Top news of the week: 17.11.2020.
United States, Vaccination, Infection, Epidemic, Antibody, Health care
Coronavirus
“We may have passed the point of no return in terms of getting it to a place like levels we’re seeing in China right now." Diseases modelers paint a grim picture of the weeks ahead for @cooney_liz. We could be heading towards +20,000 deaths a week. https://t.co/VwZQUdB0DW
OpenWith a meteoric rise in deaths, talk of waves is misguided, say Covid-19 modelers
Experts modeling the coronavirus pandemic may differ on details, but they agree that if cases have never subsided, "wave" is the wrong word.
China attaches great importance to the safety and effectiveness of #COVID19 vaccines and strictly observes international standards, as well as relevant laws and regulations: FM spokesperson https://t.co/jzvsblfOYL https://t.co/DZVbOEqjgZ
OpenChina spares no effort in developing COVID-19 vaccine
An exhibitor shows a 3D model of inactivated COVID-19 vaccine antigen to visitors at the booth of SINOVAC in the special area for public health and epidemic prevention in the …
China increases efforts to block COVID-19 through imported cold-chain foods in road and water transportation https://t.co/ovOTJzitL6 https://t.co/nRPiVWjgUR
OpenChina increases efforts to block COVID-19 through imported foods
A worker arranges boxes of imported frozen meat at a cold storage at Dalian port in Dalian, northeast China's Liaoning Province, April 8, 2020. Stricter disinfection measures …
"We are not out of the woods yet," says PM as #COVID19 death toll in Britain tops 50,000 https://t.co/NEZlQV6iwl https://t.co/0skMA5mEZD
OpenUK COVID-19 death toll tops 50,000
(Photo by Jon Super/Xinhua) Britain is the fifth country in the world to hit the tragic milestone of 50,000 COVID-19 deaths, following the United States, Brazil, India and …
Latest #COVID19 updates, Nov. 16: https://t.co/7E3Xcc1rgk
- Iran reports highest daily cases, deaths
- Kenyan schools to reopen fully in January amid soaring infections
- China develops labor-saving machine for throat swab sampling
- Bangladesh's COVID-19 cases rise to 434,472 https://t.co/RYwenP3Y6a
OpenLive COVID-19 updates: Iran reports highest daily cases, deaths
(Photo by Ahmad Halabisaz/Xinhua) - Iran reports highest daily cases, deaths - Kenyan schools to reopen fully in January amid soaring infections - China develops labor-saving …
Nov. 12 marks #WorldPneumoniaDay. As #COVID19 pandemic has dramatically increased pneumonia deaths, let's seize the occasion to spread awareness for global action to fight against this respiratory infectious disease https://t.co/oSq6FcCBRY https://t.co/RF9JzzoYtc
OpenIn pics: World Pneumonia Day amid COVID-19 pandemic
(Photo by Mamoun Wazwaz/Xinhua) A doctor checks the CT image of a patient's lungs in Zhangzhou Municipal Hospital in Zhangzhou, southeast China's Fujian Province, Feb. 2, …
#UPDATE: UN peacekeeping chief Jean-Pierre Lacroix has tested positive for #coronavirus. He is asymptomatic and will remain isolated in Lisbon, spokesman says https://t.co/5AemdxCL7a https://t.co/V1DnVGcd2F
OpenUpdate: UN peacekeeping chief tests positive for COVID-19
Video: UN Undersecretary-General for Peace Operations Jean-Pierre Lacroix has tested positive for coronavirus, Stephane Dujarric, spokesman for UN Secretary-General says on Nov. …
A new study might help explain why men are more likely than women to become critically ill with #COVID19 and die, said @SabraKlein1998. https://t.co/vHktUXjPHA
Open'Breakthrough finding' reveals why certain Covid-19 patients die
Research shows Covid-19 patients with life-threatening illness have antibodies that disable key immune system proteins called interferons.