-Governor Larry Hogan announced that Maryland Department of Health will begin displaying available data for nursing homes, assisted living facilities, and other facilities providing congregate living for residents. The data will include the individual facilities and their cases and fatalities.
-The World Health Organization (WHO) has launched a dedicated messaging service in Arabic, English, French, Hindi, Italian, Spanish and Portuguese with partners WhatsApp and Facebook to keep people safe from coronavirus.
- The service can be accessed by a link that opens a conversation on WhatsApp. Users can simply type “hi”, “hola”, “नमस्ते”, “oi”, “salut”, “ciao” or “مرحبا” to activate the conversation, prompting a menu of options that can help answer their questions about COVID-19.
- For more information, click here.
-The Lancet Psychiatry, Mental Health Innovation Network and United for Global Mental Health have launched a series of weekly webinars designed to provide policy makers and the wider health community with the latest evidence on the impact of COVID-19 on mental health and how to address it.
- The webinars provide practical solutions to the challenging issues everyone is grappling with.
- Previously recorded sessions are available on the website with summary notes.
- For more information, click here.
