Top news of the week: 30.06.2020.
Health care, Health, People's Liberation Army, Beijing, Sweden, Acute respiratory distress syndrome
Coronavirus
1. China gives first emergency use approval for a #Covid19 vaccine, allowing CanSino's adenovirus vectored vaccine to be used by the military. There is already evidence this vaccine may not work that well in some people. (see next tweet) https://t.co/FyIVYwkKiA
OpenCanSino's COVID-19 vaccine candidate approved for military use in China
China's military has received the greenlight to use a COVID-19 vaccine candidate developed by its research unit and CanSino Biologics <6185.HK> after clinical trials proved it was safe and ...
Good to see @felly500 mentioned here. Notable that PHE data & SitReps are also OffSen, not for sharing with DsPH.
"Whitehall not sharing Covid-19 data on local outbreaks, say councils" https://t.co/grDs5ZYNUo
OpenWhitehall not sharing Covid-19 data on local outbreaks, say councils
Local health chiefs say real-time information is crucial to monitor spread of disease
"Until there is an effective vaccine, we need to use the measures we have — masks, some distancing, and reasonable steps to reduce infection — to try to keep the virus in check." https://t.co/yh1YziFOCh
OpenAs Covid-19 cases peak, a virus once again takes advantage of human instinct
The virus's long course means that it is possible to believe that things aren’t going to get that bad — long after they are actually becoming catastrophic.
Chinese embassy in Zambia and Chinese enterprises based in the country have donated critical medical supplies to a Zambian hospital to better protect medical workers in their efforts to combat #COVID19 https://t.co/VLjLIrMO2u https://t.co/1sTvyr80rH
OpenChina donates medical supplies to help Zambia tackle COVID-19
(Xinhua/Martin Mbangweta) The Chinese embassy in Zambia and Chinese enterprises based in the country have donated critical medical supplies to a Zambian hospital to better protect …
The number of #COVID19 tests conducted in China since the coronavirus outbreak is three times higher than that in the United States, according to U.S. media reports https://t.co/lcAjnML3DH https://t.co/34c4WHOo3T
OpenCOVID-19 tests conducted in China three times higher than in U.S. since coronavirus outbreak: media
A medical worker collects a throat swab from a local resident at a nucleic acid testing site at a community in Balizhuang Street of Haidian District, Beijing, capital of China, …
"Today, we are publishing an updated and detailed timeline of WHO’s response to the #COVID19 pandemic on our website.
It illustrates the range of WHO’s work to stop transmission and save lives"-@DrTedros
https://t.co/pSmUtVRhod
OpenTimeline of WHO’s response to COVID-19
WHO provides this timeline of the organization’s COVID-19 response activities for general information. WHO will update the timeline on a regular basis and in light of evolving events and ...
RT @HMS_ExecEd: Three leaders from the Massachusetts Consortium on Pathogen Readiness (@MassCPR), @PardisSabeti, David Walt and @bronwynmacinnis, share insights on evolving priorities and early progress on #COVID19 diagnostics. https://t.co/S7X5gqrKT8
OpenMassCPR: Priorities evolve for COVID-19 consortium
Leaders from the Massachusetts Consortium on Pathogen Readiness (MassCPR) discuss evolving priorities, progress, and the influence of their collaborative work on public policy and ...
@dr_shibley did you mean this paper? https://t.co/1bAuMR2635
I note one journalist reminded us of another postviral complication encephalitis lethargica (described by Oliver Sacks in 'Awakenings'). Far too soon, I suspect, to worry about this, specifically, but…
OpenNeurology in the time of COVID-19
Epidemics and pandemics in human history are not the exception but the rule. Bill Gates was prophetic in 2015 ‘if anything kills ten million people in the next few decades, it is likely to ...