Medical
Residents race to get tested after COVID-19 spike
A confirmed case of coronavirus has popped up in Queensland, in a staff member at a school in Logan. They tested positive eight days later, sending parts of Brisbane into lockdown. Deputy Premier Steven Miles said the move was about protecting the state's most vulnerable. Parklands Christian College was forced to close on Wednesday after the infected cleaner worked onsite. [Full Article...]
Twenty-Three Cases, One New Death
No new cases were reported in the Vancouver Island health region, keeping its total at 143. In northern B.C., no one is admitted in hospital or intensive care, and no one died succumbed to COVID-19 since the region's first recorded case on March 9. [Full Article...]
Russian COVID-19 vaccine approval imminent, source says
Russian Federation may approve world's first Covid-19 vaccine by mid August
On Tuesday, a news agency has reported that a trial of the second corona vaccine has started by an Institute of Virology of Russian Federation. Russian officials, as reported by CNN said that their scientific data is now being compiled and will be out for peer review and publication by early August. [Full Article...]
COVID-19: U.K. signs deal for 60 million vaccine doses
The Sanofi/GSK vaccine combines Sanofi's S-protein Covid-19 antigen and GSK's pandemic adjuvant technology, and the first clinical trials are expected in September. The deals involve 30 million doses of a vaccine being developed by USA pharma giant Pfizer and Germany's BioNTech, and 60 million doses of another created by France's Valneva. [Full Article...]
Can antibodies protect you from catching COVID-19 again?
They concluded that RT-LAMP works best for identifying people with moderate to high amounts of SARS-CoV-2 virus in their bodies, but is not sensitive enough to identify infection in people with a low viral load - such as those at the beginning or end of the illness. [Full Article...]
Hundreds gather at Nova Scotia protests demanding full inquiry into mass shooting
Nick Beaton, whose pregnant wife was murdered by the gunman on April 19 while on her way to work, said widespread public pressure was behind the reversal. The push for a public inquiry was spurred by allegations of an attempted coverup of the worst mass shooting in Canadian history . Canada's Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness Bill Blair speaks during a meeting of the special ... [Full Article...]
Mosquito in Niagara tests positive for West Nile virus
Symptoms of Dengue will appear within 14 days after being bitten by an infected mosquito. The Mosquito Abatement District is already treating the area with larval and adult stage poison. Experts said there is a "heightened concern" that additional residents may become ill from West Nile. As a result of the positive results, Williamson County will adjust hours for park visitors at the Southwest... [Full Article...]