That includes a vaccine.
“We need to come to a sustainable situation where we have adequate control of this virus without completely shutting down our lives or shaking from one lockdown to another,” Ghebreyesus said Monday.
But that is exactly what governments are required to do, as the pandemic continues to spiral out of control.
But that all-or-nothing blocking logic is becoming more difficult to rationalize as the pandemic accelerates: the worldwide case count has grown by a million in just five days.
YOU ASKED. WE RESPOND
Q: How long does Covid-19 immunity last?
In the first such study, scientists analyzed the immune responses of more than 90 people, 65 patients, and 31 health workers, for three months after they started showing symptoms of Covid-19, and found that the antibodies that They can destroy the virus. The virus started to decrease after about three weeks.
“Developing vaccines will need to generate stronger and longer lasting protection compared to natural infection, or they may need to be administered regularly,” said Dr. Stephen Griffins, associate professor, University of Leeds School of Medicine, who was not involved in the new study, he said.
Study limitations: The study has not been peer reviewed. More research is needed to determine if similar results would emerge among a larger group of patients, and to continue measuring antibody responses for a longer period of time.
THE IMPORTANT TODAY
Some of America’s largest school districts won’t open the way Trump wants them to.
The Los Angeles and San Diego schools will forgo any kind of in-person instruction when the academic year resumes, the districts said Monday, in the latest sign that administrators loathe to risk the health of children or teachers until the pandemic is under control.
The move follows a decision by New York City, the nation’s largest school district, to stagger in-person learning, and Mayor Bill de Blasio announced last week that the city would offer one-on-one classroom physical instruction. three days a week, supplemented by online education the rest of the time.
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The United States is running out of protective equipment, again
The Department of Health and Human Services listed 19 companies that have received contracts under the Defense Production Act to produce emergency supplies, including 600 million N95 respirators and face masks. But experts say it is not enough and that the effort started too late.
Only about half of the masks ordered will be delivered later this year.
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The UK Academy of Medical Sciences estimate is based on a “reasonable worst-case scenario,” in which the pandemic peaks this winter, as more people stay indoors in poorly ventilated spaces and care systems. are overloaded to treat other illnesses like the flu
16 and stuck in solitary confinement 23 hours a day due to Covid-19
In the UK, adolescents and children aged 18 and under are held in what the government calls safe children’s homes, safe training centers and institutions for juvenile offenders. The lawyers CNN spoke with universally refer to institutions like prisons.
The new restrictions have been imposed by the UK government as part of the Covid-19 blockade. Visits were temporarily suspended and time outside prison cells was severely reduced, as part of broader measures to enforce social distancing in prisons due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
ON OUR RADAR
- India has registered more than 100,000 new infections in the past four days, and its total number of cases is approaching 1 million.
- Hong Kong Disneyland will close again after an increase in coronavirus cases has forced the city to tighten its measures of social distancing.
- A Texas man who thought the coronavirus was a hoax died after attending a “Covid party,” where people intentionally become infected. Elsewhere in Michigan, 43 new cases have been linked to a single big-house party in early July.
- According to a leading provider of diagnostic services, rising cases in the US are delaying laboratory test results by up to a week.
- The NFL will offer a new prototype mouth guard to protect players against Covid-19. Meanwhile, two NBA players tested positive for the league’s Disney bubble.
- KFC is asking its franchisees in four states with a resurgence of coronavirus cases (Florida, Texas, Oklahoma and California) to suspend dinner services.
- Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, who has self-isolated since testing positive for Covid-19, told CNN Brazil that he was fed up with the quarantine but would continue to do so until he obtained the results of his second test. Meanwhile, he keeps himself busy with emus at the presidential palace.
- Peru increased more than 330,000 confirmed cases of Covid-19 on Monday. It continues to be the country with the second highest number of cases in Latin America, behind Brazil.
TIPS
1. wake up. 2. Make coffee.
As the days get mixed up for many people who live locked up, crossing things off a to-do list can be more difficult to do and more satisfying. While life may seem more daunting than ever, keeping a checklist can be helpful in lessening anxiety, providing structure, and giving us a sense of purpose.
Research into the psychology of goal achievement has revealed that an unfinished goal causes interference with other tasks you are trying to accomplish. But simply making a plan to facilitate that goal, like detailing the steps on a to-do list, can help your mind set it aside to focus on other things.
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“A lot of young people are going out, going to restaurants … and then, of course, going home and possibly infecting their parents, their grandparents.” – CNN correspondent Rosa Flores
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