COVID -19, Global Update, June
Cases, 9,273,773
Deaths, 477,807
US
Cases, 2,347,102
Deaths, 121,225
Seven US states have reported their highest coronavirus patient admissions
Arizona, Arkansas, California, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee and Texas
Texas, record daily case increase on Tuesday
California + 5,000 cases
Cases also increasing in Arizona, Nevada and Missouri
Florida, Homestead hospital, ITU at capacity
Florida + 3,200 new cases on Tuesday
Dr Anthony Fauci (to Congress)
Wear masks in busy public spaces
Plan A, don’t go in a crowd
Plan B, if you do, make sure you wear a mask
Next few weeks would be critical
Brazil
Cases + 39,000 = 1,145,906
Deaths, 52,645
Bolsonaro ordered to wear a mask in public
Mexico
Cases + 6,288 = 191,410
Deaths + 793 = 23,377
Russia
Cases 606,043
WW2 victory parade
Experimental vaccines
About 14 being tested around the world
Successfully completed a Phase 3, none
COVID-19 vaccine tests begin in South Africa
University of Oxford’s Oxford Jenner Institute
Currently on trial in the UK, n = 4,000
Additional 10, 000 planned
South African study, rigorous review and has been approved by the South African Health
Products Regulatory Authority (SAHPRA) and the Human Research Ethics Committee of the
University of the Witwatersrand.
Trial, volunteers administered with a COVID-19 vaccine
Safety and efficacy
More than a year, provided it is found to be effective
Second half of 2021.
Engineered to express the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein
Antibodies produced against sections of the spike protein after natural infection are able to kill the virus when tested in the laboratory
Not a live vaccine, does not replicate in the body
‘It might not protect someone from becoming infected, but it will protect someone from being clinically ill’
China National Biotech Group
Approval to run a large-scale Phase 3 clinical trial in the United Arab Emirates
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