The camp had followed some but not all of the CDC mitigation steps against the spread of the new coronavirus -- but was not enough to keep campers and staff free of illness. ( read original story ...)
CDC report: More than 200 children infected with COVID-19 at Georgia overnight camp
A CDC report released on Friday details how more than 200 children were infected with Covid-19 at an overnight camp in Georgia, revealed in testing done in mid-June, as 260 campers and staff in all ... ( read original story ...)
Georgia camp with COVID-19 outbreak didn’t require masks
A Georgia overnight camp hit by a coronavirus outbreak took many precautions, but didn't make campers wear masks or have proper ventilation in buildings, according to a government report released ... ( read original story ...)
Children and staff at Georgia overnight camp test positive for coronavirus, CDC says
The CDC said multi-day overnight camps "pose a unique challenge when it comes to preventing the spread of infectious diseases" because of the close proximity of people. ( read original story ...)
Virtual Tisha B’Av service hit by antisemitic hate, calls to bomb Israel
A joint service of several Dallas-area synagogues was disrupted on Thursday by threatening antisemitic messages targeting Jews and Israel, according to an Algemeiner report. When several local ... ( read original story ...)
The genocide that never ends: Turkey, Azerbaijan renew threats to Armenians
But if you are Armenian living along Armenia’s border with Azerbaijan or in the yet-to-be-recognized Republic of Artsakh (formerly Nagorno Karabagh), you did suffer such a rude awakening. To ... ( read original story ...)
Syria Is Overwhelmed By Coronavirus As Govt Conceals Outbreak, Health Worker Says
The coronavirus is spreading through government-held areas of Syria at an alarming rate and the authoritarian regime uses a campaign of intimidation to suppress information about the outbreak, a ... ( read original story ...)
New assessment shows 74% of Sri Lanka’s freshwater fish threatened with extinction
Surveys carried out in the early 1980s in the many reservoirs in Sri Lanka’s dry zone showed abundant populations of the red-fin labeo (Labeo lankae), an endemic species of frewshwater fish. Reports ... ( read original story ...)
Kaavan, a Sri Lankan elephant living in captivity in a Pakistani zoo to be set free
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Kaavan, a 35-year-old male elephant (Elephas maximus maximus), is finally set to end his captivity inside a poorly maintained zoo in Pakistan after a historic court order on May ... ( read original story ...)
TNA faces biggest test in post-war decade as Sri Lanka gears up for election
The Alliance goes to the polls amid a growing disenchantment among Tamil voters who, 11 years after the war, are still demanding justice and greater powers ... ( read original story ...)