Beaming with pride, Helena Pett accepted her degree to become a physicians assistant from EVMS. She suffers from an unknown illness that caused her to have problems walking.
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Singapore has reported its 34th death due to COVID-19, taking its toll from the pandemic beyond the 33 casualties recorded during the 2003 Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) outbreak. The city-state was one of the worst-hit countries by SARS outside mainland China, based on numbers of infection and death, according to the World Health Organization s data. SARS, a previously unknown infectious disease, is believed to have emerged from the wet markets of China s Guangdong province before spreading into major cities. Globally, as many as 774 people died in the epidemic that reached nearly 30 countries. While the current pandemic death toll has exceeded Singapore s death toll from the SARS outbreak, the city-state still has one of the world s lowest COVID-19 fatality rates. Singapore authorities had said at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic that the experience dealing with SARS meant they were more prepared for the COVID-19 outbreak. So far, Singapore has repor
Mysterious brain syndrome grips Canada, 48 people hit
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Mysterious brain syndrome grips Canada, 48 people hit
NYT News Service / Jun 6, 2021, 06:59 IST
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MONTREAL: Forty-eight people from the same small Canadian province struck with a baffling mix of symptoms including insomnia, impaired motor function and hallucinations such as visions of the dead. Conspiracy theories blamed the illness on cellphone towers and Covid shots. These are some plots of a mystery that has stumped the medical establishment, attracted the attention of top neurologists and scared residents of New Brunswick, a province of 770,000. In the past six years, dozens have fallen ill from the disease, and six people have died.