The coronavirus pandemic has caused a major disruption in routine hospital services globally, as medical professionals focused on treating the infected and conserving resources. As a result, patients have delayed or canceled scheduled healthcare visits and surgeries. Now, in various parts of the world where the outbreak is under apparent …
Read More »Rapidly decreasing immunity of COVID-19 poses a vaccination challenge
LONDON (Reuters) – Emerging evidence that the body’s immune defense against COVID-19 may be short-lived makes it even more difficult for vaccine developers to find vaccines fully capable of protecting people in future waves of infection, Scientists said Tuesday. FILE PHOTO: Professor Gottfried Kremsner injects a coronavirus disease vaccine (COVID-19) …
Read More »Tokyo declares coronavirus red alert a ‘pretty severe’ situation
TOKYO (Reuters) – Tokyo raised its coronavirus alert to the highest “red” level on Wednesday, alarmed by a recent surge in new daily cases to record highs, with Governor Yuriko Koike describing the situation in the Japanese capital as “quite severe ” The resurgence of the virus in Tokyo could …
Read More »Human-tested COVID-19 vaccine shows early promise
Bogota Colombia A Massachusetts-based biotechnology company has been testing a possible vaccine against the new coronavirus that shows early signs of success. Moderna Therapeutics announced an estimated start date for the Phase 3 trials, their final trial phase. The trial involved 45 volunteers aged 18 to 55 years who received …
Read More »Trump ‘endorses his actions’ about telling people to inject disinfectants, says press secretary
White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany said Donald Trump “defends the actions and steps he has taken,” when asked if he had made mistakes. CNN White House chief correspondent Jim Acosta asked: “Hasn’t the president made mistakes? At one point, he suggested that Americans inject disinfectants, that sort of thing. …
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