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On Monday, the FDA has accepted an application by pharmaceutical company Inovio to start clinical human testing for a new COVID-19 vaccine candidate.

Race for a Vaccine

Treatments

The initiative is being backed by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.

Volunteers Start Taking Another Experimental Coronavirus Vaccine

British PM Boris Johnson has been taken to the intesive care at around seven o'clock, UK time. First Secretary of State Dominic Raab to deputise.

First World Leader

Developments

Boris Johnson is the first major political leader to land in intensive care after testing positive.

Breaking: British Prime Minister With COVID-19 Moved to ICU

Taiwan, Hong Kong, Singapore, and South Korea may face a second wave of COVID-19 cases as international travel brings the coronavirus back into the country.

Round Two

Global travel is reimporting the coronavirus to countries that had beaten it.

Hong Kong, Taiwan Face New COVID Outbreaks From Europe, America

Scammers are capitalizing on coronavirus pandemic by setting up fake testing sites to steal identities or hoarding crucial medical supplies.

Bad Actors

"We are seeing fraud across the board, everything from low-tech to very sophisticated schemes."

Scammers Dressed as Doctors Set Up Fake COVID Testing Sites

Researchers have found that Ivermectin — an FDA-approved anti-parasitic drug — was able to stop the SARS-CoV-2 virus from growing in cell cultures.

Fighting the Virus

"We need to figure out now whether the dosage you can use it at in humans will be effective — that's the next step."

Anti-Parasitic Drug Kills Coronavirus Cell Cultures in 48 Hours

A paper published in Nature, argues that "surgical face masks could prevent transmission of human coronaviruses and influenza viruses from symptomatic individuals."

Droplets and Aerosols

"But in the middle of a pandemic, we're desperate."

New Research: Masks Extremely Effective at Stopping Virus Spread

Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine announced today that they have developed a promising new COVID-19 vaccine candidate.

Race to a Vaccine

The drug is delivered through a Band-Aid-like patch — not a needle.

Researchers Announce Promising Coronavirus Vaccine Candidate

CNN anchor Chris Cuomo explained on the air that his case of COVID-19 has been keeping him up at night and making him hallucinate.

Ghost Stories

Chris Cuomo says the coronavirus is giving him bizarre hallucinations.

CNN Host Says COVID-19 Gave Him "Phantasmagorical Experiences"

A scientific panel told White House officials that the coronavirus can be spread not just through coughs and sneezes, but speaking and breathing as well.

Masked Crusader

Don't speak / I know just what you're sprayin.

Panel of Experts: You Can Spread the Coronavirus Just by Talking

An ominous scoop by The Courier-Journal, a local paper in Kentucky: judges in the state are ordering coronavirus patients to isolate — a demand they're enforcing by making them wear ankle monitors, as if they were under house arrest.

Police State

Devices

"These people aren't charged with a crime."

Kentucky Is Forcing Coronavirus Patients to Wear Ankle Monitors

Experts believe that World War II veteran Bill Lapschies maynow be the world's oldest survivor of the coronavirus currently causing a global pandeic.

Happy Birthday

Finally, some good news.

104-Year-Old World War II Veteran Survives Coronavirus

A team at Carnegie Mellon University has released an app that they say can determine whether you likely have COVID-19 — just by listening to your voice.

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