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Added on the 07/02/2021 13:00:00 - Copyright : EFE Inglés
As cases of the novel coronavirus surge, California is setting up tents and trailers to use as field hospitals to take in more patients. Hospitals are building field hospitals outside their facilities in an effort to deal with the overflow of COVID-19 patients. The state's 'mass fatality' program is for when 'there are more deaths in a given time period than the local coroner or medical emergency personnel could handle.' California has seen a 19.4% increase in confirmed cases over the past week, with more than 37,000 new cases on Monday alone. Fountain Valley Regional Hospital and UC Irvine will add 50 more beds in mobile units "equipped with running water, lighting and air purifiers."
BioNTech and its partner, Pfizer, will seek emergency approval for their Covid-19 vaccine candidate. The drug companies will file paperwork for the emergency use of the vaccine with the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA). In a final analysis of the Phase 3 trial, the vaccine was found to be 95% effective in preventing Covid-19. The vaccine has been shown to work in all age populations. According to CNN, the new vaccine has shown no serious safety concerns. Drug company execs predict distribution to begin before the end of 2020.
800 nurses from St. Mary Medical Center, in the Philadelphia area, walked out Tuesday to protest hospital understaffing. As the third wave of coronavirus cases hits the country, hospitals are reaching capacity as hospital workers continue to suffer from burnout. According to Business Insider, the US reported a record 67,000 COVID-19 hospitalizations on November 12. But the issues nurses are striking over — caring for too many patients at once, understaffed hospitals, and burnout — existed prior to the pandemic. One study in the Journal of Nursing Administration found adding 10% more nurses to hospitals can reduce the odds a patient will die by 4%.
Tapachula, Sep 8 (EFE).- About 150 Honduran migrants were vaccinated against Covid-19 on Wednesday in the Mexican town of Tapachula, an operation witnessed by Honduran first lady Ana Garcia.Accompanied by several Honduran officials, Garcia said that her visit was so she could become familiar with the situation of the migrants in Mexican territory and to obtain better information to be able to help such people. (Camera: JUAN MANUEL BLANCO).SHOT LIST: HONDURAN MIGRANTS RECEIVE A DOSE OF COVID-19 IN TAPACHULA, MEXICO.
Bangkok, Apr 29 (EFE/EPA).- Thailand is gearing up to open a reception center for new COVID-19 patients in bid to combat rapid rise of infections. Thai authorities are setting up the pre-admission center to tackle with the shortage of bed for COVID-19 patients amid the third wave of pandemic, before sending the patient to the hospital according to the level of symptoms, as the COVID-19 infections surge in Bangkok. Thailand registered 10 Covid-related deaths Thursday. A new wave of infections in Thailand, Cambodia and Laos adds to the delicate situation in the Philippines, where a health system collapse is feared. (Camera: NARONG SANGNAK).SHOT LIST: THAI DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER AND PUBLIC HEALTH MINISTER OF THAILAND ANUTIN CHARNVIRAKUL INSPECTS THE COVID-19 PRE-ADMISSION CENTER SET UP INSIDE A GYMNASIUM IN BANGKOK, THAILAND.
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