ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Alaska on Saturday reported hitting a daily record in new coronavirus cases. The state reported 604 cases, the highest in a single day since Oct. 25, when 526 cases were tallied, the Anchorage Daily News reported. The Department of Health and Social Services says there were no new deaths from the virus.… Read More »
Researchers at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center are testing a new approach to fighting COVID-19, using a repurposed antiviral AIDS drug for at-home treatment during the first days of symptoms in hopes of slowing the virus early and heading off hospitalization, intensive care, and death. The nationwide clinical trial is being led by Nathan Shapiro,… Read More »
There is widespread growth of the epidemic across the country and the R number has risen to between 1.1 and 1.4, say the government’s scientific advisers. Officials are warning of “far worse things to come” as cases are thought to exceed 6,000 a day in England. And the scientist behind the Covid Symptom Study app… Read More »
Facing resurgent virus infections, France will spend $ 118 billion to try to pull the country out of its worst economic slump since World War II By ANGELA CHARLTON Associated Press September 3, 2020, 1:05 PM • 3 min read Share to FacebookShare to TwitterEmail this article PARIS — Facing resurgent virus infections, France’s government… Read More »
U.S. testing for the coronavirus is dropping even as infections remain high and the death toll rises by more than 1,000 a day, a worrisome trend that officials attribute largely to Americans getting discouraged over having to wait hours to get a test and days or weeks to find out the results. An Associated Press… Read More »
A returned traveller in hotel quarantine is the only new case of COVID-19 in NSW in the past 24 hours, health authorities say. Almost 16,200 tests were carried out in the full day to 8pm on Friday, NSW Health said on Saturday. The infected traveller took the state’s total cases to 3144. About 323 cases… Read More »
More than one in four people who test positive cannot be reached by the test and trace system in England, data shows. In the first two weeks of operation to 10 June, the service was given the details of 14,000 people to follow up. But fewer than 10,200 could be reached. Some failed to provide… Read More »