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Pandemic
Don’t sweat it: Chilean dogs sniff out coronavirus in early stages
Sniffer dogs are best-known for detecting drugs, explosives and people but have also previously been trained to detect other diseases including malaria, cancer and Parkinson’s disease.
Gilead raises sales outlook to include COVID-19 treatment remdesivir
Demand for remdesivir continues to outstrip supply in many parts of the world.
Gilead’s chief executive, Daniel O’Day, on a conference call, said the company expects by the end of September to be producing enough remdesivir to meet real-time global demand.
Gilead said it still expects to manufacturer 2 million or more remdesivir treatment courses cumulatively in 2020, and its revenue outlook reflects expected sales of up to 1.5 million courses this year.
Antibody drug lowers risk of death in elderly COVID-19 patients – Cuban study
Researchers,including from Cuba’s Center of Molecular Immunology,which developed itolizumab, said timely use of the drug in combination with standard therapy helped reduce inflammation and prevented COVID-19 from worsening.
Children carry COVID-19 virus, small study finds
Data on children as sources of coronavirus spread are sparse, and early reports did not find strong evidence of children as major contributors to the deadly virus that has killed 669,632 people globally.
Understanding the transmission potential in children will be key to developing public health guidelines, said the researchers who published the study in the journal JAMA Pediatrics.
SC asks Centre to ensure salaries paid to doctors on time
The court had said, the Central Government shall issue appropriate direction to the Chief Secretary of the States/ Union Territories to ensure that the orders are faithfully complied with, violation of which may be treated as an offence under the Disaster Management Act read with the Indian Penal Code.”
Pandemic will intensify risks for insurers,says EU watchdog
“The COVID-19 has further intensified the pre-existing challenges posed by the prolonged low-yield environment, a fundamental risk for both insurance and pension sectors.”
Financial systems designed in wrong way, Covid-19 has revealed weaknesses:Muhammad Yunus
“COVID has given us a chance to reflect on how big, bold decisions can be taken. It has given us a window of thinking and we have a choice, whether we go to that terrible world which is going to destroy itself anyway or we go someplace else and build a new world where there will be no global warming, no wealth concentration, no unemployment,” the pioneer of micro credit financing said.
‘So far, so good’ on leading COVID vaccine, says AstraZenec
AstraZeneca has already reached deals with countries to make more than 2 billion doses of its COVID-19 vaccine, developed in partnership with the University of Oxford, and says it could be approved by the end of this year.
India is at a disadvantage in dealing with pandemics
Even in the short term, though, there are quick lessons to learn. Consider one success story in India — the outbreak in the massive Mumbai slum of Dharavi, where “Slumdog Millionaire” was famously set. Early on, it seemed that Dharavi would almost certainly suffer an exponential rise in cases. Instead, an innovative combination of privately staffed fever clinics, repurposed public infrastructure and manpower from non-governmental organizations managed to flatten the curve there.
India’s coronavirus cases rise by a daily record of 55,078, death toll at 35,747
Covid-19 infections in the country jumped by 55,078 in the past 24 hours, while the death toll rose by 779 to 35,747, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said on its website.Maharashtra has reported its highest single-day spike of 11,147 cases and its tally now stands at 4,11,798. Tamil Nadu’s corona tally has shot up to 239,978 with 5,864 fresh cases. Both states have extended their lockdowns until August 31, with some relaxations.
India’s Covid-19 recovery rate now stands at 64.54 per cent, said Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan here on Friday.