Some worry Bathurst Hospital won’t cope if COVID-19 cases spike

THERE are fears that Bathurst Hospital won’t be able to cope if the city and surrounding areas see a spike in coronavirus cases. To date, the Western NSW Local Health District (WNSWLHD) has confirmed 44 cases of COVID-19, with nine of those in Bathurst. No new cases have been identified in the district since April… Read More: Some worry Bathurst Hospital won’t cope if COVID-19 cases spike »

Want to Defeat Coronavirus? Address Diabetes and Hypertension

While the World Health Organization has put the death rate from novel coronavirus, COVID-19, at 3.4%, a study in Nature Medicine put it much lower, at 1.4%. The fact is, with many cases going unreported and untested, mild and asymptomatic cases may not be included in official COVID-19 death rate figures, which could skew the… Read More: Want to Defeat Coronavirus? Address Diabetes and Hypertension »