US company Moderna reveals a new vaccine that protects against Covid-19 showing nearly 94.5 per cent effective, as per their data. Moderna trial involved 30, 000 people in the US with half being given two doses of the vaccine, four weeks apart. The rest had dummy injections. The analysis was based on the first 95…
10 killed and several seriously injured in Platra Nearnt hospital The blaze broke out in the intensive care unit of the public hospital in the north-eastern city of Piatra Nearnt in Romania. One doctor who tried to rescue patients some coronavirys patients is said to be in a critical condition after suffering severe burns.…
# Country, Total New Total New Total Active Serious, Tot Cases/ Deaths/ Total Tests/ Population Other Cases Cases Deaths Deaths Recovered Cases Critical 1M pop 1M pop Tests 1M pop World 52,124,375 316,202 1,284,627 5,954 36,548,398 14,291,350 95,394 6,687 164.8 1 USA 10,580,011 14,189 246,034 115 6,603,489 3,730,488 19,393 31,896 742 160,695,038 484,450 331706290…
Stock Markets have rocketed on the hopes of potential breakthrough in the search for a vaccine against Covid-19. Drugs firm Pfizer’s own shares climbed 9 per cent after it had that preliminary analysis indicated that its coronavirus vaccine was 90 per cent effective. The owner of British Airways, International Airlines Group (IAG) rose 40…
Pfizer and BioNTech have tested their first effective coronavirus vaccine on 43. 500 people spanning six countries and so far no safety concerns have been raised. Preliminary analysis reveal the vaccine can prevent more than 90 per cent of people from getting Covid-19.The companies plan to apply for emergency approval to use the vaccine by…
Boris Johnson announces four-week England lockdown from Thursday 5th November 2020 to 2nd December 2020 to try to keep rising coronavirus levels under control. All bars and restaurants will close but takeaways can continue to operate as in the Spring lockdown. Shielding measures will not be reintroduced, but vulnerable people or those aged over…
British government who bought vaccine doses for 20 million people, hopes that a German vaccine backed by Pfizer could be ready to distribute before Christmas, if the drug is shown to be successful, with the first doses reserved for the elderly and most vulnerable. Albert Bourla, CEO of Pfizer said that the vaccine was in…
Residents of the town named Asbestos in the Canadian province of Quebec have voted to rename their community in amove to distance it from the extremely poisonous mineral linked to lung cancer. The town was home to one of the world’s largest asbestos mines, voted 51.5 per cent in favour of changing its name to…
Heathrow Airport Terminals 2 and 5, begin mandatory coronavirus rapid testing including a raid saliva swab known as a Lamp (Loop-mediated Isothermal Amplification) test for passengers travelling to Hong Kong on Tuesday before checking in costing £80 with result guaranteed within an hour. The aim is to help people travelling to destinations where proof…
The sale of Durex and other “sexual wellbeing products” rose 12.6 per cent in the last three months, when social-distancing rules were relaxed in the summer, according to its maker Reckitt Benckiser. Sales of Dettol, Cillit Bang, and air fresheners also jumped, helped by workers improving their new home-office environment, as the total group sales…