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China to strengthen global cooperation in COVID-19 vaccine trials
China will strengthen international cooperation in future COVID-19 clinical vaccine trials, building on earlier collaboration in vaccine development, the science and technology minister said on June 7.
Central Military Hospital to participate in WHO study regarding COVID-19 treatment schemes
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Global vaccines programme gets $8.8bn shot in the arm
Governments around the world on June 4 pledged $8.8 billion for global vaccines alliance Gavi to help immunisation programmes disrupted by coronavirus, prompting calls for global cooperation to ensure a potential COVID-19 vaccine is available to all.
14-Day Quarantine for Arriving in UK after June 8
The United Kingdom has introduced a mandatory 14-day quarantine for all passengers arriving in the country from June 8 in connection with the COVID-19 pandemic. The presence of a negative coronavirus test is not a reason to avoid quarantine.
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Refugee camp in northern Greece quarantined after Covid-19 infection
A refugee camp in Nea Kavala was quarantined by health authorities on Thursday after a pregnant woman tested positive for Covid-19, according to reports in local media.
Teams from the National Organization for Public Health (EODY), along with the Health Ministry's infectious disease expert Sotiris Tsiodras, are at the camp testing all residents.
COVID-19 prevalence test, to show how many Romanians had disease, will be done on 29,019 subjects
The Health Minister, Nelu Tataru, has stated on Wednesday that the COVID-19 prevalence test, which will show the percentage of the population immunized to the novel coronavirus, will be done over June, July and August and will be conducted on a sample of 29,019 subjects. "The prevalence test will be done in June, July and I believe August.
Study points to success of Greek lockdown
The lockdown in response to the coronavirus pandemic and the implementation of multiple measures promoting social distancing led to an 81 percent reduction of Greece's R number (which measures the rate of the virus' reproduction), according to a study by Greek researchers.
The R number is basically how many people an infected person will transmit the disease to.
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Science Board looks at use of hydroxychloroquine in Turkey’s COVID-19 treatment
Turkey's Science Board is examining the possible effects of hydroxychloroquine on COVID-19 patients in the face of claims that the drug may cause some complications, Professor Ahmet Demircan, a member of the board, has said.
Dr Gligic: "If we all kissed and spat on each other, it wouldn't be like this" VIDEO
"The most important thing was to find out how it was transmitted, because at the beginning, it was said that it was by droplets. It was strange to me that there were 1.000 cases a day and I said - if we all kissed and spat on each other, it wouldn't be like this," says Dr Ana Gligic, who stopped "smallpox epidemic" about 50 years ago.
AP: More Than 360 kg of Cocaine were Found in an Apartment in Sofia
SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — Bulgarian police have discovered and seized more than 360 kilograms (nearly 800 pounds) of cocaine from an apartment in the capital.