A week ago, the US president was admitted to the Walter Reed Medical Centre for treatment after announcing that he had tested positive for COVID-19. US President Donald Trump has said in a radio interview with Rush Limbaugh that he is pushing to get COVID-19 antibody drugs developed by Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc and Eli Lilly and Co approved quickly and out to hospitals after his own treatment. Trump stated that he might not have recovered without the therapeutics he received to combat his own COVID-19 illness. “Now I am free, I feel perfect, I am not taking anything. I am off”, […]
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BERLIN (Sputnik) – The congress of Germany’s ruling Christian Democratic Union (CDU), during which its new leader is supposed to be chosen to succeed Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer, is at risk of being postponed again due to the resurgence of coronavirus cases, German newspaper Suddeutsche Zeitung reported on Thursday, citing party sources. The party congress was initially supposed to take place on 25 April in Berlin but then postponed indefinitely in mid-March and eventually rescheduled for 4 December in Stuttgart. It was decided to rescind the congress from the normal three days to just one. The participants will be given special gadgets that […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/0a/08/1080710986_0:65:3158:1841_1200x675_80_0_0_9bc0474647f6a3132495525787716a87.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/us/202010081080711029-trump-says-he-could-not-tell-military-families-to-stay-distanced-during-recent-event/ WASHINGTON (Sputnik) – US President Donald Trump on Thursday suggested that he may have contracted COVID-19 during a recent meeting with the families of soldiers who died while serving in the military, saying he could not ask them to keep their distance. “They all came in and they all talked about their son and daughter and father. They all came up to me with their story”, Trump told Fox Business, referring to a recent meeting with so-called Gold Star families. The president said he had close encounters with about 35 people at the event, […]
The Ruska 20 drill will involve some 5,000 personnel and 60 aircraft, as well as traditional guests from Sweden. Thousands of military personnel will take part in the Finnish Air Force’s Ruska 20 drill, which is seen as the highlight of this year. The week-long drill, which ends on 6 October, is meant to test and enhance the Air Force’s preparedness, provide training for active duty members, conscripts as well as reservists. “Ruska 20 will demonstrate the high readiness of the Air Force in protecting the integrity of Finnish airspace, and securing the functions vital to our society on a 24/7 […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/09/1c/1080597670_0:0:1200:675_1200x675_80_0_0_e166242b09fbe9105a921d666db1e3cb.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/europe/202009281080597719-first-batch-of-sputnik-v-vaccine-delivered-to-belarus/ MOSCOW (Sputnik) – The first batch of the Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine was delivered to Belarus for clinical trials, the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) announced Monday. “The Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF), Russia’s sovereign wealth fund, announces the delivery of the first batch of the Russian vaccine against coronavirus, Sputnik V, to the Republic of Belarus”, the fund said in a press release. The vaccination of volunteers will begin on 1 October as “part of double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled clinical trials of the Sputnik V vaccine”, the press release read. The Russian sovereign wealth […]
Dr Matt Cole, a political historian of modern Britain at the University of Birmingham, has shared his views on the new set of restrictions announced by UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson. Sputnik: How effective will these new measures be? Dr Matt Cole: Well, what the British government has done today, and it’s still discussing in Parliament, is effectively a ratcheting up of the measures they already have so that businesses can continue to operate. But the greatest dangers of transmission of the virus can be reduced. So pubs and restaurants will have to close at 10 o’clock instead of 11 o’clock, when […]
The Testing of the chimpanzee adenovirus-based vaccine had been repeatedly called into question for the “dangerous” lack of sufficient trials on chimp viruses as well as the unclear consequences of the new technology. The trials of AstraZeneca vaccine candidate remain on hold in the US. Days after AstraZeneca halted clinical trials of its COVID-19 vaccine over the case of unexplained neurological illness in one volunteer taking part in the study, the British-Swedish pharmaceutical company released an 111-page trial blueprint, which promises an anti-coronavirus drug with “50% effectiveness”. That was the first time AstraZeneca revealed the second case of serious illness by […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/09/04/1080366270_0:98:3073:1826_1200x675_80_0_0_203b2d51087f19d2ff14a1dd049f9837.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/world/202009211080526535-sri-lankas-ambassador-to-russia-plans-getting-inoculated/ MOSCOW (Sputnik) – Sri Lanka’s Ambassador to Moscow Meegahalande Durage Lamawansa said on Monday he planned getting inoculated with Russia’s vaccine against COVID-19, dubbed Sputnik V, in the near future. “I am ready to receive Sputnik V vaccine in the near future, as soon as I come back from Sri Lanka. The vaccine is now going through Phase 3 trials, I would be happy to take part in it”, Lamawansa said. “As a doctor, I want to add that although some countries have recently recorded some decrease in the spreading of COVID-19, the global […]
