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stanley quencher e in Halton, the regions medical officer of health is pleading with local residents to do their part in stopping the spread of the disease.In a statement delivered to re
stanley cup gional councillors during their first virtual meeting, Dr. Hamidah Meghani said the number of coronavirus cases will be increasing exponentially in the coming days and weeks, making it all the more important to take action now. Im imploring all residents to take every precaution to stop the spread of COVID-19 and help protect the health of our community, she said. Practise physical distancing, wash your hands and clean your surroundings frequently, and practise good hygiene. Stay at home as much as you can. ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW While most confirmed cases of COVID-19 were contracted through travel, she noted that Halton is beginning to see cases of local transmission. What this means is we could potentially contract the virus any
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stanley quencher January, days before Chinese New Year, a group of British researchers who work for the Oxford Suzhou Centre for Advanced Research outside of Shanghai returned home from a country that was on high alert due to聽coronavirus.By then, about 2,000 cases had been confirmed in China and travel restrictions were in place for numerous cities in the Hubei province, the epicentre of the outbreak.As the researchers passed through airports in the U.K., though, there was one thing that stood out. ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW They said there was absolutely no check at the airport whatsoever, says Zhanfeng Cui, an engineer
stanley cups who is the director of the Suzhou centre. Cui had been in Britain since the middle of December.Stuck there, and unable to return to the centre 鈥?the only research facility that Oxford University has outside the U.K. 鈥?Cui says his group tried to determine how they could help. ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW We thought, what can we do We need to do something. For them, the most pressing need was a test that could produce results fast enough that it could be used while a traveller waited. Based on the results, a person could either be allowed in the country or put into
stanley cup isolation. ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW On March 18, Oxford announced that a team led by Cui and professor Wei Huang had created a test can detect viral RNA and RNA fragment