Vitamin D appears to help reduce serious complications among coronavirus patients, according to a study. Researchers from Trinity College Dublin, the University of Liverpool, and the Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing (TILDA) examined the association between vitamin D levels and Covid-19 mortality rates. Dr. Eamon Laird and Professor Rose Anne …
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US FDA grants emergency use authorization to Quidel for first antigen test for COVID-19
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Saturday approved emergency use authorization (EUA) to Quidel Corp for the first COVID-19 antigen test. The emergency use authorization was issued late Friday to Quidel for the Sofia 2 SARS Antigen FIA, the agency said. The FDA said the authorization is for …
Read More »Trump, Pence test negative for COVID-19 after worker tests positive
US President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence were tested for Covid-19 and found to be negative after a member of the U.S. military who works on the White House campus contracted the virus, Bloomberg has reported. The president and vice president “remain in great health,” White House spokesman …
Read More »Japan approves Gilead Sciences’ remdesivir as COVID-19 drug
Japan on Thursday approved Gilead Sciences Inc’s remdesivir as a treatment for COVID-19, making it the country’s first officially authorized drug to tackle the coronavirus disease. Japan reached the decision just three days after the U.S. drugmaker filed for fast-track approval for the treatment. “There has so far been no …
Read More »Over 90,000 health workers infected with COVID-19 worldwide: nurses group
At least 90,000 health-care workers worldwide are believed to have been infected with COVID-19, and possibly twice that, amid reports of continuing shortages of protective equipment, the International Council of Nurses (ICN) said on Wednesday. The disease has killed more than 260 nurses, it said in a statement, urging authorities …
Read More »US will have ‘definitive’ report on Covid-19 origins, Trump says, after pushing ‘Wuhan lab’ theory
The US will report “very definitively” on the origins of the Covid-19 virus over time, President Donald Trump has said without any further details. Washington has been claiming it came from a Chinese lab, but provided no evidence. “We will be reporting very definitively over a period of time,” Trump …
Read More »May the 4th be with you to stay in: Darth Vader enforces Covid-19 lockdown in the Philippines
Darth Vader and his stormtroopers swapped spaceships for riverboats as they made their way around Malabon City on the outskirts of Manila as local authorities tried to enforce the coronavirus lockdown. The representatives of the galactic empire, or local officials in self-made disguise, were met with smiles and waves as …
Read More »First Covid-19 case in France have been as early as December, new evidence suggests
The first coronavirus case in France could have occurred a month earlier than official figures suggest, according to a professor from Avicenne Hospital, following the retesting of 24 patient blood samples. Professor Yves Cohen from the Avicenne Hospital in Bobigny said in an interview with local media that it appears …
Read More »Italy reports largest drop in active COVID-19 cases
Italy on Thursday reported 285 new fatalities from the novel coronavirus, bringing the total to 27,967, with the largest daily drop in active cases since the beginning of the outbreak. The data released by the Italian Civil Protection Department confirm that the country has left behind the peak of the …
Read More »Onto the next ‘child-rights crisis’? Greta Thunberg launches fundraiser to battle Covid-19 pandemic
Apparently not content to rescue mankind from only one doomsday scenario, teenage eco-warrior Greta Thunberg has sprung into action again, launching a fundraising campaign to help the children of the world survive Covid-19. The project will see the young activist partner with Denmark’s Human Act Foundation to pledge $100,000 each …
Read More »Russian PM Mishustin tests positive for Covid-19
Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin says he has tested positive for the new coronavirus and has told President Vladimir Putin he will self-isolate. First Deputy Prime Minister Andrei Belousov will temporarily perform Mishustin’s duties, but the prime minister said Thursday that he would stay in touch on key issues. Mishustin, …
Read More »Poll: Majority of Americans think Trump is doing poor job tackling Covid-19
A majority of Americans think that US President Donald Trump is doing a poor job tackling the coronavirus pandemic. In a new PBS NewsHour/NPR/Marist poll, 55% of Americans said that they disapproved of the president’s handling of the outbreak. This shows an increase in disapproval, as in their previous poll …
Read More »UK spy agency handed extra powers to access info from NHS IT systems during Covid-19 pandemic
Health Secretary Matt Hancock has bypassed parliamentary scrutiny and given new powers to the UK security and intelligence organization, GCHQ, to allow it to obtain information from public-health IT systems until the end of 2020. The National Health Service (NHS) has been instructed by Hancock to hand over information to …
Read More »100 Bodies found in unrefrigerated trucks in New York during COVID-19 pandemic
The city of New York delivered a freezer truck to a funeral home on Wednesday after it was found to be storing dead bodies in unrefrigerated U-Haul vehicles, a Reuters eyewitness said. The eyewitness saw bodies in a U-Haul van and said two vans and a truck were parked outside …
Read More »Video: Trump falsely claims he never said US could test 5m a day for Covid-19
Donald Trump on Wednesday backed away from a vow made less than 24 hours earlier that the United States “very soon” would be able to test up to 5m people per day for coronavirus, falsely contending he never uttered those words. “Right now, they’re testing about 200,000 per day. So …
Read More »UK records highest weekly death toll from all causes SINCE RECORDS BEGAN amid Covid-19 surge
Shocking fresh statistics show the devastating impact Covid-19 is having on the UK, revealing that it has recorded its highest weekly death toll since comparable records began in 1993. New figures released by the Office for National Statistics on Tuesday show that a total of 22,351 people died in the …
Read More »Guinea-Bissau PM and three ministers test positive for COVID-19
Guinea-Bissau’s Prime Minister Nuno Gomes Nabiam has tested positive for the novel coronavirus alongside three members of his cabinet, the health ministry said on Wednesday. Nabiam, Interior Minister Botche Cande, and two other ministers were diagnosed on Tuesday and have been quarantined at a hotel in the capital Bissau, Health …
Read More »Futures jump after Gilead’s COVID-19 drug meets main goal
Wall Street looked set to jump at open on Wednesday after Gilead Sciences (GILD.O) reported an encouraging update on a potential COVID-19 treatment, while upbeat earnings reports from Google-parent Alphabet and Boeing boosted the mood. Gilead Sciences Inc (GILD.O) jumped 9.3% in premarket trading after the drugmaker said its experimental …
Read More »Over 500 dead in Iran after drinking toxic methanol alcohol to ‘cure Covid-19’
More than 700 people in Iran have died after ingesting toxic methanol because false rumors it helps cure the coronavirus, officials have said. In a desperate search for a curative, many families have turned to fake remedies spread across social media – including a powerful form of bootleg alcohol banned …
Read More »More than two million Australians download COVID-19 app, testing expands
More than two million Australians have downloaded an app to trace contacts of COVID-19 patients hours after its release, the government said on Monday, as states set out plans to expand testing for the infection. Prime minister Scott Morrison has said more testing and widespread use of the CovidSafe phone …
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