Halloween has been banned but there’s already a nightmare on Britain’s streets. Instead of trying to enforce the unenforceable ‘Rule of six’ to control the Covid spread Boris should meet up with Hancock and boot him up the backside and get this testing fiasco sorted first. Mass testing has to be the building block to get on top of this virus and should come before Boris’s futile attempt to turn the UK into a ‘Nazi neighbour informing, fascist police state.’ Hancock’s so-called Operation Moon-shot is performing like a damp firework on Bonfire Night, which incidentally has been banned too! Meanwhile the […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/08/1d/1080315900_0:0:2839:1597_1200x675_80_0_0_dd2ec6cf8e04ebcd9fc601d3c16f48ec.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/europe/202008291080315950-berlin-police-arrest-over-100-people-during-protest-against-covid-19-restrictions/ BERLIN (Sputnik) – At least 100 people were arrested on Saturday during a rally against the coronavirus-related restrictions in Berlin, and most of them were detained during a clash between protesters and law enforcement officers near the Russian embassy, a spokeswoman for the police said. “We do yet have an exact number of arrests made today, but I can say that a large number of people were detained in the area of the Russian embassy because of attacks on the police. This is a three-digit number,” the spokeswoman said, adding that there have been […]
Scientists working on SARS-Cov-2 that causes Covid-19 have discovered through light microscopy that the virus is able to fuse infected cells together – an effect that has previously been observed in several other respiratory viruses. Sputnik spoke to Dr Grace Roberts a virologist from Queen’s University Belfast, about different methods to study viruses. Sputnik: Could you describe some of the different methods that scientists use to be able to examine viruses? Dr Grace Roberts: I think what’s really important when we talk about all these methods is they’re all different and they’ve all got their advantages and disadvantages. But before I […]
Last week, Russia registered the world’s first COVID-19 vaccine, developed by the Moscow-based Gamaleya Institute with support from the Russian Defence Ministry and the Direct Investment Fund (RDIF). According to RDIF CEO Kirill Dmitriev, the country has already received preliminary requests for one billion vaccine doses from over 20 countries. The world’s first COVID-19 vaccine, named Sputnik V, has undergone all the necessary checks and proven to be capable of building immunity against the virus, according to the Russian Ministry of Health. The vaccine is a two-component treatment based on the human adenovirus, which, according to scientists, allows people develop immunity to […]
A major incident has been declared in the English city of Manchester following a continued rise of coronavirus cases. Senior figures from the police, local authorities and other agencies held meetings over the weekend after strict lockdown measures were recently put into place. Political Commentator John Whitby has shared his views on the government’s handling of the coronavirus and the threat of the second wave. Sputnik: In your eyes, how has the government handled the Coronavirus of late? John Whitby: They’ve actually done a relatively good job. The problem you’ve got now is that everyone seems to want to have individualised instruction […]
According to professor Anders Fomsgaard, the vaccine boosts cell immunity, which safeguards against the virus by eliminating infected cells. As scientists worldwide are working to develop a way to protect people against the coronavirus, Denmark’s State Serum Institute (SSI) has presented a new candidate for a COVID-19 vaccine. The candidate vaccine – known as CoVAXIX – is a so-called DNA vaccine. It is not contagious and is seen as “very safe”. So far it has been successful on mice. After a handful of trials, the SSI called the project “promising”. Trials revealed that the SSI vaccine helps develop antibodies that neutralise […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107979/26/1079792631_0:98:3073:1826_1200x675_80_0_0_3293c95fe36b2ef82cf5293a79558cee.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/uk/202007041079792588-uk-public-places-reopen-as-covid-19-restrictions-lifted/ The UK government has published guidlines for businesses on measures that should be implemented to reduce COVID-19 transmission, including reducing the number of people in enclosed spaces, providing sanitisers, and improving ventilation. A broadcast shows people on the streets of London as restaurants, pubs, cafes, restaurants, museums, and hotels are provisionally allowed to reopen in England on 4 July. Meanwhile, nightclubs, beauty salons, and gyms will remain closed. The UK government has employed a four-nation approach, which gives the devolved governments in each constituent country the power to oversee lockdown measures. Follow Sputnik’s Live Feed to […]
According to the new plan, which is intended to save the ailing flag carrier, the Danish and Swedish state, its major shareholders, will increase their ownership to about 20 percent each; the move has been described as a “double-edged sword” by analysts. Pan-Scandinavian airline SAS has unveiled a plan to raise around SEK 12 billion ($1.3 billion or €1.1 billion) in new funds in order to dampen the drastic impact of coronavirus. SAS CEO Rickard Gustafson was relieved as he presented the rescue plan, the newspaper Göteborgs-Posten reported. Earlier in June, the company said it needed SEK 12.5 billion in new […]
