Mon 09 October 2020: A vaccine against Covid-19 is in sight, with the announcement of the first interim results in large-scale trials showing the Pfizer/BioNTech candidate is 90% effective, according to the manufacturers. The pharmaceutical firms said in a statement their vaccine candidate “has demonstrated evidence of efficacy against COVID-19 in participants without prior evidence […]
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Mon 09 November 2020: Palestinian Authorities in the occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip have applied strict measures ahead of a third wave of coronavirus infections after the number of people who have the disease increased recently. Palestinian Health Minister, Mai Al-Kaila, announced that over the past 24 hours, three people have died of the […]
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Mon 09 October 2020: The number of coronavirus cases around the globe topped 50 million on Sunday as COVID-19 continued to surge in the United States and Europe, according to a tally from Johns Hopkins University. The U.S., which last week saw its highest single-day case counts since the pandemic began, led the world with 10 million cases and […]
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Sun 08 November 2020: The global coronavirus pandemic has infected more than 50 million people and killed over 1.2 million. Here are the updates for November 8: India’s Coronavirus Cases Cross 8.5 million India’s daily COVID-19 cases rose by 45,674 taking its overall coronavirus tally past the 8.5 million mark, government data released this […]
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Sat 07 October 2020: Africa’s coronavirus cases to date now total over 1.8 million, according to the latest figures released on Saturday. At least 44,471 people have died from the virus across the continent, while nearly 1.5 million more have recovered, data from the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) showed. By […]
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Fri 06 November 2020: Scientists identify promising candidate to combat COVID-19. By screening hundreds of synthetic mini-antibodies called sybodies, a group of scientists has identified one that might stop SARS-CoV-2 from infecting human cells. Using DESY’s X-ray light source PETRA III, the team could unravel how the sybody interacts with the virus. The scientists from […]
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Fri 06 October 2020: The US broke a new record in daily COVID-19 cases with more than 120,000 new infections, according to Johns Hopkins University data. The country saw 121,054 new coronavirus cases on Thursday, marking the second consecutive day of over 100,000 new infections nationwide. The US still leads the world with over 9.6 […]
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Thu 05 November 2020: France extended its state of health emergency Wednesday to Feb.16 due to a rising number of coronavirus infections. Due to their insufficient numbers in Tuesday’s session of the National Assembly, members of parliament belonging to President Emmanuel Macron’s ruling party who had proposed an extension to Feb. 16 were overruled, and […]
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Wed 04 October 2020: British MPs voted in favor of a new national lockdown in England by 516 to 38, a majority of 478. The lockdown will start on Thursday and last until Dec. 2, when it legally expires and parliament will vote on what replaces it. The government won the vote by 516 to […]
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Tue 03 November 2020: More than 11 million novel coronavirus infections have been registered in Europe, according to a tally from official sources compiled by AFP at 1330 GMT. At least 11,008,465 infections and 284,148 deaths have been declared in Europe. Nearly half of these cases were in the hardest hit countries: Russia (1,673,686 cases), France (1,466,433 infections), Spain (1,240,697) and the […]
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