AstraZeneca announced Tuesday that trials of her coronavirus vaccine were discontinued due to a suspected serious adverse reaction in a patient in the UK.
A corporate spokesman said the resolution to suspend the clinical trial, which has recruited thousands of volunteers, was part of “a regime action that will have to happen as long as there is a potentially unexplained disease in one of the trials while it is being investigated. making sure to maintain the integrity of the judgments,” according to Stat.
It is unclear whether the company voluntarily put the trial on hold or how long the suspension will last, however, the spokesperson said the company was “trying to speed up the review of the bachelor’s occasion to minimize any possible effect on the trial schedule. “”
The AstraZeneca candidate vaccine, developed in collaboration with the University of Oxford, is one of the phase three clinical trials.
The company did not disclose any additional data on the adverse effects of the British patient’s physical fitness. The company’s spokesman said that “in giant trials, diseases happen by chance, but they will have to be independently tested to determine this carefully. “
The spokesperson also stated that the corporation was “committed to the protection of our participants and to the highest criteria for conducting our tests. “
More than 6. 3 million COVID-19 infections have been shown in the United States and nearly 190,000 more people have died.
Dr. Anthony Fauci said the possibility of a coronavirus vaccine before Election Day in November is “unlikely. “
The director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases said Tuesday in an interview with PBS’s Judy Woodruff that a vaccine will most likely be obtained until the end of the year.
When asked about the option of a test prior to November 3, Fauci replied: “Well, I think it’s unlikely. I mean, the only way to see this situation come true is if there are so many infections at the clinical trial sites that contract. “an effective reaction faster than I would assign him. “
Teachers and staff return to new York City study rooms on Tuesday to prepare for the resumption of categories, however, their students will not return to school until September 21, 10 days later than originally planned, because teachers feared they would not be in a position in time Students will start the year almost full-time or component-time , with in-person categories for the week component.
Senate Republicans on Tuesday brought in a lean program against the coronavirus that will likely attract help from the Republican Party but drive the Democrats away. The bill includes a new investment circular for small business loans, physical care, education and child care, funded in component by canceling more than the $200 bill in the past approved assistance for the unsized coronavirus and redirected an additional $150 bill in intact assistance for the coronavirus. The move excludes new federal aid to state and local governments, which has been a major conflict point between the Republican Party and Democrats, who need about $1 trillion in aid to help the government supplement tax profits lost the blockades.
Senate majority leader Mitch McConnell announced Tuesday that he was planning to vote on the measure this week, but Democrats have already rejected the proposal, investment is insufficient.
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Tuesday that President Trump “caused the COVID outbreak in New York” by not blocking earlier from Europe.
“It’s not the ‘Chinese virus’. It’s the European virus that came to New York,” Cuomo said. “And then 3 million Europeans got on the plane and got here to New York, and brought the virus. In January they brought the virus, February brought the virus, in March they brought the virus.
Cuomo added that the ban, first announced on March 11, “is too little, too late. “
California Gov. Gavin Newsom has moved five other counties from maximum restrictive purple to less restrictive red. These counties include Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, Amador, Orange and Placer.
The purple point is imposed when the COVID-19 positivity rate is greater than 8%. Countries with positivity rates between 5% and 8% can move to red. Under the red dot, retail operations can increase capacity, while hair Salons, beauty salons, and gyms can reopen with reduced capacity. In counties that remain in the red spot for two weeks, schools can open for in-person teaching.
The University of Michigan Graduate School Employees Union began a four-day strike Tuesday to protest against the university’s reopening plans, which come with a lack of widely available coronavirus testing on the Ann Arbor campus.
“We’re hitting our entire community at the beginning of the year, in the midst of a pandemic,” the organization wrote on Twitter.
The Graduate Employees Organization is pushing for instructors to have the right to paint remotely, obtain childcare grants, and freeze campus housing rentals.
The French fitness branch reported that 39 patients with COVID-19 died in the hospital in more than 24 hours, a daily record since the national blockade was lifted in June, the Financial Times reported.
President Emmanuel Macron suggested Tuesday that others be “collectively much more guilty and vigilant in isolating” those who tested positive.
The death toll in France has exceeded 30,700 and the number of people shown has increased to 6,544 in the last 24 hours, bringing the total to 335,524.
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson instituted a new restriction on the length of internal and social gatherings that should not exceed six people, the BBC reported on Tuesday. The police will have the strength to split the teams and impose fines ranging from about $129 to more than $4,000.
“We want to act now to prevent the spread of the virus,” Johnson said. “We are simplifying and strengthening regulations on social contacts, making them less difficult to perceive and enforce through the police. “