Category: America
American Coronavirus News
China suspends imports from Ecuadorian company after coronavirus found on seafood packaging
China suspended imports from FIREXPA S.A., an Ecuadorian seafood product manufacturer, after the novel coronavirus was found on the packaging of a batch of imported frozen fish, according to a notice by the General Administration of Customs. More...
Coronavirus cases in children in the US up 14% in 2 weeks
Major COVID-19 outbreak at an Olymel meat processing facility in the Beauce region of Canada
Workers at an Olymel meat-packing plant in the Beauce region are being tested for COVID-19, after a weekend outbreak infected dozens of employees. More...
AstraZeneca to resume its Covid-19 vaccine trial in the US
Drugmaker AstraZeneca will resume the trial of its experimental coronavirus vaccine in the United States, which has been on hold since September. More...
Brazilian COVID vaccine volunteer death – original report from Brazilian news
A Brazilian volunteer who participated in the clinical tests of the vaccine developed by Oxford University and the laboratory AstraZeneca died due to complications from Covid-19, last Thursday. More...
UPDATE: Brazilian health authority said that a volunteer in a clinical trial of the COVID-19 vaccine had died but the trial would continue
UPDATE: Brazilian health authority Anvisa said on Wednesday that a volunteer in a clinical trial of the COVID-19 vaccine developed by AstraZeneca AZN.L More...
Astrazeneca vaccine volunteer dies in Brazil
A volunteer from the AstraZeneca / Oxford clinical trial in Brazil for the Covid-19 vaccine has died.
Buenos Aires never-ending covid quarantine: Five months and counting
People across Argentina have begun speaking of “quaranternity” while enduring the world’s longest lockdown. More...
Sir Patrick Vallance: “I think it is unlikely that we will end up with a truly sterilising vaccine that completely stops infection.”
“It is likely that this disease will circulate and be endemic. More...
Nearly two-thirds of hospitalised coronavirus still have lung damage three months after being discharged
Up to 60% of patients had lasting damage to hearts, lungs, kidneys or livers
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8854815/Nearly-two-thirds-hospitalised-Covid-19-patients-lung-damage.html More...