The warning of a second wave in the United Kingdom follows Boris Johnson yesterday easing lockdown measures in England . Earlier Monday, a spokesperson said the 10 Downing Street has concluded review of the 2-meter rule, which would be presented to a meeting of the C-19 committee of senior ministers chaired by British Prime Minister Boris Johnson this afternoon. [Full Article...]
The outbreak has prompted the state government to reinstate some social distancing restrictions and name eight local government areas as COVID-19 hotspots. "While we have healthy stock levels to draw on, we're taking this precautionary step to help prevent excessive buying and support appropriate social distancing in our Victorian stores", said Claire Peters, managing director of Woolworths' super... [Full Article...]
Fauci continues to recognize widespread testing as critical for catching clusters of COVID-19 cases before they turn into full outbreaks in a given community. "Right now, the next couple of weeks are going to be critical in our ability to address those surgings that we're seeing in Florida, in Texas, in Arizona, and in other states", said Fauci. [Full Article...]
The UAE's health authorities have announced the start of the first Phase III clinical trial of a coronavirus vaccine, following the signing of a cooperation agreement during a videoconference ceremony held in Abu Dhabi and Beijing . The human trials began in Wuzhi County, central China's Henan Province, on April 12. In the randomized, double-blind and placebo-controlled trial, all volunteers ge... [Full Article...]
Mr Laschet, who had led calls for Germany to ease lockdown measures, said bars, museums, galleries, cinemas, sports halls, gyms and swimming pools in Guetersloh would be closed, and picnics and barbeques prohibited. The German government has responded by banning the use of subcontractors in the meat industry. But Germany has also seen new coronavirus clusters in residential buildings in Lower ... [Full Article...]
According to the Union health ministry update, the total number of COVID-19 cases in the country stood at 4,40,215 on Tuesday and the death toll was at 14,011. Patients were either receiving high flow oxygen or non-invasive ventilation, some were on mechanical ventilator. In May, Gilead Sciences had extended voluntary non-exclusive licence to Cipla, Hetero to manufacture and market generic versi... [Full Article...]
Fauci led a witness panel that stressed it was hard to predict how long coronavirus will remain a threat. Fauci was testifying along with the heads of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Food and Drug Administration and a top official at the Department of Health and Human Services. [Full Article...]
These newly identified cases are not considered an outbreak since they are members of the same household. The latest death is a Fort Worth woman in her 70s who had underling health conditions. The number of cases of COVID-19 in Centre County has gone up by 11, a tie with April 7 for the largest jump the county has seen in one day. For more information on additional local testing sites, go ... [Full Article...]