Current Affairs Coronavirus Thread - Serious stuff !!!

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www.bbc.co.uk

Coronavirus: Protein treatment trial 'a breakthrough'

Synairgen says preliminary results suggest its nebuliser treatment can lower the risk of disease.
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It hasn't been peer reviewed yet, and it would likely be a few months before it could be approved for general use, but it sounds very hopeful in that it looks like it could be used to treat the majority of hospitalised cases, meaning they wouldn't need intensive care.


It doesn't mention it in the article, but the more treatments there are also potentially helps vaccine development. If there are successul treatments, it reduces the risks associated with challenge vaccine trials ( were volunteers are purposefully exposed to the virus after being vaccinated ).
 
Catfish Blues said:
Swab testing of NHS staff is taking place mate, and is basically being done to use spare capacity in Pillar 1. Patient testing at Pillar 1, including admissions, retests and test on discharge to care homes will be running at, very roughly, 25,000 tests a day, which leaves a gap of about 20,000.
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Not nit picking at all mate but isn't that pretty much what I said in my original post.

Barnfred 55 said:
Much of the tier 1 testing is repetitive testing on our health and care staff.
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OK, care staff is being done from pillar 2 capacity but come on. I don't think even my A level examiner would have marked me down for that lol. You're a hard taskmaster.

As regards your final paragraph. Yeah. The decision to start counting tests when they are sent out in the post, rather than when they are actually processed was pure lunacy, which I'm sure they now regret deeply. It's what happens when you start making decisions for political reasons.
 
Tipp blue said:
I've been wearing face masks to the shops, and I've noticed that quite alot of people are wearing them but under their nose.
So now not only do they look like proper tits it's not even fit for purpose the way they have it on.
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Maybe they don't need to wear them and have only got them on to get into the shop?
 
www.theguardian.com

Covid-19 outbreak in Xinjiang spreads to second Chinese city

Twenty-two new cases reported day after ‘wartime’ measures introduced in Urumqi
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A coronavirus outbreak in China’s northwestern region of Xinjiang has spread to a second city, one day after authorities announced “wartime” anti-pandemic measures in a district in the city of Urumqi. On Monday, the national health commission reported 22 new cases, five of which were imported. One case was reported in the ancient Silk Road city of Kashgar, in north-western Xinjiang, while the rest were in the capital city of Urumqi.

At least 47 people diagnosed with Covid-19 in Xinjiang were in the city of Urumqi. However, the Urumqi city government has not provided a public update since 15 July. On Sunday, the national health commission said 13 people in Xinjiang were reported to have the virus, 16 on Saturday, and one on Friday.

Measures announced on Sunday for the Tianshan district of Urumqi included mass health screenings, and some public transport and most flights into the city were stopped on Saturday. Group activities have been suspended and people were warned against unnecessary travel outside the city.

District authorities have also “strengthened [housing] compound management”, including tighter controls over who goes in and out, carrying out a comprehensive disinfection of the public areas of the community, providing contactless delivery services and help purchasing daily necessities.
 
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