Millions of pupils return to school amid Covid spike concern
[unable to retrieve full-text content]Schools have welcomed back millions of pupils in England and Wales as the new term begins. BBC News – Health
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Indian and other ‘variants of concern’ behind a quarter of Covid cases in London
Indian Covid variant may already be dominant in Britain and has grown ‘exponentially’ since March, SAGE warns… but cases are only rising in THREE out of 23 hotspots and experts say mutant strains won’t be ‘disaster’ first feared Documents published by SAGE said B.1.617.2 strain likely made up ‘majority’ of the UK’s infections by mid-May… Read More »
Britain labels coronavirus ‘variant of concern’ linked to travel from India
Public Health England designated variant B.1.617.2, one of three variants identified in India that has spread to Britain, a variant of concern. Surge testing was being carried out in areas where evidence indicates community spread. Cases of the B.1.617.2 variant increased to 520 from 202 over the last week, PHE said, mainly in London and… Read More »
Vaccine roll-out gaps a core concern for G-20 countries
The Italian government says that the uneven distribution of vaccines between developed and developing countries is a key concern of Group of 20 nations as leaders consider how to create an even recovery from the pandemic By COLLEEN BARRY Associated Press February 26, 2021, 5:56 PM • 2 min read MILAN — The uneven distribution… Read More »
Ebola outbreak in Congo is a public health emergency of international concern, WHO says
“The risk of Ebola spread in DRC and the region remains very high, and the risk of spread outside the region remains low,” Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, director-general of WHO, said during a press conference on Wednesday. “Now is the time for the international community to stand in solidarity with the people of DRC.” WHO… Read More »
Concern for security of data in the cloud worries IT execs
Even as healthcare organizations contemplate moving more computing functions to the cloud, IT execs question the security of their data. A survey from the Cloud Security Alliance, which works to ensure a secure cloud computing environment, found 69 percent of respondent organizations are migrating data for enterprise resource planning applications to the cloud, with nearly… Read More »