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Nine linked to Sydney pub COVID-19 cluster
His three housemates have all also tested positive to coronavirus, however, they will be included in tomorrow's state figures. NSW reported five new cases of Cicud-19 yesterday, Western Australia reported one case and both Queensland and South Australia reported zero new infections. [Full Article...]
Australia's Victoria state marks week of triple-digit coronavirus case
The Australian state of Victoria recorded 273 new COVID-19 cases and one death on Sunday, as the toll from the pandemic continues to climb. Healthcare workers test positive: Eight healthcare workers at a hospital in Melbourne have tested positive for coronavirus. [Full Article...]
China's SinoVac starts late stage trials for its Covid-19 vaccine
A vaccine for Covid-19 could be ready within a year if trials go well, a leading United Kingdom research scientist has sad. The most awaited announcement in the midst of the world pandemic came from Vadim Tarasov, who is the director of the Institute for Translational Medicine and Biotechnology. [Full Article...]
Did Russian COVID-19 vaccine complete clinical trials or phase I trials?
From 2015-2019, Gamaleya National Research Institute of Epidemiology and Microbiology was actively targeting research and development-related vaccine work, which purportedly has been now leveraged for the novel coronavirus vaccine. The second group, who received the vaccine just a few days after the first, will receive a booster injection on July 13. At the end of June, Russian Defense Minister ... [Full Article...]
Russia’s Sechenov University Successfully Completes Trials of World’s 1st COVID-19 Vaccine
It is made by using a weakened strain of the common cold virus (adenovirus) and combining it with the genetic material of spike protein of the novel coronavirus. Chinese vaccine developer CanSino Biologics is in talks with Russia, Brazil, Chile and Saudi Arabia to launch a Phase III trial of its experimental COVID-19 vaccine , its co-founder said on Saturday. [Full Article...]
Surgeon general defends reversal on face mask policy
As coronavirus cases surge across the United States, the debate over whether to require Americans to wear a mask to slow the spread of the virus has intensified. President Trump was seen wearing a mask in public for the first time Saturday during a visit to a military hospital. Adams said the CDC, World Health Organization and a New England Journal of Medicine article in May all indicated that... [Full Article...]
Alberta confirms 77 new COVID-19 cases on Friday
In addition, a person was discharged from the facility after recovering, bringing the total number of COVID-19 patients at the hospital to 15. Five deaths have been linked to the outbreak there and on Thursday, AHS said it would be setting up a formal outbreak investigation task force to deal with the situation. [Full Article...]
No new cases as Qld begins human trial of COVID-19 vaccine
The ministry began testing a coronavirus vaccine in mid-June in conjunction with Moscow's Gamelei Institute of Epidemiology and Microbiology. Some 15 volunteers have been vaccinated for the trial so far, which will be ramped up to include another 200-300 participants in the "coming weeks", he said. [Full Article...]