WASHINGTON (Sputnik) – The Federal Reserve left US interest rates unchanged on Wednesday in a range of zero to 0.25 percent, saying it will maintain those levels until it was sure the world’s largest economy was fully back on its feet from the debilitating effects of the coronavirus pandemic. “The coronavirus outbreak is causing tremendous human and economic hardship across the United States and around the world”, the Fed said in a statement issued after the conclusion of its two-day Federal Open Market Committee meeting for June. “In light of these developments, the Committee decided to maintain the target range for […]
Brazil’s COVID-19 outbreak is threatening to get out of control, while President Jair Bolsonaro is urging state governors to lift coronavirus restrictions, says Brazilian journalist Alan Dantas. According to the journalist, the walls are closing in on the president as his former allies are turning their backs on him. Brazil is now ranking third in terms of the number of infected, with a fatality rate floating at around 6.4%. Earlier, Bruno Covas, the mayor of Sao Paulo, warned that Brazil’s biggest city’s public hospitals are “near collapse”, as over 90% of their beds are occupied by patients and urged President Jair […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107932/40/1079324058_53:0:3694:2048_1200x675_80_0_0_e2f9a846384d0301c3696fd2a55896c4.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/europe/202005161079324133-demonstrators-protest-against-lockdown-in-stuttgart-germany/ Germany has been easing its coronavirus lockdown restrictions since late April, but some people argue that the process is not happening quickly enough. A live broadcast shows activists taking to the Wasen festival grounds in Stuttgart to protest against the lockdown measures. According to the organisers of the event, they expect about 500,000 people to take part in the protests. Germany has confirmed 620 new COVID-19 cases over the past 24 hours, with the total count reaching 173,772, the Robert Koch Institute said on Saturday. Follow Sputnik’s Live Feed to Find out More! Source […]
TORONTO (Sputnik) – Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced on Friday $318.59 million in new funding for the nation’s research community that has faced funding shortages amid the novel coronavirus pandemic. “Today, we are announcing $450 million [US$318.59 million] to help researchers and research institutions bridge to better times”, Trudeau said during the daily briefing on the novel coronavirus pandemic. The prime minister said the money will go toward wage support in academia and will be distributed through federal granting agencies. As part Canada’s Economic Response Plan, the Trudeau government has earmarked $107.50 billion in direct stimulus measures as the economy […]
Europe 17:24 GMT 15.05.2020(updated 17:26 GMT 15.05.2020) Get short URL https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107931/15/1079311595_0:61:3072:1789_1200x675_80_0_0_fa184b2597420097f1f222c86b0f9cb5.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/europe/202005151079313501-restaurants-in-berlin-start-to-reopen-as-covid-19-lockdown-comes-to-an-end—video/ Germany has confirmed 913 new COVID-19 cases over the past 24 hours, with the total count reaching 173,152, the Robert Koch Institute said earlier today. The death toll grew by 101 to 7,824 people within the same time period. A live broadcast shows Berlin’s neighbourhoods on 15 May, as restaurants are starting to reopen after being closed since March due to the coronavirus lockdown. Germany went into a COVID-19 lockdown in mid-March and has been easing restrictions since late April. At the same time, […]
Iran’s first case of COVID-19 was recorded on 19 February. Over a month and a half of quarantine, Iranians’ lives have changed a lot. Of course, self-isolation has affected Iranian consumers’ food preferences and habits. Sputnik has spoken to residents of Tehran and found out that Iranians have stopped buying gold and started investing their savings not in jewelry, but in stocks and securities on the stock market. However, we can’t say that the jewelry market in Tehran has completely “died” out during quarantine because many Iranians have sold their jewelry due to a lack of livelihoods. “The jewelry market hasn’t […]
US 18:44 GMT 07.05.2020Get short URL In March, the official unemployment rate in the US was 4.4%, close to a 50-year low, but economists predict it could now be as high as 20%, a level unseen since the 1930s Great Depression. A further 3.2 million Americans sought unemployment benefits last week as the coronavirus pandemic continues to take its toll on the US economy. This brings the total number of jobs lost to 33.3 million since lockdown measures began mid-March. The number of new claims reported each week by the Department of Labour has subsided since hitting a peak of 6.9 […]
Argentina remains one of the South American nations that managed to avoid a massive spread of COVID-19, with Johns Hopkins University data from 7 May revealing 5,208 confirmed coronavirus cases and 273 deaths. According to Igor Baratoff, the co-founder of a small food processing firm in the country’s western Mendoza province, the government’s decision to impose a strict quarantine on 20 March this year was one of the factors that helped prevent the disease from spreading. Sputnik: Only 85 people have been tested positive for COVID-19 in your province so far and only 10 have died from coronavirus-related illnesses since the start […]
General Dynamics has received $1 billion since the renegotiation of a $10 billion contract for Canada to sell light armored vehicles to Saudi Arabia. Source link