U.S. Blood Supply Is Safe From Coronavirus, Study Finds

TUESDAY, June 1, 2021 — COVID-19 does not pose a threat to the safety of the United States’ blood supply under existing donor screening guidelines, researchers report. For the study, the investigators reviewed the results of tests for the presence of SARS-CoV-2 in nearly 18,000 pools of donated blood, representative of over 257,800 single blood… Read More »

BTS partners with Global Telco Consult (GTC) for Managed SMS Platform Services

Global Telco Consult (GTC) is pleased to announce that it will provide BTS with managed services for its SMS platform. BTS is an international operator with an ample portfolio that includes voice, A2P SMS and Integrated Numbering Intelligence services. Focused on enabling digital transformation in communications with technology-based services, BTS wants to bridge the gap… Read More »

South Africa returns to stricter lockdown, virus ‘surging’

Loading the player… South African President Cyril Ramaphosa announced Sunday that his country will return to stricter lockdown measures in the face of a sharp rise in COVID-19 cases that indicate the virus is “surging again” in Africa’s worst-affected nation. Positive cases in South Africa in the past seven days were 31% higher than the… Read More »