connect with law enforcement, including a tip line and community outreach programs.
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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.
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Also, FirstNet applications like the e-Bridge app are being used to help first responders and medical professionals respond to the coronavirus pandemic by providing situational awareness and telemedicine capabilities.
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State officials have been told that more are on the way, but even once those arrive, they’ll be more than 261,000 masks short of what they’ve asked for, according to FEMA data and the state’s Health Department.
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“(The virus is) obviously more serious than you think,” Grand Blanc High School football coach Clint Alexander told MLive. “... Young kids think you can live forever, and now they realize this thing is pretty scary.”
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At South Coastal Animal Health in Weymouth, Mass., veterinarians and technicians continue to tend to their four-legged patients through the COVID-19 pandemic, with safeguards in place to keep staff and pet owners safe.
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Worker advocates say hospitals are generally reluctant to acknowledge infections are occurring on their properties. If workers can’t prove they contracted COVID-19 at work, the hospitals can avoid paying workers’ comp.
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"While the COVID-19 public health crisis is unprecedented, Florida has a strong foundation of emergency preparedness built on government collaboration at all levels," said agency Secretary Mary Mayhew.
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There are now 686 cases in the Lehigh Valley, according to the Pennsylvania Department of Health. Lehigh and Northampton counties combined on Wednesday saw a one-day increase in coronavirus cases of more than 32%.
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Forecasting the coronavirus spread is a bit like predicting the weather, said Carl Bergstrom, a biologist at the University of Washington who studies the epidemiology of emerging infectious diseases.
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Court filings, interviews and social media postings detail a tense environment — one in which close quarters makes social distancing all but impossible, and with daily contact between worried inmates and guards.
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A spokeswoman for the Colorado Hospital Association said the state’s medical network is currently “not anywhere near capacity” but the growing numbers of coronavirus cases in the state could quickly change that situation.
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Several metro hospitals were planning major expansions to handle spiking patient loads, while rural hospitals continued to struggle treating uninsured patients amid the closure of seven rural hospitals in recent years.
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On duty, he wore a surgical gown above his clothes, along with latex gloves and an N95 respirator — the kind that is increasingly precious in a state closing in on 60,000 confirmed cases of COVID-19, most in metro NYC.
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They’re using a laser cutter to make about 80 disposable face shields per day at the Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering machine shop on NC State’s Centennial Campus. They anticipate manufacturing 5,000 face shields over the next 30 to 60 days,
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