Top news of the week: 03.11.2020.
Health, Health care, Democratic Party, World Health Organization, Joe Biden, United States
Coronavirus
Moderna signed a contract to supply Japan with 50 million doses of its Covid-19 vaccine and said it is in advanced talks with the European Union to expand vaccine supply there https://t.co/DVNE92RDwY
OpenModerna Signs Covid-19 Vaccine Supply Contract With Japan
Moderna Inc. signed a contract with Japan’s government to supply 50 million doses of its Covid-19 vaccine and said it is in advanced talks with the European Union to expand vaccine supply ...
RT @jonathanrockoff: France, Germany and some other countries are cutting the number of days people infected with the new coronavirus need to quarantine. It's part of efforts to ensure compliance, @wsj_douglasj and @Brabbott42 report. https://t.co/Ghsud1EVQI
OpenCountries Try Shorter Covid-19 Quarantines in Bid to Boost Compliance
A growing number of countries are trimming the length of time people potentially exposed to the coronavirus need to self-quarantine undefinedto reduce the risk of spreading Covid-19. Their ...
The committee recommended that to prepare for new #COVID19 vaccines, @WHO and governments must work closely to develop rollout strategies, train #healthworkers and ensure clear communications with the general public about vaccination.
https://t.co/TiBVNqOmA1
OpenStatement on the fifth meeting of the International Health Regulations (2005) Emergency Committee regarding the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic
In particular, the Committee appreciated WHO’s critical role in developing evidence-based guidance and recommendations; providing countries with technical assistance and …
RT @KingstonAReif: “We feel pretty good about where we’re at,” Ms. Seidel [a senior advisor to Gov Kristi Noem] said. “The governor is not going to change any of her approach—why should she?” https://t.co/hdUxSVm7pj https://t.co/0NajFMD8Yc
OpenCovid-19 Is Worse in the Dakotas Now Than It Was in the Spring’s Hot Spots
In South Dakota the percentage of positive coronavirus tests has soared to more than eight times the World Health Organization’s threshold for businesses to be open. Yet stores and ...
During the coronavirus pandemic science has taken a bit of a beating in the US, pushing doctors into the political arena.
📝: @victoriaregisk, KHN/@bmj_latest https://t.co/CaseYELYSU
OpenUS election: How covid-19 pushed doctors into the political arena like never before
During the coronavirus pandemic science has taken a bit of a beating in the US. Victoria Knight of Kaiser Health News reports that some health professionals and scientists have responded by ...
RT @WHO_Europe: ❗️ Today @WHO_Europe and @UNICEF_ECA launch HealthBuddy+: all the latest trustworthy information on #COVID19 in your 🤲.
Click here to read more and download the app 👉 https://t.co/OhMeS7IhdX https://t.co/xg1zYfyQNL
OpenEnhancement to COVID-19 mobile app rolled out across WHO European Region
HealthBuddy+ aims to provide accurate information for people across the European Region to protect themselves from COVID-19
RT @ddknyt: False cures, driving out doctors, withholding aid money- a story about how Trump and Bolsonaro put ideology ahead of public health across the Americas in the fight against Covid 19. https://t.co/fCqEo0riRA
OpenHow Trump and Bolsonaro Broke Latin America’s Covid-19 Defenses
The two presidents drove out 10,000 Cuban doctors and nurses. They defunded the region’s leading health agency. They wrongly pushed hydroxychloroquine as a cure.
A health care worker in Solano County, California, is recovering after being simultaneously infected with both influenza and the coronavirus.
It is unclear whether this is the first case of such a co-infection in the U.S. this flu season.
https://t.co/5mufYr4o0a
OpenA Californian is battling both influenza and Covid-19 in an early case of ‘co-infection.’
I feel very confident that Joe Biden will be elected president on Tuesday, whatever the end count is. A day after France and Germany opted for severe coronavirus restrictions, …