Top news of the week: 19.05.2020.
#COVID19 #coronavirus #DavidHeymann #webinar #COVIDー19 #vaccine #mission #superpower #vaccines #geopolitical
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RT @DelorsInstitute: Our president @EnricoLetta shares with @vonderleyen the idea of a European #mission. Von der Leyen said it would be a more #geopolitical body under her leadership & @EnricoLetta argues that the EU should aim to become a third #superpower between 🇺🇸 and 🇨🇳.
https://t.co/DXTbPYWKBl
OpenSearching for meaning The covid-19 pandemic puts pressure on the EU
An old question has resurfaced: what is the point of the bloc?
.@WHO released a scientific brief on Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children: https://t.co/06owv1gLeo
I call on all clinicians worldwide to work with your national authorities and WHO to be on the alert and better understand this syndrome in children. #COVID19 https://t.co/amlIaBsI5k
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Today in our #webinar, Prof David Salisbury and Prof #DavidHeymann discussed #COVID19 and whether a #vaccine could protect against future infection:
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https://t.co/XbDAdxFoSa
OpenWebinar: Weekly COVID-19 Pandemic Briefing – Vaccines
This briefing focuses on the progress towards and prospects for a coronavirus vaccine, exploring the scientific considerations, the production, distribution and allocation challenges as ...
RT @HelenClarkNZ: The vaccine developed against #Covid19 must be a #PeoplesVaccine free to everyone everywhere. None of us are safe until all of us are safe from this deadly disease. @clubdemadrid @G_L_F_2004 @NizamiGanjaviIC @UNAIDS @oxfamnz My @NZMorningReport interview:
https://t.co/pStO5eJQ3L
OpenCovid-19: Helen Clark backs people's vaccine
It's essential for the health of people worldwide that a yet-to-be-discovered vaccine for Covid-19 becomes widely available, former prime minister Helen Clark says.
US and UK 'lead push against global patent pool for Covid-19 drugs'
Efforts to dilute world health assembly resolution on open licensing decried as ‘appalling’
"It seems clear the UK locked down late and too gradually, that we lacked basic preparedness despite clear warnings of a likely future pandemic, and that our healthcare and public health systems were already reeling from lack of investment" @fgodlee https://t.co/HfvMW6af90
OpenCovid-19: Testing testing
Lockdown is a crude instrument. On its own it can’t eliminate covid-19, but it buys a country time to prepare its health systems and to mount a public health response. Tragically, the UK ...
RT @JEPaquetEU: I spoke with @euronews about what the EU is doing to boost research & innovation against #COVIDー19.
Actions include €1bn for testing, preventing, treating, working with industry, launching a new portal for researchers to share data 🇪🇺🔬 & much more: https://t.co/IAL0Uo6pvo
OpenEurope supercharges research in the battle against COVID-19
In this episode of Futuris the team examine what Europe is doing to boost funding for research and innovation in the fight against COVID-19. #Futuris
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You know we're looking into the paws-ibility of dogs detecting #COVID19? 🐾
Well we're thrilled to announce that @DHSCgovuk is funding the trial led by @ProfJamesLogan! If successful they could be a new rapid testing measure for the #coronavirus.
👉 https://t.co/wjuqFPLwLi https://t.co/jDxFiQrQMO
OpenUK Government supports COVID-19 detection dogs trial
In the first phase of the trial, world-leading disease control experts from the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM), in collaboration with Medical Detection Dogs and Durham ...