Tag: COVID-19

• Monday, November 16th 2020 - 08:56 UTC

  Johnson & Johnson launches test trial of its two-dose Covid-19 vaccine in Britain

  

  Johnson & Johnson launched a new late-stage trial in Britain on Monday to test a two-dose regimen of its experimental COVID-19 vaccine among thousands of volunteers, as the U.S. drugmaker expands its trials by geography and type.

• Monday, November 16th 2020 - 08:49 UTC

  More than 54 million Covid-19 cases worldwide, John Hopkins Center

  

  More than 54 million coronavirus cases have been confirmed around the world, the Johns Hopkins Coronavirus Resource Center reported on Sunday.

• Monday, November 16th 2020 - 08:18 UTC

  China claims it found coronavirus on beef and tripe from Argentina, Brazil, Bolivia and New Zealand

  

  The eastern Chinese city of Jinan said it has found the new coronavirus on beef and tripe, and on packaging for these products from Brazil, New Zealand and Bolivia as China ramps up testing on frozen foods.

• Monday, November 16th 2020 - 07:28 UTC

  PM Johnson self-isolated after contact with a MP who tested Covid-19 positive

  

  British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is self-isolating after coming into contact with someone who tested positive for Covid-19, a fresh setback after infighting amongst his top advisers plunged Downing Street into chaos last week.

• Saturday, November 14th 2020 - 08:34 UTC

  WHO's message on World Diabetes Day; it affects 6% of world population

  

  This year’s World Diabetes Day, Saturday 14 November, falls during a global pandemic which has already taken the lives of well over a million people. People with diabetes are paying a particularly high price. Not only do they have a higher risk of severe COVID-19 disease and death when infected, but many are having difficulty accessing the treatment they need due to disruptions to essential health services.

• Saturday, November 14th 2020 - 08:20 UTC

  During September for the fifth month running economic activity is picking up in Brazil

  

  Economic activity in Brazil rose in September for the fifth month, a central bank survey showed on Friday, more than economists had expected, pointing to a solid recovery in the third quarter from the worst of the COVID-19 shock earlier in the year.

• Friday, November 13th 2020 - 09:25 UTC

  Falklands second civilian case of Covid-19: pasenger who arrives in the air bridge

  

  The first two civilian cases of Covid-19 have been identified in the Falklands, it was confirmed this week, reports Penguin News. The first case was identified through quarantine surveillance swabbing of the individual, who had been in quarantine since their arrival in the Islands on November 5, “and remains so,” according to a Falkland Islands Government press statement.

• Friday, November 13th 2020 - 09:01 UTC

  Measles cases the highest in 23 years: countries aren't vaccinating

  

  Measles cases reached the highest level in 23 years in 2019 and health authorities warned that many countries aren’t vaccinating enough people amid the Covid-19 pandemic.

• Thursday, November 12th 2020 - 09:50 UTC

  Argentine president and several ministers under preventive isolation after an official tested Covid-19 positive

  

  The president of Argentina, Alberto Fernández, and several of his ministers began preventative isolation after coming in close contact with an official infected with coronavirus, the government said in a statement late on Wednesday.

• Thursday, November 12th 2020 - 09:42 UTC

  Bolsonaro's clash with Sao Paulo governor over the Chinese vaccine tainted with politics

  

  Brazil’s national health regulator allowed clinical trials of a Chinese-developed Covid-19 vaccine to resume on Wednesday, two days after suspending them in what critics called a decision tainted by politics.