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Europe’s Covid surge looks less deadly as rise in testing keep deaths low
Many of the infections stem from younger people traveling and partying during the summer holidays, and some of those cases have been asymptomatic. Better treatment of the disease and improved procedures for identifying Covid-related deaths also help lower the death toll, John Ford, a lecturer in public health at the University of Cambridge.said.
Global coronavirus deaths exceed 800,000
The rate of deaths is holding steady with it taking 17 days to go from 700,000 to 800,000 deaths — the same time it took to go from 600,000 to 700,000.
The U.S. death toll surpassed 170,000 on Sunday, the highest in the world. While the number of new cases is down from a peak in July, the country is still seeing over 360,000 new cases a week.
WHO says children aged 12 and over should wear masks like adults
Studies suggest older children potentially play a more active role in transmission of the new coronavirus than younger children, the WHO and UNICEF said, adding more data was needed to better understand the role of children and adolescents in the transmission of the virus, which causes COVID-19.
The WHO first advised people to wear masks in public on June 5 to help reduce the spread of the disease, but had previously not issued specific guidance for children.
Covishield vaccine to be sold only after successful trial: Serum Institute
SII issued this clarification after reports in the media began appearing which claimed that Covishield- Oxford University’s vaccine candidate, will be commercialised in a little over two months.
The phase three trials for the Oxford vaccine candidate are being conducted by SII in India.
Serum Institute of India clarifies that the current claims over Covishield’s availability, in the media are completely false and conjectural. Presently, the government has granted us permission to only manufacture the vaccine and stockpile it for future use,” SII said.
Homeopathic drug given to half of Gujarat population since March
The state government also claimed that 99.6 per cent of people who availed AYUSH (Ayurveda, Yoga & Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and Homeopathy) remedies as prophylaxis during their quarantine period tested negative for coronavirus.
Coronavirus spread largely among under 40-year-olds in France – minister
“We’re in a risky situation,” Olivier Veran said in an interview with France’s Journal Du Dimanche (JDD) published on Sunday, adding that the higher number of cases being detected was not solely down to more testing.
COVID-19: India records highest single-day spike of 69,874 cases; tally rises to 29,75,701
The COVID-19 case fatality rate has declined to 1.87 per cent, it said.
There are 6,97,330 active cases of coronavirus infection in the country which comprises 23.43 per cent of the total caseload, the data stated.
Boeing testing hand-held UV wand to sanitize cockpits, cabins
Concerns by airline workers and passengers about the spread of COVID-19 has fueled a rush by companies to roll out new technology for aircraft sanitization.
The wand would eliminate the need for using alcohol or other disinfectants that could damage sensitive electronic equipment, Rae Lutters, chief engineer for Boeing’s ecoDemonstrator program, told a media briefing.
Aarogya Setu”s new feature to help organisations get health status of staff, other users
The new feature called ”Open API Service” will help people, businesses and the economy to return to normalcy, and aims to address the fear/risk of COVID-19 infection. The service can be availed by organisations and business entities, who are registered in India with more than 50 employees, and they can use it to query the Aarogya Setu application in real-time and get the health status of their employees or any other Aarogya Setu user, who have provided their consent for sharing their health status with that entity, the release added.
India”s COVID-19 caseload races past 30 lakh
According to health ministry data, of the 945 fresh deaths, 339 are from Maharashtra, 101 from Tamil Nadu, 93 from Karnataka, 91 from Andhra Pradesh, 64 from Uttar Pradesh, 55 from West Bengal, 34 from Punjab, 15 from Jammu and Kashmir, 14 each from Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh, 13 from Delhi, 12 each from Kerala, Chhattisgarh and Rajasthan and 11 from Jharkhand.