pollution Coronavirus detected on particles of air pollution Scientists examine whether this route enables infections at longer distances. The Italian scientists used standard techniques to collect outdoor air pollution samples at one urban and one industrial site in Bergamo province and identified a gene highly specific to Covid-19 in multiple samples. The detection was confirmed by blind testing at an independent laboratory. Leonardo Setti at the University of Bologna in Italy, who led the work, said it was important to investigate if the virus could be carried more widely by air pollution. New Brunswick COVID-19 recovery plan for N.B. begins with 2-household 'bubbles' but mass gatherings may wait a year Province marks 6th straight day with no new cases of virus, but bars and sports may need to wait for vaccine. New Brunswick's four-phase COVID-19 recovery plan begins immediately with the loosening of physical distancing restrictions to allow two-household gatherings, Premier Blaine Higgs announced Friday. People can choose one other household to partner with to form a "two-family bubble." Their choice must be mutual and once they decide, they cannot choose a different household, Higgs told reporters during the daily briefing in Fredericton. Co-workers and neighbours can resume car pooling if the passenger travels in the backseat Within two to four weeks, provided there is no significant new wave of the virus, up to 10 people will be allowed to gather, as long as they maintain a physical distance of at least six feet or two metres. If all goes well, "progressively," people will be able to extend their "bubbles" to include more family and friends and gatherings of up to 50 people will be allowed. But mass gatherings are still "to be determined."

chicago A Chicago nurse returned to work after recovering from coronavirus. His cough came back. He tested 2 more times and got different results. Day after day, Daniel Ortiz walks into a hospital and treats patients who are struggling with the coronavirus. He hoped he wouldn’t test positive for the virus. But it was, he felt, inevitable. That fear came true, not once, but twice. Ortiz’s ordeal started in March, when he was assigned to the COVID-19 unit at the University of Illinois Hospital in Chicago. Although escaping exposure felt impossible, he took measures to protect his wife, carefully removing contaminated clothing before entering their home and sleeping on the couch. Still, a coronavirus test in late March came back positive. “It felt like somebody was constantly hitting me in the head with a hammer,” said Ortiz, who returned to work in early April. At the time, he said, protocol to return to work did not include further testing. Nurses could go back once symptoms subsided after seven days. “I go right to the place that got me sick, that took my power, that took everything.” Last week, Ortiz’s cough returned. Under new hospital policy, he was tested twice before he could return to work this time. The first result came back negative. But on Wednesday, two days later, he tested positive. “I feel like I kind of had a hold on this, I felt like I could control it,” he said. “But today, I just feel like I’m defeated. I’m at the mercy of the virus.”