The hope that other people recovering from COVID-19 may expand immunity to the virus has faded through a new report that a 33-year-old man in Hong Kong has inflamed for the time being. He was first hospitalized on 29 March and was discharged on 14 April, according to researchers at the University of Hong Kong. Four months later, after returning to Hong Kong from Spain via the UK, the type tested positive on 14 August and was admitted to the hospital for a moment. Why is this alarming? Because scientists looking for a cure have been looking for remedies that use antibodies from recovered coronavirus patients. Trump announced an emergency authorization on Sunday to begin using plasma from COVID-19 patients recovered from those still with the virus. Scientists are not yet sure that the remedy is safe and effective.
A fraternity at the Georgia Institute of Technology was quarantined over the weekend after at least 25 members tested positive for COVID-19. “All the citizens of the space have been evaluated and Georgia Tech is turning the space into a position of isolation,” the school said in a statement. Several fraternities and at least one sorority of women in the country’s universities were closed after large coronavirus infections were reported after members took part in components where there was no masking or social estrangement.
With the country’s largest public schools formula three weeks away from reopening, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio has unveiled a new “outdoor learning” plan that will allow principals to perform categories in schoolyards and even closed streets and parks. “It’s wonderful to be outdoors in general, but we also know that the disease doesn’t spread the same way outside,” the mayor said, adding that the technique “will open up many glorious opportunities for our young people and educators.” De Blasio said he would leave the main points to the individual directors, prompting the frustrated New Yorkers to rebel.
Corky Siemaszko is senior editor of NBC News Digital.
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