Friday, August 7, 2020

COVID-19 SITUATION: 8/7/2020



The latest in the ongoing COVID-19 situation:

  • Doctors, nurses in rural areas oppose government’s plan for them to substitute for NCR medical workers
  • PH assured of priority in COVID vaccine
  • BI not imposing added restrictions under latest MECQ
  • PH overtakes Indonesia in having the most number of COVID-19 cases in Southeast Asia
  • Japan delivers antiviral drug Avigan to PH for clinical trials
  • India coronavirus cases pass two million
  • US death toll soars as global virus cases top 19 mn
  • Mexico’s coronavirus deaths surpass 50,000
  • Africa surpasses a million coronavirus cases
  • Asymptomatic coronavirus carriers have high viral loads: study
  • Six COVID-19 vaccine candidates, including 3 from China, now in phase-3 trials — WHO
  • WHO chief urges US to reconsider withdrawal decision



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