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November 27, 2020
Confirmed coronavirus cases in Germany surpass 1 million
BERLIN — The total number of coronavirus cases confirmed in Germany since the pandemic started has passed 1 million, according to data from health authorities on Friday. Figures for the last 24 hours released by the Robert Koch Institute showed 22,806 new infections were recorded, bringing Germany's total caseload to 1,006,394, said dpa international. The number of deaths linked to the virus rose by 426 - the highest daily jump in the ...
November 27, 2020
Global HIV toll likely to be far higher owing to COVID-19, warns UNAIDS
GENEVA — Countries should adopt ambitious new targets to tackle HIV / AIDS to avoid hundreds of thousands of additional infections and deaths linked to the COVID-19 pandemic, the UN said on Thursday. In its appeal, the specialized UN agency UNAIDS warned that the pandemic has pushed the world’s AIDS response even further off track, and that 2020 targets are being missed. It urged countries to learn from the lessons of underinvesting ...
November 25, 2020
A child infected with HIV every 100 seconds: UN report
GENEVA — Approximately once every minute and 40 seconds, a child or young person under the age of 20 was infected with HIV last year, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has reported, calling on governments to “protect, sustain and accelerate” efforts to combat childhood HIV.Prevention efforts and treatment for children remain some of the lowest amongst key affected populations, and in 2019, a little less than half of children worldwide ...
November 25, 2020
Oxford COVID-19 vaccine 90% effective only among age group below 55: Report
MOSCOW — The COVID-19 vaccine developed by AstraZeneca in collaboration with Oxford showed 90 percent efficacy only among study participants below 55 years of age, US Operation Warp Speed Chief Advisor Moncef Slaoui told reporters, according to Sputnik.Earlier in the week, AstraZeneca published the findings of its third phase vaccine trials claiming to have efficacy rates of 90 percent and 62 percent for different dosing regimens. Details of the ...
November 25, 2020
Polish scientists identify first cases of COVID-19 at a mink farm
WARSAW — Polish scientists have identified the first cases of coronavirus in mink at a farm in the north of the country. The Medical University of Gdansk said on Tuesday that eight animals were found to be infected at a breeding farm in the Pomeranian Voivodeship.Scientists had examined throat swabs from 91 farmed mink in total for the presence of coronaviruses. Poland, a major producer of mink fur, started coronavirus ...
November 25, 2020
Two hurt in suspected terror incident in Lugano
LUGANO, Switzerland — Two people were injured in a stabbing at a department store in Lugano which is being investigated as a possible terror incident.Police in the Swiss canton of Ticino said a 28-year-old Swiss citizen who lives in the Lugano area attacked two women at the store before being stopped by a couple of clients and eventually arrested."Based on an initial medical evaluation, one of the victims sustained serious ...
November 25, 2020
Worldwide coronavirus cases cross 59.72 million, death toll at 1,408,552
LONDON — Coronavirus is continuing its spread across the world with more than 59 million (59,724,883) confirmed cases in 190 countries and about 1,408,522 deaths. The virus is surging in many regions and countries that had apparent success in suppressing initial outbreaks are also seeing infections rise again. North America is currently seeing the steepest rise in new cases.With 257,690 deaths and over 12 million confirmed cases, the United States ...
November 25, 2020
‘Foundational and necessary change’ needed to heal post-COVID-19 world
GENEVA — With the COVID-19 pandemic precipitating one of the world’s worst health, socioeconomic and humanitarian crises in over a century, the UN chief told a high-level discussion on Tuesday to seize the opportunity “to make real, foundational, and necessary change.” “We need global solidarity and coordination”, Secretary-General António Guterres said at the event headlined, ‘Rebirthing the Global Economy to Deliver Sustainable Development for All’.He painted a grim picture of the ...
November 24, 2020
Sputnik V vaccine efficacy is over 95% 42 days after the first dose
MOSCOW — The National Research Center for Epidemiology and Microbiology named after N.F. Gamaleya of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation (Gamaleya Center) and Russia’s sovereign wealth fund Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF), announced positive results obtained during the second interim data analysis of the largest double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled Phase III clinical trials in Russia’s history involving 40,000 volunteers.Interim trial results have once again confirmed the high efficacy ...
November 24, 2020
Global coronavirus caseload crosses 59m as virus surges
LONDON — Coronavirus is continuing its spread across the world with more than 59 million (59,605,778) confirmed cases in 190 countries and about 1,403,683 deaths. The virus is surging in many regions and countries that had apparent success in suppressing initial outbreaks are also seeing infections rise again. North America is currently seeing the steepest rise in new cases.The United States reported 169,190 new coronavirus cases and 889 virus-related deaths ...
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