health

    • Ukraine may face new jump in coronavirus cases - minister
      Reuters

      Ukraine may face new jump in coronavirus cases - minister

      Ukrainian health minister Maksym Stepanov said on Tuesday the number of coronavirus cases may rise to 8,000-10,000 a day in the coming weeks. Ukraine reported a record 6,410 new COVID-19 cases on Saturday versus the previous record of 5,992 registered on Friday. Stepanov said Ukraine would introduce stricter lockdown restrictions if cases rise to 11,000-15,000 daily.

    • UK to start controversial 'challenge' vaccine research trial
      Associated Press

      UK to start controversial 'challenge' vaccine research trial

      U.K. researchers are preparing to begin a controversial experiment that will infect healthy volunteers with coronavirus to study the disease in hopes of speeding up the development of a vaccine. The approach, called a challenge study, is risky but proponents say it may produce results faster than standard research, which waits to see if volunteers who have been given an experimental treatment get sick. Imperial College London said Tuesday that the study, involving healthy volunteers between 18 and 30, would be conducted in partnership with the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, the Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust and hVivo, a company that has experience conducting testing .

    • Turkey's daily COVID-19 patients top 2,000, at early-May levels
      Reuters

      Turkey's daily COVID-19 patients top 2,000, at early-May levels

      Turkey's daily number of new coronavirus cases surpassed 2,000 on Monday, reaching levels last seen in early May when restrictions on businesses and households were in place. Data from the Health Ministry showed another 2,026 people with COVID-19 symptoms had been diagnosed, as Ankara continues to report only symptomatic cases. Health Minister Fahrettin Koca said the daily number includes only those who show symptoms.

    • UK backs COVID-19 vaccine trials that infect volunteers
      Reuters

      UK backs COVID-19 vaccine trials that infect volunteers

      Britain said on Tuesday it would back "human challenge" trials, where young and healthy volunteers are deliberately infected with COVID-19, to accelerate the development of vaccines for the disease. The government said it would invest 33.6 million pounds ($43.5 million) in the studies in partnership with Imperial College London, laboratory and trial services company hVIVO and the Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust. Britain's hVIVO, a unit of pharmaceutical services company Open Orphan, said on Friday it was carrying out preliminary work for the trials.