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Coronavirus: Elon Musk tests positive and negative for COVID-19 on same day

Tesla Inc Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk said on Thursday he took four coronavirus tests on the same day, with two showing positive results, while the other two were negative.Read the latest updates in our dedicated coronavirus section.“Something extremely bogus is going on. Was tested for covid four times today. Two tests came back negative, two came back positive. Same machine, same test, same nurse. Rapid antigen test from BD,” Musk said in a tweet, possibly referring to Becton Dickinson and Co's rapid antigen test.The Tesla CEO said he was also undergoing polymerase chain reaction (PCR) tests from separate labs whose results will take about 24 hours.When asked by a Twitter user if he showed any symptoms, Musk said he had symptoms of a “typical cold.”“Nothing unusual so far,” Musk added.Becton Dickinson said in September it was investigating reports from US nursing homes that its rapid coronavirus testing equipment was producing false-positive results.Becton Dickinson did not respond to a request for comment late on Thursday.Read more:UK removes UAE, Bahrain from COVID-19 travel quarantine listCOVID-19 death rate down 30 pct since April, study finds50 mln vaccines could be ready in 2020, immunity up to one year
Source: Al Arabiya
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Seven people dead, at least two missing as floods sweep through North Carolina in US

At least seven people died in North Carolina on Thursday as flash floods swept through parts of the state, authorities said, adding at least two people were missing.For all the latest headlines follow our Google News channel online or via the app.In the state's Alexander County emergency responders found three bodies and evacuated more than 30 people from a campground, emergency services said.A fourth person in Alexander County was killed in a car when floodwaters destroyed a bridge and two others were killed in the Iredell County, authorities added. The Wake County Sheriff's Office said a child had drowned in Rolesville.Five counties in North Carolina declared a state of emergency on Thursday, according to the state's deputy director of emergency management.They included Alexander County, where at least four bridges and 50 roadways were breached by floodwaters. The county's website said that emergency personnel ended the search for missing people around 6 p.m. and will resume at 8 a.m. on Friday.In Charlotte, rescuers evacuated 143 students after Charlotte Corvian Community School became inundated, the Charlotte Fire Department said.Electric utility Duke Energy said about 3,100 customers were without electricity across North Carolina as of Thursday afternoon.North Carolina has been hit by the same weather system as Tropical Storm Eta, with some areas receiving about 10 inches of rain.Eta drenched Florida's west coast on Thursday after making landfall north of Tampa Bay with 50 mile-per-hour (80 kph) winds, but the system weakened slightly as it moved across the northeastern part of the state and into the Atlantic.Eta, the 28th named storm of the busiest Atlantic hurricane season on record, according to the Miami-based National Hurricane Center (NHC), made its fourth landfall at around 4 a.m. on Thursday near Cedar Key, Florida, having already slammed Central America, Cuba and the upper Florida Keys.Read more:Elon Musk tests positive and negative for COVID-19 on same dayUK removes UAE, Bahrain from COVID-19 travel quarantine list50 mln vaccines could be ready in 2020, immunity up to one year
Source: Al Arabiya
Full Article: Seven people dead, at least two missing as floods sweep through North Carolina in US