A day after several vaccine manufacturers signed a protection pledge, one of the corporations to make a COVID-19 vaccine appears to have hit a roadblock.
AstraZeneca has suspended clinical trials for COVID-19 international while investigating an adverse reaction in a trial participant from the UK. The halt represents the first primary setback in what has been a surprisingly graceful adventure in the traditionally immediate vaccination effort around the world. That said, large-scale, breakthrough Phase 3 clinical trials are those in which genuine disorders are most likely to occur.
Meanwhile, at a crusade rally in Winston-Salem, North Carolina on Tuesday, President Donald Trump accused the state governor of using coronavirus restrictions to hurt his chances for re-election. This is Trump’s third appearance in as many weeks in North Carolina, a very important state that he will have to win to secure his re-election. He won the Tar Heel state by nearly 4%, but national ballots show him stuck with Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden, according to a RealClearPolitics voting average.
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? Today’s figures: The United States has more than 6. 3 million cases shown and more than 189,600 deaths, according to the knowledge of Johns Hopkins University. Globally, there are approximately 27. 6 million cases and more than 898,000 deaths.
What are we reading: Through a California study organization, the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally in South Dakota is estimated to have caused more than 260,000 coronavirus cases in the month following the event. Gov. Kristi Noem called the “fiction. “
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University of California soccer player Jamain Stephens, 20, died, the school said Tuesday. Stephens, a senior defensive lineman, son of former Pittsburgh Steelers and Cincinnati Bengals offensive lineman Jamain Stephens.
Pittsburgh Central Catholic High School, where Stephens played, said in a Facebook post Tuesday that his cause of death was linked to headaches from COVID-19. It is not known how he contracted the disease.
The University of California will not bet on soccer this fall due to physical fitness considerations related to COVID-19, forcing the game to be suspended through the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference. A cause of death not given in the announcement from the University of California.
– Erick Smith
President Donald Trump started a crusade rally in Winston-Salem, North Carolina on Tuesday, according to the state governor of coronavirus restrictions to hurt his chances of re-election.
“Your state will be open,” Trump told a crowd of other people who burst with joy at Smith Reynolds Airport.
The president, still affected by the loss of the Republican conference that was supposed to take a position in Charlotte last month, but has moved on to an almost entirely virtual occasion on COVID-19, said North Carolina and other key states on the battlefields such as Michigan. they kept their states closed for “political reasons. “
“On November 4, those states will be open. They do it for political reasons,” Trump said in remarks that lasted 76 minutes.
– John Fritze, Courtney Subramanian and David Jackson
Los Angeles County fitness officials have set rules for Halloween celebrations amid the coronavirus pandemic. The city has banned door-to-door, trick or treat events, where treats are given from car to car, haunted houses, festivals and other similar events.
“No counterfeiting or door-to-door remedy is allowed as it can be very difficult to maintain smart social distance on porches and at front doors, especially in spaces popular with cheats or catering companies,” they hint. directives.
Instead, officials are encouraging families to celebrate by attending virtual events, car shows, drive-ins and other activities that meet the city’s public fitness guidelines.
The Transportation Safety Agency reported Tuesday that more people flew during Labor Day weekend than at any other time during the COVID-19 pandemic. Some 935,308 passengers passed through TSA checkpoints on Monday, setting a new record. This improves on the previous record of 862949 that was set on August 16.
The number of passengers passing TSA checkpoints topped 900,000 twice over the holiday weekend – the first Friday with 968,673 and then Monday. Thursday also saw above-average traffic with 877,673 passengers screened.
Although the TSA numbers have approached 1 million for the first time since the nation’s shutdown, they are still a long way from Labor Day weekend 2019, when more than 2 million passed through all checkpoints. one day.
– Jayme Deerwester
Honolulu Mayor Kirk Caldwell announced Tuesday that he would extend an existing two-week stay-at-home order to coronavirus in Hawaii’s largest city.
The stay-at-home order will continue until September 24. But Caldwell said it would replace the regulations to allow solo activity on beaches, parks and trails. Individuals will be able to run or eat alone in those public places starting Thursday.
AstraZeneca, one of those in the race to make a coronavirus vaccine, has suspended clinical trials for COVID-19 worldwide as it investigates an adverse reaction in a test player in the UK.
The company, which is lately working with Oxford University on phase 3 of its vaccine trials, said the pause was “a regimen action that will have to happen whenever there is a potentially unexplained illness in one of the trials. ” .
The halt represents the first primary setback in what has been a remarkably smooth adventure in the traditionally immediate vaccination effort around the world. That being said, large-scale, critical Phase 3 clinical trials are those in which genuine disorders are peaking and likely.
It is known what the reaction is or when it took place. Stat News reported that the individual is expected to recover.
– Elizabeth Weise and Karen Weintraub
Contribute: The Associated Press