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Critically ill COVID-19 patients recovered rapidly from respiratory failure after three days of treatment with RLF-100, a therapy granted fast-track designation in the United States, two drug companies said Sunday. Geneva-based Relief Therapeutics Holdings AG RFLB.S has a patent for RLF-100, or aviptadil, a synthetic form of a natural peptide that protects the lung. US-Israeli NeuroRx Inc. partnered with Relief to develop the drug in the United States. In June the US Food and Drug Administration granted fast-track designation to RLF-100 for treatment of respiratory distress in COVID-19. While a Phase 2/3 clinical trial with 70 patients is ongoing, RLF-100 is being administered on an...

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Blackstone will purchase four logistics facilities in Japan from Daiwa House Industry, Nikkei has learned, as the U.S. private equity group seeks new investment opportunities in Japan amid growing e-commerce business triggered by the novel coronavirus outbreak. Logistics centers are drawing investors' attention as the pandemic prompts more people to shop online. The use of these facilities is rising, along with inventories, and e-commerce is expected to continue growing over the long term. Blackstone has been actively investing in logistics properties in Japan, spending more than 100 billion yen ($950 million) in 2019. The four facilities in the latest deal, which will cost around 55...

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  One of the first school districts in the country to reopen its doors during the coronavirus pandemic did not even make it a day before being forced to grapple with the issue facing every system actively trying to get students into classrooms: What happens when someone comes to school infected? Just hours into the first day of classes on Thursday, a call from the county health department notified Greenfield Central Junior High School in Indiana that a student who had walked the halls and sat in various classrooms had tested positive for the coronavirus. Administrators began an emergency protocol, isolating the student and ordering everyone who had come into close contact with the...

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  Ten men died in a southern Indian state on Friday (July 31) after consuming alcohol-derived sanitizer, as local liquor shops were closed due to a coronavirus-related lockdown, police said. The deaths in the town of Kurichedu, in Andhra Pradesh, came as India reported another record surge in daily Covid-19 cases, taking the total to 1.64 million. "Some people who are heavily addicted to alcohol had been consuming hand sanitizers for the high," Siddharth Kaushal, the top police official in the district where Kurichedu is located, told Reuters. "Alcohol is not available because of the lockdown, but hand sanitizers are easily available." He said some other people who had also...

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  MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia’s health minister is preparing a mass vaccination campaign against the novel coronavirus for October, local news agencies reported on Saturday, after a vaccine completed clinical trials. Health Minister Mikhail Murashko said the Gamaleya Institute, a state research facility in Moscow, had completed clinical trials of the vaccine and paperwork is being prepared to register it, Interfax news agency reported. He said doctors and teachers would be the first to be vaccinated. “We plan wider vaccinations for October,” Murashko was quoted as saying. A source told Reuters this week that Russia’s first potential COVID-19 vaccine would...

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Phnom Penh municipal officials are taking on construction in the capital to check work quality and weed out projects built without permission. Municipal governor Khuong Sreng made construction a priority at a meeting on Wednesday. Deputy district governors from all 14 districts in Phnom Penh and relevant departments attended the gathering at the Phnom Penh Municipal Hall. Sreng advised officials under his supervision to check technical work of all types of constructions in Phnom Penh. He told The Post on Thursday that construction projects must follow technical standards and have proper permits. The 14 district administrations have to issue notices to owners of buildings that are old...

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Researchers say virus does not attack neurons, as originally thought, meaning sensory damage is not likely to be permanent Symptom at least 20 times more likely to predict positive test than signs like fever and cough Researchers say virus does not attack neurons, as originally thought, meaning sensory damage is not likely to be permanentSymptom at least 20 times more likely to predict positive test than signs like fever and cough New research has revealed why many people infected with the coronavirus temporarily lose their sense of smell, and the result is not what scientists assumed. The loss of taste and smell has proven to be the most distinctive symptom of Covid-19, the illness...

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The Health Secretary says the Government will not hesitate to reintroduce emergency measures to keep Britain safe as cases soar in Europe. Speaking to Sky News, Matt Hancock said: ‘I am worried about a second wave. I think you can see a second wave starting to roll across Europe, and we’ve got to do everything we can to prevent it from reaching these shores, and to tackle it.’ He added that ‘it’s not just Spain’ that is a concern, despite the Mediterranean country being the centre of a row over quarantine rules for British holidaymakers coming home. It follows reports that the Government is set to announce changes to self-isolation rules later today....

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The women brought their bank passbooks and Aadhaar cards to the place of worship with them expecting that money will be transferred to their bank accounts if they succeeded in pleasing the "deity". RANCHI: The transgenders in Dhanbad on Friday performed puja to appease ‘Corona Mai’ (Mother Corona) who, they claimed, had appeared in their dreams saying that she will vanish if people start worshipping her. More than a dozen transgenders gathered to perform a special puja in the open ground here at Jharia in Dhanbad on Friday to ward off coronavirus. They reached the ground chanting religious songs on the streets and appealed people to worship ‘Corona Mai’ if they...

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A BABY boy has tested positive for coronavirus just two days after being born. Presley Dowdall was born at Basildon Hospital in Essex on May 11 but was rushed to an intensive care unit shortly after. He was struggling to breathe and was later diagnosed with Covid-19. Mum Roxanne Dowdall said she was stunned at Presley's diagnosis. "It was such a shock and I couldn't believe what I was hearing. It felt like time had stood still and I was living someone else's story," she told the Southend Echo. "I remember feeling a sense of guilt. Why couldn't I protect my newborn son? "I had a million questions going around in my head about how he could test positive." Ms Dowdall was induced at...

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