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Lockdown 1 week earlier would have saved 36k lives
And if restrictions had gone into effect in the US two weeks earlier, researchers found, almost 54,000 people would still be alive and almost a million COVID-19 cases would have been avoided. NY was the epicentre of the U.S. outbreak and the state has had more than 28,000 deaths and 360,000 Covid-19 cases. Trump rejected them, insisting Thursday that "I was way early." In de Blasio's case, the... [Full Article...]
US company begins human trial of COVID-19 vaccine in Australia
Even though the final results will be evaluated in six months, researchers claimed that the interim findings are promising enough to proceed with the second phase of human trials. Efficacy is tracked by examining how well the vaccine stimulates the body's immune response, as measured by watching levels of T-cells and neutralizing antibodies. [Full Article...]
Two more COVID-19 vaccines move towards Phase 2 human trials
Even researchers in China admit the limitations of the Ad5-based vaccine for this reason, per the report . Novavax used genetic engineering to grow harmless copies of the coronavirus spike protein in giant vats of insect cells in a laboratory. [Full Article...]
UN virus therapy trial pauses hydroxychloroquine testing |1170 KPUG
Surprising no one, it appears the antimalarial drug might not be the "miracle" covid-19 treatment that President Donald Trump has hyped it up to be. So far, 3500 patients from 17 countries have been enrolled in tests that are being carried out under the umbrella of the Solidarity Trial. He also said he would rather ask medics managing the state's COVID-19 patients to treat them with chloroqu... [Full Article...]
Canadian vaccine candidate delivers promising results in animal tests
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While some other candidates are already advancing to human trials, Dr. Falzarano said it is essential for multiple groups to proceed with vaccine studies in case some of the candidates that show early promise falter in later-stage clinical trials. [Full Article...]
Province announces 12 new cases of COVID-19 over the weekend
Each health region in B.C. has been impacted by COVID-19, with Interior Health recording 194 cases, Island Health recording 127, 62 in Northern Health, 890 in Vancouver Coastal Health and 1244 in the Fraser Health region. The cases that have tested positive, she said, "are a good indication and we are watching very carefully, but the philosophy that we need to have across the province for the comi... [Full Article...]
COVID-19 cases continue to slowly rise in Ontario
Ford's comments came as the province attempts to boost low testing numbers - reported Monday as 8,170, despite a daily capacity of almost 25,000. To-date, 19,477 people have recovered (76.4 per cent of the province's total cases) and 2,073 people have died (8.1 per cent of the total number of cases). [Full Article...]
Chinas Covid-19 vaccine shows promising results in early trials
The controversial method is called human challenge studies (HCS), and it involves healthy volunteers being injected with a candidate vaccine or a placebo followed by a weakened version of the virus. How is the Chinese vaccine different from other vaccines? Ms Lyke said the responses may turn out to be even weaker among people older than 60. [Full Article...]