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Dec242020 by adminNo Comments

Nurses fear what’s to come: ‘Walk down our unit for a day’

Health

Hard-hit California has eclipsed 2 million coronavirus cases as the U.S. heads into a Christmas travel surge that could fuel the deadly crisis across the nationBy STEFANIE DAZIO and TAMARA LUSH Associated PressDecember 24, 2020, 8:37 PM• 4 min readShare to FacebookShare to TwitterEmail this articleLOS ANGELES -- Hard-hit California eclipsed 2 million coronavirus cases on Christmas Eve as the U.S. headed into a holiday season of travel and family gatherings that threaten to fuel the deadly outbreak across the nation.Despite warnings from public health experts to stay home, over 1.19 million travelers passed through U.S. airport security checkpoints Wednesday — down by about 40% from a year ago, but the highest one-day total since the crisis took hold in mid-March.Airports also recorded arou...

Nov82020 by adminNo Comments

Marines’ maintenance unit deploys to Okinawa

Business

Nov. 6 (UPI) -- U.S. Marines at Camp Kinser at Okinawa, Japan, are performing specialized checks of 3rd Maintenance Battalion equipment, a statement on Friday said. The battalion's 3rd Marine Logistics Group, an element of the Marine Depot Maintenance Command, left its home base at Logistics Base Albany, Ga., in October and was deployed to Okinawa to conduct calibration tests in support of the Fleet Marine Force. Advertisement It is now the forward-deployed combat unit offering service support for the 3rd Marine Expeditionary Force, known as III MEF, and operating in the Indo-Pacific area of responsibility. "Marine Fleet calibration facilities do not possess all the required specialized calibration equipment, space or power required to support all general-purpose mechanical test equipment...

Sep252020 by adminNo Comments

Vakrangee gets RBI nod to set up Bharat Bill Payment unit

Finance

New Delhi: Vakrangee Ltd on Friday said the Reserve Bank has granted in-principle approval to set up Bharat Bill Payment Operating Unit (BBPOU) to handle payment services related to bills. Vakrangee (VL) has received in-principle authorisation to set up and operate BBPOU under the Payment and Settlement Systems Act, 2007 from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), it said in a release. The company offers banking, insurance, money transfer services, e-commerce, e-governance and other digital services on behalf of its partner banks, insurers, government agencies, e-commerce players among others through its branches mostly located in rural and semi-urban areas. "Vakrangee can now directly handle payment and aggregation of payment services relating to bills under the scope of BBPS (Bharat Bill Pay...

Jul202020 by adminNo Comments

Air Force evacuates COVID-19 patient with onboard isolation unit

Business

July 20 (UPI) -- The U.S. Air Force announced Monday that it for the first time used a specially-designed isolation chamber to transport a COVID-19 patient from the Indo-Pacific region to the United States for treatment. It was the first use by the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command of the new Transport Isolation System, though it is the 18th use of the system since it's rollout in April. Advertisement The chamber, which can be loaded onto a plane, was used to transport a service member who tested positive for the COVID-19 virus from the Indo-Pacific region to Travis Air Base, Calif. The airman's name or location were not given. The airlift was conducted by the 775th Expeditionary Aeromedical Evacuation Flight, using a C-17 Globemaster III aircraft from the 21st Airlift Squadron. The Transport Is...

Jun222020 by adminNo Comments

35 COVID-19 cases found in single Air Force unit in Guam

Business

June 22 (UPI) -- A sudden increase in COVID-19 infections at Andersen Air Force Base in Guam is under investigation, officials said on Monday. An unidentified Air Force unit arrived in Guam on May 25, and 35 of its members have been hospitalized and quarantined since. Advertisement The first virus case was discovered on June 11, will all members of the unit tested by June 19. The group stayed at the Guam Reef Hotel, in Guam's entertainment and shopping district, before moving to the base, and officials are investigating if mandatory protection protocols were followed. "All military members are subject to the established public health emergency protocols," Brig. Gen. Gentry Boswell, commander of the 36th Air Wing, stationed at the base, said on Monday. "If the ensuing investigation determ...