Boris Johnson vowed to roll out new tests which can deliver results in just 15 minutes. He said a negative result would give Brits a “freedom pass” — allowing people to mingle like they did before Covid. But this morning Transport Secretary Grant Shapps admitted that the new tech wasn’t ready yet. He told …
The American Petroleum Institute reported late Wednesday that U.S. crude supplies rose by 3 million barrels for the week ended Sept. The API data, which was released a day later than usual because of Monday’s Labor Day holiday, also showed gasoline stockpiles dropped 6.9 million barrels, while distillate inventories rose by 2.3 million barrels. …
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The participant who triggered a global shutdown of AstraZeneca’s Phase 3 Covid-19 vaccine trials was a woman in the United Kingdom who experienced neurological symptoms consistent with a rare but serious spinal inflammatory disorder called transverse myelitis, the drug maker’s chief executive, Pascal Soriot, said during a private conference call with investors on Wednesday morning. …
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President Donald Trump admitted he knew weeks before the first confirmed US coronavirus death that the virus was dangerous, airborne, highly contagious and “more deadly than even your strenuous flus,” and that he repeatedly played it down publicly, according to legendary journalist Bob Woodward in his new book “Rage.” “This is deadly stuff,” Trump told …
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Shares on major stock markets in the United States extended gains on Wednesday with the Dow Jones Industrial Average jumping more than 400 index points as investors’ hopes over the country’s next coronavirus stimulus increased. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer claimed there is a “good chance” of reaching the agreement on the bill in the …
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President Trump has been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize by Christian Tybring-Gjedde, a member of the Norwegian Parliament, who cited the recent peace deal brokered between Israel and the United Arab Emirates. “For his merit, I think he has done more trying to create peace between nations than most other Peace Prize nominees,” Tybring-Gjedde …
President Trump said there could be a coronavirus vaccine “before a very special date.” While Trump did not specially mention which date, he has previously suggested that a vaccine for coronavirus could be ready before Election Day. “President Trump is getting this vaccine in record time. By the way, if this were the Obama administration, …
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https://youtu.be/BTTbqviHFCE White House coronavirus advisor Dr. Anthony Fauci said Tuesday a coronavirus vaccine probably won’t be ready by the U.S. presidential election even as the Centers for Disease and Prevention asks states to ready distribution facilities by Nov. 1. At a health conference, Fauci said it’s more likely a vaccine will be ready by “the …
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A large, Phase 3 study testing a Covid-19 vaccine being developed by AstraZeneca and the University of Oxford at dozens of sites across the U.S. has been put on hold due to a suspected serious adverse reaction in a participant in the United Kingdom. A spokesperson for AstraZeneca, a frontrunner in the race for a …
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Nearly 3,000 new “virus” cases in UK’s biggest daily increase since May Nearly 3,000 new cases of Covid-19 have been reported in the UK in the largest daily figure since May, with Health Secretary Matt Hancock admitting the rise is “concerning”. Government figures show there have been a further 2,988 lab-confirmed cases of coronavirus in …
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