Coronavirus updates: Latest news from around the world

Coronavirus updates: Latest news from around the world

Brazil surpassed 4 million cases of coronavirus on Thursday as a growing number of infections continue to be recorded throughout the country. The health ministry reported 43,773 new cases of Covid-19 and 834 deaths on Thursday evening, bringing total confirmed cases in Brazil to 4,041,638 and its death toll to 124,614.  After the United States, … Read more

These two things should give people hope, according to Fauci

These two things should give people hope, according to Fauci

Pfizer Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Dr. Albert Bourla said the ongoing clinical trial for a Covid-19 vaccine has enrolled about 23,000 participants, and some are already getting the second dose of the vaccine.  Pfizer “should be able to have enough events to say, if the product works or not” by the end of October, … Read more

More data needed on how effective convalescent plasma is as Covid-19 treatment, Fauci says

More data needed on how effective convalescent plasma is as Covid-19 treatment, Fauci says

Source: CNN The US’s top infectious disease expert, Dr. Anthony Fauci, reiterated his plea to the American people to take adequate safety precautions as they celebrate this Labor Day to avoid coronavirus infections. “We don’t want to see a repeat of the surges that we’ve seen following holiday weekends,” he said. He emphasized that this does not … Read more

India reports more than 83,000 new Covid-19 cases in highest daily spike

India reports more than 83,000 new Covid-19 cases in highest daily spike

A Central Industrial Security Force personnel stand guards during a media preview as the Delhi Metro network prepares to resume services partially after more than five months shut down due to the Covid-19 pandemic, in New Delhi on September 3. Prakash Singh/AFP via Getty Images India reported 83,337 new Covid-19 cases on Thursday, the highest … Read more

Covid-19 vaccine “unlikely” by October, despite CDC distribution guidance, NIH director says

Covid-19 vaccine “unlikely” by October, despite CDC distribution guidance, NIH director says

The director of the National Institutes for Health, Dr. Francis Collins, said it’s “unlikely” that a coronavirus vaccine will be ready by October.  “But I defend the CDC in their effort to try to be sure people are prepared,” Collins said in an interview with CNN. The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has … Read more

Soccer star Neymar is reportedly one of three PSG players to test positive for Covid-19

Soccer star Neymar is reportedly one of three PSG players to test positive for Covid-19

Neymar of Paris Saint-Germain is interviewed after the UEFA Champions League quarter final match between Atalanta and PSG at Estadio do Sport Lisboa e Benfica on August 12, in Lisbon, Portugal. Michael Regan/UEFA/Getty Images Brazilian soccer star Neymar is one of three Paris Saint-Germain players to have contracted coronavirus, according to multiple reports, including the New York Times which cited people familiar with the matter. French media said that the 28-year-old, along with … Read more

University of Missouri has more than 450 students with Covid-19

University of Missouri has more than 450 students with Covid-19

Tami Chappell/AFP/Getty Images/FILE Coronavirus deaths are just that – deaths caused by Covid-19, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Wednesday.  President Trump has retweeted social media conspiracy theories saying that only a small percentage of the people reported to have died from coronavirus really did die from the virus. They have … Read more

Pope Francis holds first public audience since March

Pope Francis holds first public audience since March

Globally, there have been more than 25.7 million reported cases of Covid-19, and more than 850,000 people have died, according to figures from Johns Hopkins University. Here’s the latest on the pandemic. Night curfew to be imposed in Havana as coronavirus cases surge again: For the first time since the pandemic hit Cuba, Havana residents … Read more