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Coronavirus updates: 10 more Covid-19 patients die in Northern Ireland hospitals
Public Health England has confirmed that 744 more people have lost their lives to COVID-19 across the country. One in 10 coronavirus deaths this year are in the community - the government's daily figures just cover hospitals. She said she received news of her positive diagnosis on Monday. Government scientists have said the United Kingdom will do well if it manages to keep the coronavirus deat... [Full Article...]
Philippines reports 291 new COVID-19 cases, tally at 5223
Duque added all hospitals and health facilities are mandated to report on admissions and other updates regarding COVID-19 but vowed to still look on the allegations. The DOH explained that the terms "persons under monitoring" and "patients under investigation" will be replaced with the terms "suspect", "probable" and "confirmed", saying the new classification is based on the global system and also... [Full Article...]
Coronavirus: Care regulator to record care home deaths from Covid-19
Meanwhile, on some days in the week up to 3 April, the true death toll in England and Wales was more than 100% higher than the official government number. Thailand has reported 2,579 confirmed cases and 40 fatalities since the outbreak began in January, with over half the cases in Bangkok, a spokesman of the government's Center for Covid-19 Situation Administration, Taweesin Wisanuyothin said on ... [Full Article...]
Evidence that loss of smell and taste are strong COVID-19 symptoms
During his service, Glenn said: "I firmly believe that God is larger than this dreaded virus". Bishop Glenn controversially held a sermon in late March despite state authorities warning people to keep their distance from one another to prevent the spread of the coronavirus . [Full Article...]
Oxford Scientist: Coronavirus Vaccine May Be Six Months Away
Hoping to start human trials within the next fortnight, Prof Gilbert is cautious but said she is "80 per cent confident" it would work. However, vaccines typically take a decade or two to reach the clinics but due to the severity, scientists and researchers said Coronavirus vaccine could come in 12-18 months which is still long. [Full Article...]
Plasma treatment for critically ill Covid-19 patients
In the case of COVID-19, antibodies may develop as soon as 3-6 days after infection. In many other infections, antibodies offer immunity against reinfection. EUROLabWorkstations and EUROIMMUN Anti-SARS-CoV-2 ELISA testing kits which recently received CE marking in Europe. Several people lost their sense of smell or taste weeks ago globally and are still waiting for it to come back and now, res... [Full Article...]
China approves trials for two more coronavirus vaccines
The farthest along in the clinical process is an experimental vaccine which is being developed by a Hong Kong-based company CanSino Biologics and the Beijing Institute of Biotechnology. Chine has started testing a vaccine for the novel coronavirus in Wuhan where it originated and then spread to the whole world infecting almost two million people and claimed the lives of 120,438 at last count... [Full Article...]
Gilead drug remdesivir improves 68pc COVID-19 patients: Study #64159
By enrolling patients in multiple countries, WHO's Solidarity Trail aims to rapidly discover whether a potential coronavirus drug slow disease progression or improve survival of COVID-19 patients. "It is not a clinical trial but an observational study", added Gangakhedkar. The strongest statement Jefferies analysts made in response to the data was that the results "suggest remdesivir may w... [Full Article...]