The US has bought up virtually all the stocks for the next three months of one of the two drugs proven to work against Covid-19, leaving none for the UK, Europe or most of the rest of the world.
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Over 3,700 coronavirus tests were done in Connecticut overnight and one percent of the tests have come back positive, according to new numbers released by the state on Sunday.
In total, there have been 393,475 coronavirus tests done in Connecticut, including 3,772 tests done overnight. The percentage of positive tests is one percent.
Trump’s Tulsa rally: He says he wanted to 'slow the testing down' on COVID-19 and other takeaways (usatoday.com)
WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump held his first campaign rally since March in Tulsa, Oklahoma, on Saturday after days of speculation about the impact the event would have on spreading the coronavirus and how large the crowd would be.
POMEZIA, Italy —On a day in mid-March — as the pandemic began to grip the world — a box from Oxford University arrived at a lab south of Rome. In it, packed with dry ice, were several tiny vials. Each one held a few drops of “seed stock,” a starter kit for the production of a potential vaccine for the novel coronavirus.
The company’s job was to turn a few droplets into an amount large enough for 13,000 people — a sufficient quantity to perform large-scale trials unfolding on several continents.
US halts hydroxychloroquine clinical trial after finding no additional benefit for Covid-19 patients (cnn.com)
The National Institutes of Health announced Saturday that it has halted a clinical trial evaluating the safety and effectiveness of drug hydroxychloroquine as a treatment for adults hospitalized with Covid-19.
LONDON (Reuters) - Scientists in Italy have found traces of the new coronavirus in wastewater collected from Milan and Turin in December 2019 - suggesting COVID-19 was already circulating in northern Italy before China reported the first cases.
The Italian National Institute of Health looked at 40 sewage samples collected from wastewater treatment plants in northern Italy between October 2019 and February 2020. An analysis released on Thursday said samples taken in Milan and Turin on Dec. 18 showed the presence of the SARS-Cov-2 virus.
Commonly used steroid reduces risk of death in sickest coronavirus patients, preliminary study results suggest (cnn.com)
The widely available steroid drug dexamethasone may be key in helping to treat the sickest Covid-19 patients who require ventilation or oxygen, according to researchers in the United Kingdom.
The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in the United States topped 2 million late Wednesday night, according to Johns Hopkins University. The mark was passed with all 50 states in various stages of re-opening and with numerous states experiencing surges in cases and severe strain on their hospitals.
With no active Covid-19 cases, New Zealand is lifting almost all its coronavirus restrictions (cnn.com)
Almost all coronavirus restrictions in New Zealand will be lifted tomorrow, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has announced, after the country reported no active cases.
Schools and workplaces will be able to open under the new "level 1" rules, with no limitations on gatherings or domestic travel.