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Kids can be 3 feet apart in K-12 schools, CDC says in revised COVID-19 guidelines

Health

March 19 (UPI) -- With masks, most children can safely attend school while staying 3 feet apart from each other, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention officials said in new COVID-19 guidelines published Friday. The revised guidelines drop the social distancing recommendation from 6 feet. Advertisement The new recommendation stipulates that all students, teachers and staff members in elementary schools wear masks to cover their mouths and noses. Similarly, middle and high school students should be at least 3 feet apart in classrooms in which mask use is universal and in communities in which COVID-19 transmission is low, moderate or substantial, the agency said. However, middle school and high school students should maintain social distancing of at least 6 feet in communities in which...

Mar132020 by adminNo Comments

Hong Kong-based SSG trumps Cerberus to bag Altico after revised offer

Finance

Mumbai: SSG Capital Management has emerged as the preferred bidder to take over the Alteco, after lenders met on Wednesday and Thursday for a final vote on the resolution of the troubled real estate financier, said people directly involved in the process. Hong Kong-based SSG’s final offer after multiple revisions is an upfront cash payment of Rs 2,700 crore and a one year employment guarantee for the management team. ET in its edition dated February 27 th had reported SSG and Cerberus Capital were the two key contenders for Altico. Altico owes about Rs 4,000 crore to State Bank of India, Deutsche Bank, Bank of Baroda, Yes Bank, Union Bank, Mashreq Bank and IFC, besides NBFCs and mutual funds including Aditya Birla Finance, Bajaj Finance and L&T Finance. The lenders are believe to be fa...

May82019 by adminNo Comments

Revised guidelines improve survival rates for traumatic brain injury patients

Health

May 8 (UPI) -- People suffering severe traumatic brain injury may have a better chance of surviving when emergency medical responders follow certain guidelines before getting to the hospital, new findings show. When EMS workers focused on preventing low oxygen, low blood pressure and hyperventilation, survival rates for severe TBI patients doubled, according to research published Wednesday in JAMA Surgery. Survival rates tripled for people with TBI when EMS workers inserted breathing tubes, the researchers say. "This demonstrates the significance of conducting studies in real-world settings and brings a strong evidence base to the guidelines," Patrick Bellgowan, program director at National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, said in a news release. "It suggests we can systema...

Dec312018 by adminNo Comments

Revised U.S.-S.Korea free trade deal takes effect

World

SEOUL, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- The revised free trade agreement between the U.S. and South Korea will take effect this week, Seoul's trade, industry and energy ministry said. The two countries will notify each other Tuesday that legal procedures to ratify the revised trade deal have completed, according to the ministry. The U.S and South Korea began renegotiation for the trade pact earlier this year after U.S. President Donald Trump called the trade agreement a "terrible deal." Under the revised deal, the U.S. extends a 25 percent tariff on imports of Korean pickup trucks by another 20 years until 2041. South Korea will apply moderate emission standards for U.S. car imports when setting a new emission standard between 2021 and 2025. It will also allow eased emission restrictions for U.S. compani...

Feb222018 by adminNo Comments

UK economic growth revised downwards

Business

The UK economy expanded by less than previously thought in the last three months of 2017, official figures say.GDP grew by 0.4% in the October-to-December period, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) said, down from the initial estimate of 0.5%.The revision was due to slower growth in production industries, the ONS said. In 2017 as a whole, the economy grew by 1.7%, also slightly lower than previously thought and the weakest since 2012.The ONS had previously estimated that the economy grew by 1.8% last year.The statistics body said that household spending grew by 1.8% last year, also the slowest annual rate since 2012. It said the slowdown was partly because of shoppers facing higher prices in stores."A number of very small revisions to mining, energy generation and service were enough...