Covid: Quarantine for Covid contacts could be scrapped
[unable to retrieve full-text content]A trial of daily testing is planned, as the foreign secretary says the UK is in a “good position”. BBC News – Health
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Premier silent on prison quarantine plan
Victoria’s Acting Premier has remained tight-lipped about the government’s preferred site for a stand-alone quarantine facility despite reports it could be housed at a new youth prison. A report in The Age on Tuesday suggested Avalon Airport was no longer the state government’s number one location for a dedicated COVID-19 quarantine facility to house returned… Read More »
New York Gov. Cuomo ends coronavirus quarantine list, requires travelers to get tested instead
New York state Gov. Andrew Cuomo speaks at a news conference on September 08, 2020 in New York City. Spencer Platt | Getty Images New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is ending a requirement for travelers from places with a high amount of coronavirus cases to quarantine for two weeks upon arriving in the state. Instead,… Read More »
This Female Founder is an Expert on Staying Well in Quarantine
In this ever-changing “new normal,” we are constantly trying to adjust to a new kind of life. Because we’ve all been left to focus on other things, we are looking to better ourselves and improve our health. One of the ways we do this is by turning to wellness. Some look to a plant-based diet… Read More »
Case of Ontario man who ignored COVID-19 quarantine order shows challenges of crucial contact tracing
Article content continued The public-health department of Peel region west of Toronto said Wednesday it typically manages to reach contacts within 24 to 48 hours of a case being identified. At the peak of the pandemic the unit had 237 staff doing contact tracing, though that number had dwindled to 190 by the end of… Read More »
Watch ‘Lockdown Hookup,’ Our Quarantine Dating Experiment
Take my hand and travel back in time with me to March of 2020. (Or maybe April. Time has no meaning anymore. It’s 10:56 a.m. and I’m still in my pajamas and contemplating eating a bowl of pasta.) The COVID-19 pandemic had recently ushered in daunting new protocols for everyday life, including the mandate to… Read More »