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New Strain of Coronavirus Is Possibly More Contagious

At a time when the entire world is fighting the crisis brought out by the Novel COVID-19, scientists have found a mutated strain of Coronavirus and have warned ...

Researcher 'on verge of very significant' coronavirus findings shot to death

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Scientists identify nearly 200 genetic mutations in COVID-19

It is far more contagious than the original strain which emerged from Wuhan, for reasons as yet unknown. Visit BGR's homepage for more stories . The coro...

Illinois Officials Announce 2,450 additional cases of COVID-19, 105 More Deaths

In the past 24 hours, IL has seen 2,341 new confirmed cases of COVID-19, including 46 additional deaths. The state has now seen 61,499 total cases of the viru...

Test track and trace app: How to download NHS contact tracing app

That approach contrasts to the "decentralised" approach adopted by many other countries, where all data processing is carried out on the devices themselves. The...

Pfizer Starts Human Trials of CCP Virus Vaccine Candidates

Just last week, we learned of a company from German that started trials on an mRNA vaccine. Their product reached the clinical phase trial stage, with Phase 1...

Pilot of Covid-19 contact tracing app begins

A targeted marketing campaign will launch on Friday 08 May to promote the app, with all households receiving a leaflet with clear instructions on how to downl...

UK's official death toll is highest in Europe

According to the latest data from the ONS, some 29,648 deaths were recorded in England and Wales as of April 24 - but once Scotland and Northern Ireland's offic...

BC announces only eight new coronavirus cases, the lowest in months

There are 442 people in the province's health-care system with COVID-19, including 171 staff. She said they have not yet found a suitable one. "There's a lot of...

Imperial COVID-19 vaccine team secures £22.5 million support

Prof Pollard added that testing the vaccine was not as simple as putting someone who has been vaccinated in the same room as someone suffering from coronavir...

Italy's Vaccine Neutralises Coronavirus in Human Cells, Claim Scientists

The report quoted Luigi Aurisicchio, CEO of Takis, as saying that the company was keen to collaborate internationally to speed up the process of development of ...

Government promises payout as NHS vital services restart

The eligibility for testing also applies to the workers' immediate family. However, at Tuesday's daily coronavirus press briefing, Health Secretary Matt Han...

UK, US warn of cyber threat to health sector fighting virus

The UK and United States warned on Tuesday that government-backed hackers were trying to hack healthcare and medical research bodies amid the novel coronavirus...

Ousted US whistle-blower says Trump health official played down coronavirus threat

Bright said the Trump administration wanted to "flood" hot spots in NY and New Jersey with the drug. His claims are detailed in a complaint filed Tuesday with...

Trump tours new face mask factory in Arizona but doesn’t wear one

He was scheduled to tour a Honeywell International Inc. mask production assembly line during and to preside over a discussion about supporting Native Americans....

County reports 9 new cases

Four cases were linked to worldwide travel, 10 to travel outside of the county, nine to community spread and 18 to contact with a confirmed case. Within the p...

Gilead in talks to expand global supply of COVID-19 drug remdesivir

Kato said in a TV program on Tuesday that a U.S. pharmaceutical company filed an application on Monday. Gilead last week received the US Food and Drug Adminis...

Children's illness may be linked to Covid-19

It causes inflammation of the arteries, affects the lymph nodes and can cause fatal heart attacks. Four of the fifteen children tested positive for the coron...

Sean Hannity rips armed MI protesters for ‘attempting to intimidate officials’

Images from the protests show people carrying Confederate flags and others holding swastikas. Whitmer said during a Sunday interview with CNN that the protest...

Ontario Leading The Way In COVID-19 Testing

Ford touted this progress at Monday's news conference, saying "these gains are significant". "We'll get out of this hopefully sooner than later, and we're doi...

Feds Roll Out Help For Farmers

The remaining $50 million of the new funds will help launch a surplus-food purchase program in which the government buys large quantities of food from farmers w...

British leading epidemiologist resigns for breaking lockdown rules

The Telegraph said he had been visited by a 38-year old woman on two occasions. The government had ramped up its response to the crisis after research by Fer...

Italy reports 236 new deaths, record drop in infections

However, British Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab urged against trying to make reliable global comparisons. Since different countries collect and report coro...

Govt's CSIR lab completes synthesis of Gilead's drug Remdesivir KSMs for coronavirus

Here's all you need to know about it. Remdesivir was granted emergency use authorization last week by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for COVID-19, the ...

French hospital discovers Covid-19 case from December

The 42-year-old man was born in Algeria and had been living in France for several years. He said his medical team revisited test results of 24 patients with...

Japan extends virus state of emergency until May 31

But, for the moment, in the 13 prefectures that have been hardest hit, including Tokyo and Osaka , a target of reducing person-to-person contacts by 80% will r...

Israeli institute develops coronavirus antibody: Minister

The "monoclonal neutralising antibody" developed at the Israel Institute for Biological Research (IIBR) "can neutralise it (the disease-causing coronavirus) i...

WH Blocks COVID Task Force Members From Testifying Before Congress Without Permission

The administration is planning to wind down its coronavirus task force, according to a report. He made the comments while President Trump was en route to Ariz...

United Kingdom care home deaths from coronavirus soar

Including deaths for Scotland and Northern Ireland, the toll on this measure now amounts to 32,313. That is still higher than Italy, which on Tuesday said it ...

Coronavirus-linked syndrome sending kids to intensive care. Here’s what we know

Numerous children, ages 2 to 15, had tested positive for either COVID-19 or for having COVID-19 antibodies. So far, no fatalities have been reported among the N...