Clinical trials of one of the state-of-the-art experimental Covid-19 vaccines resumed on Saturday after a brief safety break, as the number of infections continues to rise in countries around the world.
Earlier this week, pharmaceutical
companies AstraZeneca and Oxford University announced that the trial of a
British volunteer had been "voluntarily suspended" after he developed
an incomprehensible disease.
But after a security review by British
regulators on Saturday, all the clear facts were given’ to resume the trial.
The global death toll from the corona
virus has risen to 916,000 with 2,850,000 infections, while France and the
United Arab Emirates crossed new milestones for daily infections on Saturday.
And billions of people are suffering from
the epidemic, the race for a vaccine is underway around the world, nine
companies have already been tested’ in Phase 3.
Even during the break, AstraZeneca said it
hoped the vaccine would be available "by the end of this year, early next
year".
"In such large trials, it is expected
that some participants will become ill and each case should be carefully
considered," said Oxford University.
Charlotte Summers, a lecturer in intensive
care medicine at Cambridge University, said the break marked the researchers'
commitment to safety at the heart of their development program.
"In order to deal with Code 19
epidemic globally, we need to develop vaccines and treatments that people feel
comfortable using, so it is important to maintain public confidence that we
have evidence," he said. Stay tuned and don't come to any conclusions
before the information becomes available. " .
- Retaliation -
That public trust will be important in
convincing people who are anxious for a vaccine. And in some corners, he is
skeptical.
Among those disappointed is US President
Donald Trump, who has been regularly accused’ by rival Joe Biden of
"undermining public confidence" and raising the possibility that a
vaccine will be available before the November election.
Biden also called the train
"reckless" for holding a rally in Reno, Nevada, and even had to
change the venue because the incident violated local Covid 19 restrictions.
Meanwhile, some of them, possibly
suspicious of a vaccine, flew to several German cities and the Polish capital,
Warsaw, on Saturday, protesting against coronavirus measures and often wearing
masks. Violated the rules.
The movement is made up’ of many different
groups, from self-proclaimed "free thinkers" to anti-vaccine
campaigners, conspiracy theorists and right-wing activists.
- Milestones of France, United Arab
Emirates -
There are signs of a resurgence of the
virus in several countries that took several coronavirus measures after the
first wave of infection struck several months ago.
10,000 new infections were reported’ in
France on Saturday, the highest daily number in the country since widespread
testing began.
A day after the milestone, Prime Minister
Jean Castex refused to announce any major new sanctions, despite a "clear
breakdown" in the country's epidemic.
"After being isolated twice after
testing ourselves negatively for the virus, we have to succeed in living with
the virus, usually without reversing the idea of lockdown," said Castex.
The Prime Minister revealed his fears
after spending the weekend with the bosses of the Tour de France Christian Prudhomme,
who had a positive experience for Cove 19.
The second country to hit another
milestone on Saturday was the United Arab Emirates, which for the first time
recorded more than a thousand new corona virus cases on Saturday.
In Spain, which became the first EU
country to eradicate half a million infections this week, Princess Leonor's
classmates were diagnosed’ with the infection.
The 14-year-old heir to the Spanish throne
- who just returned to school in Madrid on Wednesday - will now have to witness
a two-week quarantine.
Two close sources told AFP that Syrian
President Bashar al-Assad's uncle, businessman Muhammad Makhlouf, died on Saturday from Code
19.
And in Latin America, which crossed the
milestone of 800,000 virus cases this week, the worst-affected Brazil blamed
more than 131,000 deaths as of Saturday in Cove 19, the second highest in the
world after the United States. Is.
Latvia, meanwhile, has resumed mandatory
14-day detention for those coming from neighboring Estonia due to increased
traffic there.
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