Corona virus pandemic in the US

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4 years ago

May 18, 2020

US coronavirus update: Latest on cases, deaths and reopening

CNN readers from all over the world have asked more than 90,000 questions about coronavirus.

Here are answers to some of the most popular questions:

Q: What is so different about coronavirus that we have to shut down business? Why practice keeping social distance now, when we didn’t do it during SARS and the swine flu epidemic?

A: Unlike SARS and swine flu, this novel coronavirus is very contagious and very deadly, said CNN Chief Medical Correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta.

SARS was also a coronavirus, and it was a new virus at the time, “Gupta said. “In the end, we know that SARS eventually infected 8,000 people worldwide and caused around 800 deaths. The death rate is very high, but apparently not contagious. “

Swine flu, or H1N1, “is very contagious and infects about 60 million people in the United States alone in a year,” Gupta said. “But it’s far more deadly than the flu even – like 1/3 deadly like the flu.”

What makes the novel coronavirus different is that “this is very contagious … and seems to be far more deadly than the flu too,” Gupta said. “So those two things, in combination I think, are the reasons why we take this very seriously.”

Q: Can coronavirus be transferred by people’s shoes? How do you protect children who are crawling or playing on the floor?

A: Yes, coronaviruses can live in shoe soles, but the risk of getting Covid-19 from shoes appears to be low.

A report published by the CDC highlighting a study from a hospital in Wuhan, China, where this coronavirus outbreak began.

The soles of medical workers’ shoes were smeared and analyzed, and research found that the virus was “widely distributed” on the floor, computer mice, trash cans and door knobs. But it is important to note that research is carried out in hospitals, where the virus is concentrated.

It is still possible to take a coronavirus at the bottom of your shoes by running errands, but there is no way you will get sick of it because people don’t often touch the soles of their shoes and then their faces. Because Covid-19 is a respiratory disease, that is CDC recommends wearing a mask when in public places and wash your hands often– the correct way.

If you have small children who crawl or touch the floor regularly, you should take off your shoes as soon as you get home to prevent the spread of corona viruses or bacteria on the floor.

Q: Can you catch coronavirus more than once? Or does someone become immune or have long-term immunity against the virus?

A: It’s too early to know for sure. But other coronaviruses, such as those that cause the common cold, might give us a clue.

With “the common cold coronavirus, you actually don’t have long-lasting immunity, so we don’t know the answer to this particular coronavirus,” Dr. Celine Gounder, a professor of medicine and infectious disease at the New York School of Medicine.

“That would actually be one of the challenges with designing a vaccine is how you actually cause immunity to last long enough to protect you.”

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Portuguese historical films will premiere on 29 December.

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1 year ago

December 20, 2022

Herb Adkins

Portuguese historical films will premiere on 29 December.

Method Media Bermuda will present the documentary FABRIC: Portuguese History in Bermuda on Thursday, December 29 at the Underwater Research Institute of Bermuda.

A spokesperson said: “Method Media is proud to bring Bermuda Fabric: Portugal History to Bermuda for its 5th and 6th showing at the Bermuda Underwater Observatory. In November and December 2019, Cloth: A Portuguese Story in Bermuda had four sold-out screenings. Now that Bermuda has reopened after the pandemic, it’s time to bring the film back for at least two screenings.

“There are tickets Ptix.bm For $ 20 – sessions at 15:30 and 18:00. Both screenings will be followed by a short Q&A session.

Director and producer Milton Raboso says, “FABRIC is a definitive account of the Portuguese community in Bermuda and its 151 years of history, but it also places Bermuda, Acors and Portugal in the world history and the events that have fueled those 151 years.

“It took more than 10 years to implement FABRIC. The film was supported by the Minister of Culture, the Government of the Azores and private donors.

“Bermuda Media Method [MMB] Created in 2011 by producer Milton Raposo. MMB has created content for a wide range of clients: Bermuda’s new hospital renovation, reinsurance, travel campaigns, international sports and more. MMB pays special attention to artistic, cultural and historical content.

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CRISTANO RONALDO CAN MAKE UP A GIANT IN CARIOCA AND PORTUGUESE TECHNICIAN SAYS ‘There will be room’

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1 year ago

December 20, 2022

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CRISTANO RONALDO CAN MAKE UP A GIANT IN CARIOCA AND PORTUGUESE TECHNICIAN SAYS 'There will be room'

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Maestro de Braga is the first Portuguese in the National Symphony Orchestra of Cuba.

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December 19, 2022

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Maestro de Braga is the first Portuguese in the National Symphony Orchestra of Cuba.

Maestro Filipe Cunha, Artistic Director of the Philharmonic Orchestra of Braga, has been invited to conduct the Cuban National Symphony Orchestra, as announced today.

According to a statement sent by O MINHO, “he will be the first Portuguese conductor to conduct this orchestra in its entire history.”

In addition to this orchestra, the maestro will also work with the Lyceo Mozarteum de la Habana Symphony Orchestra.

The concerts will take place on 4 and 12 March 2023 at the National Theater of Cuba in Havana.

In the words of the maestro, quoted in the statement, “these will be very beautiful concerts with difficult but very complex pieces” and therefore he feels “very motivated”.

From the very beginning, Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 2 will be performed by an Italian pianist (Luigi Borzillo), whom the maestro wants to bring to Portugal later this year. In the same concert, Mendelshon’s First Symphony will be performed.

Then, at the second concert, in the company of the Mexican clarinetist Angel Zedillo, he will perform the Louis Sfora Concerto No. 2. In this concert, the maestro also conducts Tchaikovsky’s Fifth Symphony.

“This is an international recognition of my work. An invitation that I accept with humility and great responsibility. I was surprised to learn that I would be the first Portuguese member of the Cuban National Symphony Orchestra. This is a very great honor,” the maestro said in a statement.

“I take with me the name of the city of Braga and Portugal with all the responsibility that goes with it, and I hope to do a good job there, leaving a good image and putting on great concerts. These will be very special concerts because, in addition to performing pieces that I love, especially Rachmaninov and Tchaikovsky, I will be directing two wonderful soloists who are also my friends. It will be very beautiful,” concludes Filipe Cunha.

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