October 27, 2020

Wave of new Covid-19 cases crashes across US and Europe as winter looms

Published in: The Business Standard Date: 27 October, 2020   US President Donald Trump, facing a tough re-election battle on Nov. 3, lashed out again at […]
October 27, 2020

Airplane Covid-19 risk ‘very low’ with masks, other actions, report finds

Published in: The Business Standard Date: 27 October, 2020   The report found transmission risks can be “reduced to very low levels through the combination of […]
October 26, 2020

WHO chief warns against ‘vaccine nationalism’

Published in: The Business Standard Date: 26 October, 2020   “Let me be clear: vaccine nationalism will prolong the pandemic, not shorten it.” The head of […]
October 26, 2020

Oxford Covid-19 vaccine trials produce robust immune response in elderly – FT

Published in: The Business Standard Date: 26 October, 2020   Reuters But the FT cautioned that positive immunogenicity tests do not guarantee that the vaccine will […]
October 25, 2020

Europe accounts for nearly 19% of global deaths and about 22% of global cases

Published in: The Business Standard Date: 25 October, 2020 Europe became the second region after Latin America to surpass 250,000 deaths on Saturday, according to a […]
October 24, 2020

COVID-19 Herd Immunity Strategies Could Bring ‘Untold Death and Suffering’ (The Nature)

Why proposals to largely let the virus run its course—embraced by Donald Trump’s administration and others—are a false promise Christie Aschwanden, Nature magazine October 24, 2020 […]
October 23, 2020

France extends curfew as Covid second wave surges in Europe

Published in: The Business Standard Date: 23 October, 2020   According to a Reuters tally, Oct 21 saw the highest total of Covid-19 cases reported in […]
October 23, 2020

US faces half a million Covid-19 deaths by February, study finds

Published in: The Business Standard Date: 23 October, 2020   More than a half million people in the United States could die from Covid-19 by the […]
October 23, 2020

US gives full approval to antiviral remdesivir to treat Covid-19

Published in: The Daily Star Date: 23 October, 2020 AFP The US Food and Drug Administration on Thursday granted full approval to the antiviral drug remdesivir […]