GENEVA / ZURICH (Reuters) – The new worldwide coronavirus pandemic will worsen if countries fail to comply with strict health precautions, the World Health Organization (WHO) warned Monday. A community health officer helps sanitation workers don personal protective equipment (PPE) at the Fourah Bay College Coronavirus Treatment Center in Freetown, …
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A coronavirus vaccine from Cambridge-based biotech company Moderna triggers an immune response, according to data published Tuesday in the New England Journal of Medicine. The data is an analysis of the Phase 1 study of mRNA-1273, Moderna’s vaccine against COVID-19, the disease caused by the new coronavirus. The vaccine was …
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The Brazilian state of Mato Grosso ran out of available beds in the intensive care unit on Monday, the state prosecutor said. According to the state health secretary, there were only five beds available in the ICU on Monday, but later that day, Alexandre Guedes, a prosecutor with the State …
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Thousands of Israelis protested outside Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s residence in Jerusalem, demanding his resignation when the government is criticized for its handling of the coronavirus pandemic. Some banners carried by protesters on Tuesday said “Netanyahu’s corruption makes us sick” and “Netanyahu, resign.” “The deadliest virus is not COVID-19, but …
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Michael Caputo, the department’s undersecretary for public affairs, confirmed the change first reported by The New York Times earlier in the day, and said in a statement, “Our new, faster and more comprehensive data system is what our nation needs. to beat the coronavirus. ” and CDC, an operating division …
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