Tag: COVID-19

• Thursday, September 10th 2020 - 08:30 UTC

  Obese young adults most exposed of dying of Covid-19, US hospitalized patients report

  

  Young adults with underlying conditions such as morbid obesity, diabetes, and hypertension are at the highest risk of being placed on a ventilator or dying from Covid-19, according to a study of 3,000 hospitalized patients aged 18 to 34.

• Wednesday, September 9th 2020 - 09:55 UTC

  AstraZeneca and Oxford University suspends vaccine trial following adverse reactions from US volunteer

  

  AstraZeneca has paused a late-stage trial of one of the leading COVID-19 vaccine candidates after a suspected serious adverse reaction in a study participant, health news website Stat News reported on Tuesday.

• Wednesday, September 9th 2020 - 09:49 UTC

  Brazil Health minister announces the Covid-19 vaccine for next January

  

  Brazil's acting Health Minister Eduardo Pazuello said on Tuesday that a Covid-19 vaccine would be rolled out for all Brazilians in January 2021.

• Wednesday, September 9th 2020 - 08:59 UTC

  EU lawmakers cancel their session at Strasbourg because of the coronavirus

  

  European Union lawmakers have canceled their session at the parliament's headquarters in the French city of Strasbourg next week, despite a legal obligation to do so, because of the coronavirus, the assembly's president said on Tuesday.

• Tuesday, September 8th 2020 - 08:24 UTC

  Spain registers over 500,000 coronavirus infections after a second surge in cases

  

  Spain became the first country in Western Europe to register 500,000 coronavirus infections on Monday, after a second surge in cases that coincided with schools reopening.

• Monday, September 7th 2020 - 09:14 UTC

  A quarter of Brazilian population not convinced about having the Covid-19 vaccine

  

  Five percent of Brazilians would refuse under any circumstances to take a vaccine against coronavirus and a further 20% indicated they might not take it, according to a survey published in newspaper O Estado de S Paulo on Sunday.

• Saturday, September 5th 2020 - 08:26 UTC

  “Don't expect widespread vaccination against Covid-19 until middle of next year”

  

  World Health Organization spokeswoman said on Friday it does not expect widespread vaccinations against COVID-19 until the middle of next year, stressing the importance of rigorous checks on their effectiveness and safety.

• Saturday, September 5th 2020 - 07:50 UTC

  Brazil industrial output rose 8% in July, much stronger than expected

  

  Industrial output in Brazil rose 8% in July, figures released this week showed, much stronger than economists had expected as the sector continued to pick up after shuddering to a standstill early this year due to strict coronavirus-linked lockdowns.

• Saturday, September 5th 2020 - 07:39 UTC

  Indigenous communities in Brazil equipped with a “Covid-19 Alert” to keep track of the pandemic

  

  Indigenous and environmental organizations in Brazil launched an app on Friday aimed at alerting indigenous communities to the spread of the coronavirus pandemic in their lands.

• Saturday, September 5th 2020 - 07:15 UTC

  UK admits confusion for travelers arriving in Britain, because of different quarantine rules

  

  Travelers to the United Kingdom faced what the transport minister said was confusion on Friday Wales and Scotland slapped a quarantine on arrivals from Portugal but England and Northern Ireland held back from restrictions.