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Infectious diseases within American correctional settings are a concern within the public health sector. The corrections population is susceptible to infectious diseases through exposure to blood and other bodily fluids, drug injection, poor health care, prison overcrowding, demographics, security issues, lack of community support for rehabilitation programs, and high-risk behaviors. [1]
The cascade of person-to-person spread can be circumvented by segregating those with active ("overt") TB and putting them on anti-TB drug regimens. After about two weeks of effective treatment, subjects with nonresistant active infections generally do not remain contagious to others. [73]
A study by Scripps Research Institute reports that COVID-19 may be mutating in Florida, making the virus more likely to infect cells. [91] During the month of June the seven day moving average of new COVID-19 cases in Florida increased nearly ten-fold, from 726 new cases per day on June 1 to 7,140 new cases on July 1, 2020. [5]
New cases were 5.46% higher than those added in the previous week, and COVID-19 testing increased by 22.06%. Broward reported 2,233 new resident cases, reaching a cumulative total of 746,965.
New cases were 24.04% higher than those added in the previous week, and COVID-19 testing decreased by 8.56%. Palm Beach reported 812 new resident cases, reaching a cumulative total of 455,973.
What is the COVID-19 situation like in Florida?
[21] [22] According to the World Health Organization, approximately 10 million new TB infections occur every year, and 1.5 million people die from it each year – making it the world's top infectious killer (before COVID-19 pandemic). [21] However, there is a lack of sources which describe major TB epidemics with definite time spans and death ...
Of the 5,212 ICU beds in use, 299, about 6%, are being used for COVID-19. South Florida and Manatee County COVID-19 Cases. From Jan. 26 to Feb. 2, Florida recorded 21,060 new cases, ...