The coronavirus vaccine will be ready in the fall: who will receive it
Several experimental COVID-19 vaccines are currently in clinical trials. Moderna, the mRNA-1273 vaccine maker, says their vaccine against the novel coronavirus, COVID-19, may be available as early as this fall to a select group of people. Writes about this Medium. The first phase of testing ...
$ 20 trillion lawsuit: US attorney sues China over coronavirus
US lawyer Larry Kleiman, conservative human rights organization Freedom Watch and Texas-based photo studio Buzz Photos filed a lawsuit against the Chinese government. The drafters of the lawsuit claim that the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus is a “biological weapon” and accuse China of using it. The amount of claims is...
'There may be very serious cases': CDC urges youth not to ignore the threat of coronavirus
While people around the world are isolating themselves in quarantine, drunken students are partying on the beaches of Miami in Florida, writes BBC. Young people often think that they are invulnerable, but this is not true. “If I catch coronavirus, then so...
In which countries of the world not a single case of coronavirus has been officially recorded
There are still corners in the world where the 2019-nCoV coronavirus has not reached, or the 28-nCoV coronavirus allegedly has not, writes FoxNews. We are publishing a list of independent states free from the deadly pandemic as of March 2019. According to scientists, the XNUMX-nCoV virus is spreading exponentially around the planet. On…
COVID-19 mortality statistics in countries of the world: what it depends on and why it varies significantly
When checking the latest data on the increase in diseases and deaths from COVID-19, it is striking that there are significant differences in the number of deaths in different countries. How is it explained? By DW. If you look at the total number of diagnosed cases of SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus infection in Germany, then ...
The head of the IMF announced the beginning of a world recession
The global economy plunged into a recession, no less than in 2009, said Kristalina Georgieva, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), RBC reports. "The recession for 2020 is expected to be quite deep," the head of the IMF said during a briefing, warning that the recovery in 2021 ...
Heroes, villains and victims: how people and the media reacted to epidemics before COVID-19
How do people treat doctors and authorities during a pandemic, why do they willingly wash their hands, but rarely get vaccinated, who is more worried about the news about the disease, and what is wrong with comparing the virus to epidemics like the Spanish flu? "Paper" retells the findings of international studies, ...
Break through to the homeland: on the Polish-Ukrainian border, a multi-thousandth line formed
There is a crowd of people on the Polish-Ukrainian border. Thousands of Ukrainians want to have time to return home before Ukraine completely closes its borders. How fast the queue moves - it is not known, as, in fact, the number of people waiting to cross the border, reports TSN. Videos are published on the Internet ...
On-site march, meditation, and giving up alcohol: WHO has published quarantined tips
The World Health Organization (WHO) has issued recommendations for people forced to stay at home due to the spread of coronavirus infection: they need to move more, avoid sitting in one place and eat right, Interfax reports. “Even in small spaces, walking around the perimeter or marching on...
Can coronavirus penetrate the skin: 5 important questions about 2019-nCoV
Both true information and many myths and speculations are being spread about the new coronavirus 2019-nCoV. Recently there were rumors on the Internet that this virus can be infected through the skin. Whether this is true or not, Voice of America correspondents looked into it. What percentage of the world's population is likely to get sick...