Gilead drug to be given to Covid-19 patients this week

[ad_1] Gilead will get its drug remdesivir to Covid-19 patients as soon as this week after getting USbacking for emergency use. The drug has shown positive results in helping hospitalized patients recover more quickly. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared the drug under an emergency use authorization, a step by which the agency … Read more

The queues derail the sale of Lidl trampolines and swings

[ad_1] Lidl has announced that it will cancel the sale of four outdoor kindergarten products due to the increasing number of people queuing outside stores in recent days. Trampolines, garden slides, swings, and kids’ cooking games will go on sale nationwide starting Monday. However, Lidl Ireland announced on Saturday that due to “exceptional and unprecedented … Read more

TAKE OFF: Wizz Air completes first flight from Spain’s Canary Island to London

[ad_1] THE British Embassy in Madrid have confirmed that Wizz air have completed their first flight connecting the Canary Islands to London UK. The low cost airline Wizz air have successfully completed their flights from Tenerife to London Luton today, despite its alleged canceled flights from the Canary Islands and the U.K. yesterday. It has … Read more

Pope says coronavirus vaccine must be shared worldwide

[ad_1] Pope Francis called on Sunday for international scientific cooperation to discover a vaccine for the coronavirus and said any successful vaccine should be made available around the world. The pope, who has been delivering his Sunday address from the papal library instead of St Peter’s Square because of the lockdown in Italy, thanked all … Read more

Lidl becomes the “first supermarket to close a store in the UK due to coronavirus” after staff attacked with a bug – The Irish Sun

[ad_1] 4 4 LIDL is believed to have become the first UK supermarket to close a store after staff was diagnosed with coronavirus. The German retailer confirmed that the store workers had been diagnosed with Covid-19 at the branch in Middlesbrough, Teesside. ⚠️ Read our coronavirus blog live for the latest news and updates 4 … Read more

Coronavirus plunges universities into funding crisis

[ad_1] Ireland’s seven universities are facing a major funding crisis due to the decimation of revenue streams caused by the Covid-19 pandemic. According to documents seen by RTÉ’s This Week, factors such as the collapse of international student fee income, rental of on-campus accommodation and commercial revenues will cost the universities € 374m in the … Read more

Third EPP flight purchased with U2 for healthcare workers lands in Dublin

[ad_1] A third flight with two million face masks and 32,000 surgical gowns for Irish healthcare workers, purchased by rock band U2, landed at Dublin airport from China on Sunday morning. The shipment is the latest in a series of shipments paid for by Dublin musicians from a donation of € 10 million, from Chinese … Read more

Oireachtas needs to ‘join’ for government commercial support

[ad_1] The commercial supports announced today depend on the formation of a new government. € 6bn has been put forward to help companies reopen after the Covid-19 restrictions, including a three-month exemption on fees to local authorities. The Taoiseach says it is hopeful that a government can be formed in June. Finance Minister Paschal Donohoe … Read more

United States Approves Emergency Use of Ebola Drug to Treat COVID-19

[ad_1] The United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the emergency use of remdesivir, an Ebola medication, to treat COVID-19. Remdesivir is a drug developed by the American pharmaceutical giant Gilead to treat Ebola, and clinical trials have been conducted in recent weeks to determine its efficacy in treating the coronavirus. As of Friday, … Read more

Lidl was forced to stop selling highly sought after items due to the huge queues that cause dangers:

[ad_1] Lidl Ireland has been forced to stop the sale of four highly anticipated items due to dangerous “huge queues” outside its stores. The Irish retailer informed the public through its Facebook page that they would no longer sell the summer specials for fear of customer safety. They described the demand for the items: a … Read more