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2020-03-17 Coronavirus COVID-19 updates

2020-03-17 Coronavirus/Covid-19 News

Facebook took down my original post, so I'm putting this in a gist and trying to re-circulate.

TL;DR:

  • Infection rates are decreasing in China

  • India is successfully treating COVID-19 and minimizing mortality rates

  • An antibody is believed to have been found

THIS IS THE POWER OF SCIENCE PEOPLE

  • China has closed down its last coronavirus hospital. Not enough new cases to support them.

  • Doctors in India have been successful in treating Coronavirus. Combination of drugs used: Lopinavir, Retonovir, Oseltamivir along with Chlorphenamine. They are going to suggest same medicine, globally.

  • Researchers of the Erasmus Medical Center claim to have found an antibody against coronavirus.

  • A 103-year-old Chinese grandmother has made a full recovery from COVID-19 after being treated for 6 days in Wuhan, China.

  • Apple reopens all 42 china stores,

  • Cleveland Clinic developed a COVID-19 test that gives results in hours, not days.

  • Good news from South Korea, where the number of new cases is declining.

  • Italy is hit hard, experts say, only because they have the oldest population in Europe.

  • Scientists in Israel likely to announce the development of a coronavirus vaccine.

  • 3 Maryland coronavirus patients fully recovered; able to return to everyday life.

  • A network of Canadian scientists are making excellent progress in Covid-19 research.

  • A San Diego biotech company is developing a Covid-19 vaccine in collaboration with Duke University and National University of Singapore.

  • Tulsa County's first positive COVID-19 case has recovered. This individual has had two negative tests, which is the indicator of recovery.

  • All 7 patients who were getting treated for at Safdarjung hospital in New Delhi have recovered.

  • Plasma from newly recovered patients from Covid -19 can treat others infected by Covid-19.

SOURCES

https://www.theguardian.com/world/video/2020/mar/10/wuhan-closes-last-makeshift-coronavirus-hospital-video

https://www.genengnews.com/a-lists/how-to-conquer-coronavirus-top-35-treatments-in-development/

https://nltimes.nl/2020/03/14/dutch-researchers-first-find-covid-19-antibodies-report

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/news/article.cfm?c_id=2&objectid=12315954

https://www.theverge.com/2020/3/13/21177964/apple-stores-china-reopened-coronavirus-covid-19

https://fox8.com/news/coronavirus/cleveland-clinic-working-to-develop-coronavirus-testing-to-get-results-much-faster/

https://www.irishtimes.com/news/world/germany-closes-borders-as-south-korea-reports-decline-in-coronavirus-cases-1.4203965?mode=amp

https://abcnews.go.com/Health/number-coronavirus-cases-rises-italy-hit-hard/story?id=69513697

https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/science/scientists-in-israel-likely-to-announce-it-developed-coronavirus-vaccine/articleshow/74592807.cms?from=mdr

https://www.fox5dc.com/news/3-maryland-coronavirus-patients-fully-recovered-able-to-return-to-everyday-life

https://montrealgazette.com/news/local-news/coronavirus-canadian-researchers-make-progress-toward-vaccine

https://www.cbs8.com/article/news/health/coronavirus/san-diego-biotech-company-developing-coronavirus-covid-19-vaccine/509-110c3c4f-1d0c-46e4-b2df-663789db6889

https://kfor.com/health/coronavirus/report-first-person-to-test-positive-for-coronavirus-in-oklahoma-has-recovered/

https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/two-coronavirus-patients-delhi-recover-discharged-from-hospitals-1655828-2020-03-15

https://hub.jhu.edu/2020/03/13/covid-19-antibody-sera-arturo-casadevall/

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