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Following Coronavirus vaccines revealed by Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna after encouraging late-stage trial results, British pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca announced on Monday that it too has developed a Covid-19 vaccine. Unlike Pfizer and Moderna’s effectiveness of 95% and 94.5%, respectively, AstraZeneca’s vaccine has an average efficacy of 70%. However, depending on dosage, the latest vaccine’s effectiveness could […]
... written on Nov 23 2020If you think an effective vaccine for Covid-19 will be available before Christmas this year, you would be disappointed. Unless you don’t mind trying Russian-developed vaccine – “Sputnik V” – which is already available, a United States FDA-approved vaccine won’t happen until next year. The virus is still spreading rapidly, with over 1-million deaths and […]
... written on Oct 15 2020Trump, 74, and first lady Melania Trump, 50, have both tested positive for Covid-19. A feverish and fatigued President Trump was flown to a military hospital – Walter Reed National Military Medical Center – on Friday night where he is being given Remdesivir therapy. Now there’s concern that the White House or Trump might have […]
... written on Oct 04 2020As expected, Vladimir Putin’s announcement that his country has become the first country in the world to approve a Coronavirus vaccine fails to win applause. The Russian president announced the great news on Tuesday – “As far as I know, a vaccine against a new Coronavirus infection has been registered this morning, for the first […]
... written on Aug 13 2020When President Trump signed into law a Coronavirus relief package on March 27, 2020, called the Federal Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation (PEUC) program, offered through the federal CARES Act, the US$2.2 trillion stimulus package was the largest in the history of the United States. The law surpassed Obama’s US$800 billion package following the 2008 financial […]
... written on May 27 2020Donald Trump told all and sundry that he has been taking a drug called hydroxychloroquine – “every day” – for about a week and a half. The 73-year-old president proudly told reporters on Monday how the anti-malaria drug has helped shield him from being infected by Coronavirus, despite public health officials warning it may be […]
... written on May 20 2020The global lockdown approach adopted by almost every government in the world might not be the right, or the only solution, based on Coronavirus infection data collected and analysed by Professor Isaac Ben-Israel. After all, South Korea, Taiwan and Sweden didn’t lock down and they did not appear to be doing any worse than Italy […]
... written on Apr 23 2020As early as February 29, the U.S. Surgeon General told people to “stop buying masks” because the face masks were simply not effective in preventing them from catching the highly infectious Coronavirus. Vice President Mike Pence then told a press conference that there was no need for Americans to wear face masks to protect themselves […]
... written on Apr 05 2020Five days ago (March 23), Senior Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob confirmed the public’s suspicion – the police was still tracking down about 3,800 members who attended a “Tabligh” religious gathering that had taken place at a Sri Petaling mosque – Masjid Jamek – in Kuala Lumpur from February 28 and March 1. The rally was attended […]
... written on Mar 29 2020The superpower United States now has more confirmed Coronavirus cases than any other country in the world, including China. At 104,256 cases and 1,704 deaths, the U.S. has emerged as the gold medalist on the chart of the Covid-19 confirmed cases. In terms of death toll, the U.S. is just behind Italy (9,134), Spain (5,138), […]
... written on Mar 28 2020
