On September 8, British pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca announced that it had suspended the global phase III clinical trial of the COVID-19 vaccine AZD1222 (ChAdOx1) due to an UNEXPLAINED disease in a British volunteer.
As one of the companies with the fastest progress in the research and development of COVID-19 vaccines in the world, AstraZeneca has suspended clinical trials in the final sprint stage, which has attracted great attention from the market.
Recently, News from various sources shows that Chinese COVID-19 vaccine has begun a large-scale voluntary self-funded emergency vaccination, even including primary and middle school students.
On September 5, There were three COVID-19 vaccines were officially unveiled at the 2020 China International Trade and Services Fair. Two are inactivated vaccines from SINOPHARM Beisheng Biology and Wusheng Biology, and the other is inactivated vaccines from SINOVAC.
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The Washington Post reported on the 7th that Northeastern University, a private university located in Boston, USA, issued a statement on the 5th, saying that school staff found that 11 students gathered in the same room at the Westin Hotel in Boston on the evening of the 2nd, violating the school’s rules. According to the epidemic prevention regulations, it was decided to cancel their admission qualifications and will not refund 36,500 US dollars of tuition.
According to data from the Indian government website on September 7th, as of 8 am local time on the 7th, the cumulative number of confirmed cases of new crown in India reached 4,204,613, with 90,802 new cases added within 24 hours. The cumulative number of deaths reached 71,642, with 1016 newly added within 24 hours.
This data means that India once again broke the record of 90,632 new cases in a single day the previous day, and surpassed Brazil (which reached 4,137,521 cases on the same day) to become the second worst country in the world after the United States.
President Trump said at a rally in Pennsylvania on September 3 that a new coronavirus vaccine might be available next month. Trump pointed out that the three vaccines are in the final stages of clinical trials. Trump said at a rally in Latrobe, Pennsylvania: “According to the speed of action, we can still produce a safe and effective vaccine in the record time we are talking about. In my opinion, it will be before the end of the year.
On August 17, 2020 local time, US Chief Infectious Disease Expert Anthony Fauci said: “We’d better not think that ‘young people who are not in the hospital are okay, and it’s okay to get them infected.’ No, that’s not possible.”
He said at the briefing of the American Society of Microbiology: “For those who are young and healthy, they do not need hospitalization, but they do get sick. If the symptoms are severe, they will be bedridden for 1 to 3 weeks, and then they will get better.
The durability of human immunity produced by different viruses is not the same. Some will have a life-long protective effect, and some have very limited immunity. There is no definite result for the immunity of the new coronavirus, but through observation of the immunity of other coronaviruses, it can generally be maintained for 6 months to 12 months. Even if the new coronavirus does not have life-long protection, as long as there is a certain period of protection, multiple vaccination with a certain frequency can achieve the protection effect, said by Wu Zunyou recently in a public press, Chief Expert of Epidemiology of Chinese CDC
According to BGR reports, some doctors recently warned that even after the virus is cleared, the symptoms of the new Coronavirus will linger. A study from the United Kingdom showed that about 75% of new Coronavirus pneumonia survivors will still experience symptoms within a few months, including difficulty breathing, excessive fatigue and muscle aches. Doctors don’t know what causes this so-called “long-term COVID” symptom, but they are continuing to research patients and trying to come up with treatments that may alleviate these side effects of COVID-19.
Florida surpassed 200,000 coronavirus cases as the state reported another 10,059 new positives on Sunday.
The state has reported more than 10,000 new cases for a fourth straight day as the country sees another surge in the pandemic. Florida is among 11 states where numbers have spiked, at least doubling over the past two weeks.
On Saturday, Florida reported 11,458 new cases of the virus, which breaks its previous records and approaches New York’s highest daily tally of 11,571 from April.
At least 10,264,000 coronavirus cases have been detected worldwide, with roughly 2.6 million infections reported in the United States. At least 124,000 Americans have died of complications of covid-19, and the global death count is hovering near 505,000.
As coronavirus cases continue to surge across the Sun Belt, the optimism surrounding ambitious reopening plans is swiftly dissipating. Arizona delayed plans to reopen public schools and ordered bars, gyms, movie theaters and water parks to close on Monday, as the state marked yet another day with a record number of hospitalizations.
