(Reuters) – The Trump administration will send its newly purchased 150 150 million of COVID-19 tests to most U.S. states for schools and critical services, a White House official said Tuesday, as a deal with New York City pushed back to reopen classrooms. Union leaders. File photo: A healthcare worker …
Read More »France registers more than 6,000 new cases of Covid-19, the highest figure since March
Issued on: 27/08/2020 – 20:01 France recorded a daily tally of 6,111 newly confirmed coronavirus infections on Thursday, the highest level since lockdown ended and the second highest ever. It was the largest figure since a peak of 7,578 on March 30 at the close, at the height of the …
Read More »Drip in Brazilian COVID-19 cases raises questions about immunity
An unexpectedly positive turn for Brazilian cities once plagued by the coronavirus pandemic raises fresh questions about immunity. A new report in the Washington Post described how the impoverished city of Manaus saw hospitalizations decline, although it had never imposed a lockdown or taken other drastic austerity measures in Asia …
Read More »Everything we know about coronavirus re-infections
At least three people were infected with COVID-19 a second time this week, asking what we know about immunity to the deadly virus. While past infections have been reported in the past, including some in South Korea in May, it later emerged that the cases were likely a result of …
Read More »WHO cautions on COVID-19 plasma as US issues emergency authorization
(Reuters) – The World Health Organization on Monday was cautious about supporting the use of recovered plasma from COVID-19 patients to treat people who are ill, saying that evidence that it works remains “low quality”, even if the United States emergency authorization for such issued therapies. PHILO PHOTO: Convalescent plasma …
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