Tue 24 November 2020: King Felipe VI to stay in quarantine until Dec. 2 ‘in conformity with health rules’ Spain’s King Felipe VI started ten days of quarantine after he came into contact with a person who tested positive for the novel coronavirus, the palace announced in a statement. The statement said the king, 52, […]
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Tue 24 November 2020: UCLA engineers and scientists have demonstrated that treatments with near-room-temperature, cold atmospheric plasma can kill the coronavirus present on a variety of surfaces in as little as 30 seconds. A study detailing the research, which was published this month in the journal Physics of Fluids, is the first time cold plasma has […]
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Mon 23 November 2020: WHO Director-General Tedros Ghebreyesus gave an upbeat assessment on vaccine development after recent data showed that more COVID-19 cases had been reported in a recent 4 weeks than in first 6 months of the pandemic. He was speaking at a twice-weekly press webinar in Geneva on the novel coronavirus. At the […]
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Mon 23 November 2020: Saudi Arabia’s health ministry said on Monday that COVID-19 vaccines will be free for all people living in the kingdom, state TV reported. The ministry said it hopes to have enough vaccines to cover 70% of the country’s population by the end of 2021, state TV channel Ekhbariya said on Twitter. […]
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Mon 23 November 2020: A coronavirus vaccine developed in the UK can prevent 70.4% of people from getting Covid-19 and up to 90% if a lower dose is used, according to data. Oxford University and AstraZeneca have announced their jab is effective in preventing many people getting ill and it has been shown to work […]
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Mon 23 November 2020: G20 leaders meeting remotely pledged on Sunday to “spare no effort” to ensure the fair distribution of coronavirus vaccines worldwide, but offered no specific new funding to meet that goal. After a virtual summit hosted by Saudi Arabia, the G20 leaders said in the final communique: “We have mobilised resources to […]
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Sun 22 November 2020: World Health Organization (WHO) special coronavirus envoy David Nabarro predicted a third wave of the pandemic to hit Europe in early 2021 if governments repeat what he said was a failure to do what was necessary to prevent the second wave, according to Reuters. In an interview with Swiss newspapers, Nabarro said: […]
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Sun 22 November 2020: Moderna will charge governments between $25 and $37 per dose of its Covid-19 vaccine candidate, depending on the amount ordered. “Our vaccine therefore costs about the same as a flu shot, which is between $10 and $50,” Chief Executive Stephane Bancel has told German weekly Welt am Sonntag (WamS). On Monday, […]
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Sat 21 November 2020: President Xi Jinping said on Saturday that China is ready to step up global COVID-19 vaccine cooperation, and called for better international coordination on policies to facilitate movement of people. Pharmaceutical companies and research centers around the world are working on potential COVID-19 vaccines, with large global trials of several of […]
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Sat 21 November 2020: Airlines will need $70-80 billion in aid to survive the coronavirus crisis, or another half again of the amount already received from governments, their global industry body warned, as many countries tighten restrictions to confront another wave of coronavirus infections. “For the coming months the industry is estimated to need $70-$80 […]
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