Central Europe Largely Avoided the First Coronavirus Wave. Why Are Cases Spiking Now?
Central Europe in the past week has seen a spike in daily confirmed coronavirus cases, a major setback for a region that largely avoided the first wave of the virus in the spring. The Czech Republic, an E.U. member state of 10.7 million, registered a country record of 1,382 new infections on Sep. 11, bringing the country’s total cases to over 32,400. In the last week, nearby countries Hungary, Slovakia and Slovenia have also recorded their highest daily caseloads since the pandemic began.
Infections in the Czech Republic previously peaked at around 3 cases per capita (per 100,000 residents) in late March but reached ...
Source: TIME: Health - September 15, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Madeline Roache Tags: Uncategorized COVID-19 europe Explainer Londontime Source Type: news
Socio-economic differences in factors associated with alcohol use among adolescents in Slovenia: a cross-sectional study - Mehanovi ć E, Košir M, Talic S, Jeriček Klanšček H, Vigna-Taglianti F.
OBJECTIVES: This paper aims to investigate the association of parental, friends, and personal factors with the risk of alcohol use in a sample of Slovenian adolescents, and whether these associations differ by socio-economic status of the school area (SES)... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - September 2, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
Steps towards comprehensive heat communication in the frame of a heat health warning system in Slovenia - Poga čar T, Žnidaršič Z, Kajfež Bogataj L, Črepinšek Z.
Occupational heat stress has an important negative impact on the well-being, health and productivity of workers and should; therefore, be recognized as a public health issue in Europe. There is no comprehensive heat health warning system in Slovenia combin... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - August 21, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Environmental Issues, Climate, Geophysics Source Type: news
Call for Urgent Action by 275 World Leaders on Global Education Emergency In Face of Covid19
Credit: UNICEF Mali / DickoBy External SourceNEW YORK, Aug 18 2020 (IPS) We write to call for urgent action to address the global education emergency triggered by COVID-19. With over 1 billion children still out of school because of the lockdown, there is now a real and present danger that the public health crisis will create a COVID generation who lose out on schooling and whose opportunities are permanently damaged. While the more fortunate have had access to alternatives, the world’s poorest children have been locked out of learning, denied internet access, and with the loss of free school meals – once a lifelin...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - August 18, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: External Source Tags: Economy & Trade Education Featured Global Headlines Health Human Rights Humanitarian Emergencies TerraViva United Nations Education Cannot Wait (ECW) Source Type: news
Forensic assessment may be based on common sense assumptions rather than science - Areh I.
Forensic assessments must be scientifically founded, because courts should obtain expert evidence with acceptable evidential value. In Slovenia, professional guidelines of forensic personality assessment are too general and not always in line with internat... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - August 13, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Jurisprudence, Laws, Legislation, Policies, Rules Source Type: news
Trends of hospitalization for acute alcohol intoxication in Slovenian children and adolescents with and without dual disorder. implications for a correct intervention - Lovrecic M, Lovrecic B, Rok Simon M, Koro šec A, Della Rocca F, Maremmani AGI, Maremmani I.
BACKGROUND: Binge drinking and other forms of ethanol abuse are, when present, a serious problem in preteens and adolescents worldwide.
AIM: The present study has analyzed the trend in alcohol-related intoxications requiring the hospitalization of childr... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - July 14, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
👉 U.S. first lady Melania Trump statue set on fire in Slovenia - Reuters via Hvper.com
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👉 U.S. first lady Melania Trump statue set on fire in Slovenia via Hvper.com
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Source: Reuters: Health - July 9, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
👉 Melania Trump sculpture in Slovenia set on fire on July 4 via Hvper.com
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Source: Reuters: Health - July 9, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Greece faces 'huge difficulties' when flights resume; 'irregularities' in Slovenia PPE purchase – as it happened
India hasover 550,000 infections; Airbus warns of15,000 job losses. This blog is now closedFollow the latest global coronavirus live blog here12.23amBSTWe ’ve launched a brand new blog at the link below – head there for the latest:Related:Coronavirus live news: US buys nearly all global remdesivir stocks as Brazil deaths near 60,00012.08amBSTHere are the key developments from the last few hours:Continue reading... (Source: Guardian Unlimited Science)
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - June 30, 2020 Category: Science Authors: Helen Sullivan (now and earlier); Kevin Rawlinson, Amy Walker, Caroline Davies and Nick Ames (earlier) Tags: Coronavirus outbreak World news UK news US news Australia news Science Infectious diseases Source Type: news
Slovenia minister resigns over procurement equipment probe
Slovenia's interior minister has stepped down in protest of an investigation against the economy minister over the procurement of medical equipment during the new coronavirus outbreak (Source: ABC News: Health)
Source: ABC News: Health - June 30, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Source Type: news
The Coronavirus Outbreak Is a Critical Test for the European Union. So Far, It ’s Failing
When the clapping started, it was impossible not to feel moved. At 8 p.m. on March 17, people across the Netherlands leaned out of windows and congregated on doorstops to make a show of support for medical workers battling the coronavirus. First it was just a few claps, before the sound spread down my street in the Hague, working up to a crescendo of whistles and whoops. Fireworks sounded in the distance. A neighbor I had never spoken to waved from across the street. The warmth and goodwill was the epitome of what it means to be part of a community—a scene also playing out in Italy, Spain and France as stricken neigh...
Source: TIME: Health - March 18, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Charlotte McDonald-Gibson/The Hague Tags: Uncategorized COVID-19 feature Londontime Source Type: news
Slovenia records first death due to coronavirus
Slovenia has recorded its first death due to coronavirus, Health Minister Tomaz Gantar told national channel TV Slovenia on Saturday. According to TV Slovenia the victim was an elderly man with a chronic disease. (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - March 14, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: healthNews Source Type: news
Italy Implements Sweeping COVID-19 Quarantine, Affecting a Quarter of Its Population
(BEIJING) — Italy’s prime minister announced a sweeping coronavirus quarantine early Sunday, restricting the movements of about a quarter of the country’s population in a bid to limit contagions at the epicenter of Europe’s outbreak.
Shortly after midnight, Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte signed a decree affecting about 16 million people in the country’s prosperous north, including the Lombardy region and at least 14 provinces in neighboring regions. The extraordinary measures will be in place until April 3.
“For Lombardy and for the other northern provinces that I have listed there will b...
Source: TIME: Health - March 8, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: JOE McDONALD and ANGELA CHARLTON / AP Tags: Uncategorized COVID-19 Italy onetime Source Type: news
Ukrainians Hurl Stones at China Evacuees En Route to Quarantine Amid Coronavirus Fears
(NOVI SANZHARY, Ukraine) — Ukraine’s effort to quarantine more than 70 people evacuated from China over the new virus outbreak plunged into chaos Thursday as local residents opposing the move hurled stones at the evacuees and clashed with police.
Officials deplored the violence and the country’s health minister pledged to share evacuees’ quarantine for two weeks in a bid to reassure protesters who fear they’ll be infected.
Buses carrying evacuees were finally able to reach the designated place of quarantine after hours of clashes. The masked evacuees, exhausted by the long journey, were peekin...
Source: TIME: Health - February 20, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Dmytro Vlasov and Yuras Karmanau / AP Tags: Uncategorized COVID-19 onetime Ukraine Source Type: news
