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Sanitation Committee Sajid Javid Said that the drug is the first drug specifically used to treat Covid. “We are now working with the NHS and expert clinicians to ensure that this treatment can be extended to NHS patients as soon as possible.“
Among the companies surveyed by competition regulators on the cost of travel PCR testing, only 2% of companies have been removed from government websites.
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A record 17,231 new coronavirus infections in the Philippines
The Philippine Department of Health reported 17,231 new coronavirus cases on Friday, a record high.
It said that the total number of confirmed infections in the Philippines has increased to more than 1.8 million, and after Friday’s recorded death toll of 317, the death toll has reached 31,198.
India reports 36,571 new coronavirus cases
The Indian government said in a statement on Friday that India has reported 36,571 new coronavirus infections in the past 24 hours.
UK regulator approved the first drug specifically designed to deal with Covid-19
The drug regulatory agency has approved the use of the first treatment in the UK that uses artificial antibodies to prevent and fight the coronavirus.
Health Minister Sajid Javid said that the approval of the country’s first drug specifically designed for Covid-19 is “good news” and he hopes that it can be introduced to NHS patients “as soon as possible”.
It is the first monoclonal antibody combination product approved for the prevention and treatment of acute viral infections in the UK.
Monoclonal antibodies are man-made proteins that act like natural human antibodies in the immune system.
MHRA said the drug, developed by pharmaceutical companies Regeneron and Roche, is administered by injection or infusion, and acts on the inner wall of the respiratory system, where it binds tightly with the virus and prevents it from entering the cell.
With the increase in delta variant cases, New Zealand has extended the national lockdown period
As the number of deaths from COVID-19 surges, Vietnam’s largest city issues a stay-at-home order
The business center of Vietnam, Ho Chi Minh City, announced on Friday that the country’s largest city will take drastic measures to slow the rising number of coronavirus deaths and will ban its residents from leaving their homes.
“We ask people to stay where they are and not to go out. Every family, company, and factory should be an anti-virus bastion,” Van der Hai, deputy director of the city’s Coronavirus Administration, said on Friday.
The order will take effect on Monday, and specific details have not yet been announced.
Hai said restricting movement should reduce infections and give the authorities the opportunity to focus on treating patients with serious illnesses.
Vietnam has been slow to procure vaccines. It had one of the best control records in the world until late April. As of May 1st, only 35 deaths and fewer than 3,000 cases have been recorded.
However, it has since jumped to more than 312,000 cases and 7,150 deaths. Ho Chi Minh City alone has about half of the infections and 80% of the deaths.
Emmy Awards require guests to undergo a negative Covid test and double vaccinations
Sydney lockdown extended to end of September
The lockdown in Australia’s largest city was extended to at least the end of September because of stricter measures including curfews and outdoor masks to slow the spread of the Delta variant of Covid-19.
New South Wales, including Sydney, reported 642 local infections in the latest 24 hours on Friday, exceeding 600 for the fourth consecutive day.
Since late June, a limousine driver was infected with the more contagious variant of Delta while transporting an American cargo crew from Sydney Airport, and Sydney has been locked down.
Since then, 65 people in New South Wales have died of Covid-19, and 4 of them died overnight.
The Sydney blockade was originally scheduled to end on August 28, but the state government announced that it will continue until September 30.
Due to the spread of the virus from Sydney, the entire state has been locked down since last week.
From 9 p.m. to 5 p.m. on Monday, the most affected suburbs of Sydney will have a curfew.
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