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Bulgarian Virologist: With SARS-CoV-2 Nature Shows Us We Have a Lot to Learn
Any information on the origin of the coronavirus causing Covid-19 that will be collected during the WHO mission in China will be valuable. Discovering the origin of a virus, we will be prepared for other risks of virus transmission from animals to humans, told BNR virologist Assoc. Prof. Lyubomira Nikolaeva-Glomb from the National Center for Infectious and Parasitic Diseases.
Gloomy prognosis of the director of one of the companies that produces the vaccine
Many leading health officials believe that there is a high probability that COVID-19 will become an endemic disease, that is, that it will be permanently present, but probably in lower levels of infection than today.
Chief Executive Officer of the biotech firm Moderna, a company that produces a vaccine against the coronavirus, says that "SARS-CoV-2 is not going anywhere."
China logs first virus death in 8 months as WHO huddles on new strains
China recorded its first COVID-19 death in eight months on Jan. 14, as experts huddled to discuss worrying new strains of the coronavirus that are spreading rapidly around the globe.
The gathering in Geneva of the World Health Organization's emergency committee comes as their colleagues landed in Wuhan for a long-delayed mission to find the origins of the virus.
New SARS-CoV-2 infections drop to 671
New coronavirus infections in Greece fell to 671 on Wednesday from 866 on Tuesday, bringing the total number of infections since the start of the pandemic to 146,688.
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Trials of New Anti-Covid Drug Launched in UK
A large-scale trial of a new treatment has begun in the UK, with high hopes of helping Covid-19 patients stop developing serious illness.
The new treatment involves inhaling a protein called Interferon Beta, which the body produces in infection.
The hope is that this will stimulate the immune system and the cells will be prepared to fight viruses.
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Coronavirus latest/ Romania's COVID-19 death toll rises by 88 to 16,969
Romania's COVID-19 death toll hit 16,969 following another 88 coronavirus-related fatalities in the past 24 hours, the Strategic Communication Group (GCS) informs today. Of these, one death was in the 30 - 39 years age range, seven were in the 50 - 59 age range, 24 in the 60 - 69 age range, 39 fatalities were in the 70 - 79 age range and 17 in the 80+ age group.
Attica viral spread remains source of concern
Health experts are making no secret that they are increasingly concerned by the future course of the coronavirus pandemic in the aftermath of the holiday season, particularly in the densely populated area of Attica, which has seen an increase in the number of cases by at least 20% since Christmas.
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Virus infections appear resistant to lockdown measures
Coronavirus infections in Greece seemed resistant to the continuing restrictive measures with 866 new cases announced by health authorities on Tuesday, compared with 444 on Monday.
The National Organization of Public Health (EODY) said the total number of infections since the start of the pandemic was 146,020.
2.142 newly infected, 29 people died
In the last 24 hours, 13.323 people were tested, a total of 2.424.147 since the outbreak of the epidemic.
There are now 5.554 patients on hospital treatment, and 189 patients are on respirators.
Since the outbreak of the epidemic, bringing the total number of deaths to 3.639, and the mortality rate is one percent.
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State of alert in Romania extended by 30 days from January 13
The Romanian government approved at a meeting on Tuesday extending by 30 days the state of alert in Romania from January 13. According to a governmental press statement, the decision on extending the state of alert and establishing measures to be applied during it to prevent and combat the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic was adopted as placed on the agenda of the government meeting.