The Asian Development Bank says the economies of “developing Asia” will shrink by 0.7 per cent in 2020, the first contraction in almost six decades. The southwestern Chinese city of Ruili has been locked down, while all 200,000 residents will be tested for COVID-19 after two Myanmar nationals were diagnosed …
Read More »AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine trial postponed: Live News | News
AstraZeneca says Ox has postponed trials of a coronavirus vaccine evolving at Oxford University developing with Oxford University, while one of the test volunteers fell ill with an obscure illness. The UN says disruptions to regular child and maternal health services as a result of the epidemic could endanger the …
Read More »Australia’s Victoria extends coronavirus ‘hard lockdown’: live | News
On Sunday, Australia’s coronavirus hot spot state Victoria extended a severe lockdown in its capital Melbourne for two weeks at the end of September as infection rates fell more slowly than expected. Protesters gathered in the Italian capital, Rome, to use masks to spread the coronavirus. The country’s health ministry …
Read More »Steroid drugs reduce mortality in COVID-19 patients with severe illness, studies have shown
A new analysis from the World Health Organization (WHO) has found that inexpensive, widely available steroid drugs help reduce mortality in critically ill coronavirus patients, shedding more light on the way to treat the virus. The analysis, published Wednesday in the Journal of the American Medical Association, looked at seven …
Read More »Coronavirus Live News: Nearly 2 million cases added in India in August, 50% increase in French cases in a month | World News
how Kovid-19 is affecting people’s dreams Australia is the subject of a study conducted by a cross-disciplinary team of academics from Australia, the UK and Finland. Along with rims from popular audience articles and social media posts, “Epidemic Dreams” is the subject of a book of essays by Harvard researcher …
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