Colin Packham SYDNEY (Reuters) – A surge in COVID-19 cases in Australia’s second-biggest city could take weeks to subside despite a lockdown and orders to wear masks, Australia’s acting chief medical officer said on Monday as the country braces for a second wave of infection. FILE PHOTO: People walk in the city centre on the […]
YORK (Reuters) – U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Saturday accused world powers of ignoring inequality in global institutions, but said the coronavirus pandemic has created a “generational opportunity” to build a more equal, sustainable world. Secretary General of the United Nations Antonio Guterres speaks during a Security Council meeting about the situation in Syria at […]
“Ideally we could have and should have prevented it reaching this level,” said K Srinath Reddy. Press Trust of India NURPHOTO VIA GETTY IMAGES Police officers comfort a man during a medical check-up at a temple in Mumbai, India on July 18, 2020. India has become the third country after the United States and Brazil, […]
The death toll from the disease rose to 26,273 with 671 fatalities. Press Trust of India HINDUSTAN TIMES VIA GETTY IMAGES PATIALA, INDIA JULY 17: Health workers in PPE kit during the collection of swab samples for COVID-19 rapid antigen tests, at Community Health Centre, in Model Town, on July 17, 2020 in Patiala, India. […]
Quickly squirting it into your hands isn’t effective against COVID-19. By Monica Torres NODAR CHERNISHEV VIA GETTY IMAGESYour hand sanitiser may not be working as best as it should to ward off COVID-19. Keeping your hands clean is a critical component of protection against the spread of the coronavirus. Using an alcohol-based hand sanitiser is a […]
As global cases top 13 million, countries are rolling back reopenings and imposing draconian restrictions in scenes recalling the dark days of March and April. By Alexander Belenky After barely weeks of relative normality, surging coronavirus cases have forced governments around the world to reimpose local lockdown restrictions and roll back the reopening of bars, […]
While the BJP government in Madhya Pradesh has just changed its health minister and is also preparing for bypolls, the two top Congress leaders in Rajasthan are fighting it out. By Akshita Jain At a time when state governments are struggling to contain the spread of Covid-19, cases are rising in two states that have […]
KABUL (Reuters) – The coronavirus pandemic is expected to severely weaken Afghanistan’s economy, the World Bank said on Wednesday, as donor governments struggle themselves and uncertainty over peace talks curb private investment. The World Bank said it was forecasting gross domestic product to contract between 5.5% and 7.4% in 2020, compared with growth of 2.9% […]
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Positive news on Oxford/AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine could come Thursday: report
LONDON (Reuters) – Positive news on initial trials of the University of Oxford’s potential COVID-19 vaccine that has been licensed to AstraZeneca could be announced as soon as Thursday, ITV’s political editor Robert Peston said, citing a source. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/File Photo The potential vaccine is already in large-scale Phase III human trials to assess whether […]
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Trying to fast-track vaccine without compromising science, quality, ethics: ICMR
Bhargava said that besides fast-tracking the early phase human clinical trial of two indigenous vaccine candidates, the research body is also conducting preclinical studies for other potential candidates. Written by Kaunain Sheriff M | New Delhi ICMR chief said that trial for Covid-19 vaccine is on fast-track. Director General of ICMR Professor Balram Bhargava on Tuesday […]