Topic: Coronavirus
Oxford’s COVID-19 vaccine trial has 50-percent chance of success: Report
The University of Oxford's COVID-19 vaccine trial has only a 50-percent chance of success as coronavirus cases ebb in the UK, the professor co-leading the development of the vaccine told the Daily Telegraph newspaper.
China reports no new COVID-19 cases for first time
China did not register any new confirmed COVID-19 cases for the first time since the pandemic began and detected only two suspicious cases, the countrys National Health Commission reported on Saturday.
Over 1.25 lakh infected with COVID-19; recovery rate at 41.4%: India
More than 1.25 lakh people have been infected from coronavirus in the country till date. On Saturday, the Ministry of Health updated the national COVID-19 tally to 125,101.
80 million children at risk of measles, polio as vaccines disrupted, warn WHO, UNICEF and Gavi
According to data collected by the WHO, UNICEF, Gavi and the Sabin Vaccine Institute, provision of routine immunization services is substantially hindered in at least 68 countries and is likely to affect approximately 80 million children under the age of one living in these countries.
106,000 COVID-19 cases in 24 hours globally – most in a single day yet
There were 106,000 new cases of new coronavirus infection recorded globally in the last 24 hours - the most in a single day yet, the World Health Organization said.
We cannot hold back when world is suffering, says Kerala medical team in UAE
Leaving behind his four-month-old child was a heart-breaking moment for Vinod Sebastian, one of the senior nurses among the Indian medical team from India. “How can we hold back when a virus is raging around the world? It is our duty to serve the ailing and defend the spread of the virus,” he says.
