WHO chief warns of complacency as global virus cases drop
People wearing face masks wait for boarding at the Noi Bai airport in Hanoi, Vietnam, Friday, Feb.12, 2020. Fresh COVID-19 outbreak in Vietnam has slowed down business and travel during the popular lunar new year festival. โThese declines appear to be due to countries implementing public health measures more stringently,โ Tedros said. But he said it was possible the virus could still be present in samples that haven't yet been analyzed. "Of course, the best way to prevent long COVID is to prevent COVID-19 in the first place.โ
Ocala company reveals new COVID-19 drug for virus โlong haulersโ
โCOVID-19 caught us by surprise, but COVID-19-induced chronic fatigue is not a surprise. Officials with the company said the trial would also include patients previously diagnosed with SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. Those who continue to live with symptoms of the virus have been dubbed โlong haulers.โโBodily pain, problem thinking and concentrating. He said many of his patients have been dealing with symptoms months after recovering from coronovirus. In fact, studies with the National Institutes of Health show that 50 to 80% of patients continue to have symptoms three months after contracting the virus.
The Latest: China carries out 4.2 million tests in Qingdao
It wasnโt immediately clear whether any of those involved cases reported in Qingdao. ___DENVER โ Colorado is experiencing another surge of coronavirus cases and hospitalizations, prompting Gov. Michigan had 89 new cases per 1 million people per day, up from 81.6 cases last week, the health department said. After two days of no virus-related deaths, the latest numbers on Tuesday bring the statewide confirmed case total to more than 226,000 and the 5,767 confirmed deaths. With 80 new deaths confirmed in the past 24 hours, the death toll rose to 33,204.
The Latest: Burundi touts calm but groups say threats remain
In this UNTV image, Evariste Ndayishimiye, President of Burundi, speaks in a pre-recorded video message during the 75th session of the United Nations General Assembly, Thursday, Sept. 24, 2020, at UN headquarters in New York. ___4:55 p.m.China, the United States and Russia have traded allegations at the United Nations about who mishandled and politicized the coronavirus pandemic. It was one of the few real-time exchanges among top officials at the virtual U.N. General Assembly gathering. Sarraj delivered his prerecorded remarks to the world bodyโs first-ever virtual General Assembly from Tripoli, where his U.N.-backed government is based. The council met Thursday on the sidelines of the General Assemblyโs virtual gathering of world leaders.