The companies have set up a Joint Collaboration Task Force, co-chaired by David Loew, global head of Vaccines, Sanofi and Roger Connor, president Vaccines, GSK, which will strive to secure resources from both companies to look for every opportunity to accelerate the development of the candidate vaccine. [Full Article...]
There is now no vaccine to prevent COVID-19. They're also a shift from the advice Americans have been hearing since the coronavirus pandemic began. However, masks, even non-medical-grade ones, seem to be short supply. Ecological comparisons also appear to suggest better outcomes in countries that have used masks as a general policy. [Full Article...]
The samples of the doctor who owns a private hospital tested positive for COVID-19 on Monday at the North Eastern Indira Gandhi Regional Institute of Health and Medical Science, the minister said. It has also asked people to wear masks to prevent the spread of the virus. India has reported 11,439 cases of the coronavirus and 377 deaths so far. He wrote, "My heartfelt condolences to his family and ... [Full Article...]
The prime minister also said Canada received four planes' worth of medical kit on the weekend. "If you've come back to Canada from overseas, as of today, we are strengthening measures", Trudeau said. The Canada Emergency Business Account will also be expanded, he said. Fredericton-based LuminUltra is "ramping up production ... to meet the weekly demand in all provinces", the prime minister sai... [Full Article...]
The World Health Organization said on Wednesday it would review its handling of the coronavirus pandemic "in due course" following criticism from US President Donald Trump who froze funding to the United Nations agency. While urging the world leaders to slowly lift the lockdown as part of tightening measures to curb the virus from spreading, WHO chief said, "We know that COVID-19 spreads fast,... [Full Article...]
Liz Kendall MP, shadow minister for social care, said: "The increase in Covid-19 deaths in care homes is extremely worrying, but the true picture will sadly be even worse because these figures are only up to the week ending April 3". Professor Martin Green, chief executive of Care England, which represents private care home providers, said "thousands of people" have shown symptoms and thousands ha... [Full Article...]
The researchers warn that lifting social distancing measures all at once could just delay the peak and make a second surge in infections more severe, according to the study published on Tuesday in the Science journal , Daily Mail UK, said . [Full Article...]
In its latest Strategy Update, the United Nations agency said that the world stands at a "pivotal juncture" in the pandemic and that "speed, scale, and equity must be our guiding principles" when deciding what measures are necessary. Robin Nandy, UNICEF's chief of immunisation, told AFP that COVID-19 was likely to place additional strain on already overburdened healthcare systems. [Full Article...]