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A Chinese laboratory has developed a drug that it believes has the power to end the Coronavirus pandemic. It will not only shorten the recovery period of coronavirus patients but will provide short-term immunity against the infection. Sunney Xie, director of the Beijing Center for Advanced Innovation in Genomics, told AFP that the drug had passed animal testing. “When we injected neutralizing antibodies into infected mice after five days, the viral load was reduced by a factor of 2,500,” said Xie. “This means that this potential drug has a therapeutic effect. “ Antibodies are needed for the new coronavirus pandemic…

UK unemployment rose by 50,000 to 1.35 million in the three months to March, as the effects of the coronavirus lockdown slam the economy.  The unemployment rate was estimated at 3.9%, slightly up on the previous quarter, the Office for National Statistics said.  Before lockdown began, UK employment was at a record high. And the figures only cover the first week of the lockdown so the total is likely to worsen sharply in the coming months.  Jagjit Chadha, director of the National Institute of Economic and Social Research, told the BBC: “We can reasonably expect unemployment to rise very quickly…

Tuesday 19 May coronavirus updates BRIEF – ME! – DAILY NEWS BRIEFINGTuesday 19 May 2020 News Briefing – Today’s headlines are dominated by the global Coronavirus Pandemic. As of 6:30 am (GMT), these are the global active numbers.Global COVID-19 UPDATECoronavirus Cases: 4,894,254Deaths: 320,186Recovered: 1,908,077 Trump threatens to permanently pull US funding from WHOLondon care homes possible fresh outbreak of coronavirus Previous Next Headlines: What the papers say? Coronavirus: Global cases top 4 million as US president Donald Trump threatens to permanently pull funding from WHO.UK: Young people most likely to lose work in lockdown. London care homes report a possible fresh outbreak.Japan will…

Many European countries will be further easing their Coronavirus lockdown restrictions from Monday including Italy and Spain who were among the hardest hit. Most businesses in Italy, including bars and hairdressers, will be free to reopen after more than two months of nationwide lockdown measures. Spain is set to relax its restrictions in most of the country, with groups of up to 10 people free to meet. The measures follow consistent drops in the number of daily recorded deaths. Death tolls in Italy and Spain fallOn Sunday, Italy recorded the fewest daily deaths since it enforced a nationwide lockdown in…

The health system in Brazil’s largest city, São Paulo could collapse as demand grows for emergency beds to deal with Coronavirus cases, city mayor warned. Bruno Covas said the city’s public hospitals had reached 90% capacity and could run out of space in two weeks. He accused those who flouted lockdown rules of playing “Russian roulette” with people’s lives. Record Coronavirus Deaths in São PauloSão Paulo is one of the country’s worst-hit regions, with almost 3,000 deaths so far. This week Brazil overtook Spain and Italy to become the nation with the fourth-largest number of infections. The health ministry reported…

Monday 18 May coronavirus updates BRIEF – ME! – DAILY NEWS BRIEFINGMonday 18 May 2020 News Briefing – Today’s headlines are dominated by the global Coronavirus Pandemic. As of 6:30 am (GMT), these are the global active numbers.Global COVID-19 UPDATECoronavirus Cases: 4,805,554Deaths: 316,753Recovered: 1,860,215 BAME medics fear they’ll catch the diseaseMicheal Jordan NBA Previous Next Headlines: What the papers say? Over three-quarters of BAME medics fear they will contract the disease.Stations put crowd control measures in place, as the UK goes back to work.Trump officials deflect blame for US death toll, escalate reopening push.Japan slips into a recession, but worse is still…

The prime minister has admitted his government’s plans for easing the Coronavirus lockdown is causing “frustration”, as he faces a growing revolt from doctors, nurses, teachers and regional councils. Boris Johnson acknowledged the situation had become more “complex” but said he would trust what he called “the good sense of the British people” and thanked the public for “sticking with us” so far. But the mayor of Greater Manchester, Andy Burnham, warned the prime minister of a “fracturing of national unity” if he ignored the concerns of the regions over his roadmap out of the  COVID19 crisis. The PM wrote in…

Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte said on Saturday Italy is opening borders and was taking a calculated risk in rolling back lockdown measures from next week as the daily death toll from the  COVID-19 pandemic fell to its lowest rate since March 9. He said “the contagion curve” could rise again, but the country could not afford to wait for a vaccine. Mr Conte announced that travel to and from Italy, and between the country’s regions would be allowed from 3 June. Travellers from EU countries will be able to enter Italy without going into a two-week quarantine. The latest…

The UK’s Coronavirus crisis has reignited one of the country’s most bitter political debates: Can the United Kingdom and Northern Ireland survive as a union of four nations or will the PM’s approach to coronavirus Lockdown split the Kingdom. On Sunday night, Prime Minister Boris Johnson addressed the country from 10 Downing Street in a recorded message, announcing his plan for the UK to emerge from lockdown. He called on millions of people to return to work and gave a rough outline of when schools and shops might reopen over the comings months. He also shifted his government’s core message…

Just days after Mike Pompeo’s visit to Israel, the Chinese ambassador to Israel has been found dead. Du Wei, the Chinese Ambassador was found dead in his home in Tel Aviv, Israel. An embassy worker found the body of Du Wei, 57, in his bed in a coastal suburb north of Tel Aviv. Initial reports say that Du was found dead in his bed by staff at his residence and that no signs of violence were found on his body. The Magen David Adom first aid service said that the cause of death appears to be a cardiac incident. https://twitter.com/Mahyar313/status/1261927065756057600 Israeli…