https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/07/0a/1079843520_0:164:3068:1890_1200x675_80_0_0_f151ddc3151ca9a73a59d96a0a56fd30.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/uk/202007101079843484-uk-will-use-drones-to-deliver-coronavirus-tests-to-remote-scottish-islands/ According to John Hopkins University, Britain has at least 289,000 infected and the death toll from COVID-19 is the third-highest in the world, at 44,687. Scotland, however, remains less affected than England, accounting only for 18,315 cases, and 2,490 fatalities. The National Health […]
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Brazilian President Bolsonaro tested positive for coronavirus. In early April Jair Bolsonaro urged residents to keep the economy going despite the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. Jair Bolsonaro: “We have two problems that cannot be dissociated: the virus and unemployment. Both should be treated responsibly. But if the remedy is too much […]
Ocean Protocol, a blockchain-based data-sharing platform, has completed a proof-of-concept (PoC) with Daimler, showing how the Mercedes-Benz maker can begin monetizing data streams within the company and across its supply chains. Announced Tuesday, the Singapore-based Ocean collaborated with Daimler AG to explore the decentralized sharing of internal sales and financial […]
Higher-than-normal selling volume pushed bitcoin down in early trading Thursday before managing to recover. Bitcoin (BTC) was trading around $9,297 as of 20:00 UTC (4 p.m. ET), slipping just 0.18% over the previous 24 hours. At 00:00 UTC on Thursday (8:00 p.m. Wednesday ET), bitcoin was changing hands around $9,270 […]
Brooklyn-based blockchain firm Kadena hopes its new app can verify that COVID-19 tests are the real deal by letting users track test kits. Announced Thursday, Kadena said the open-source application would be available to use on its testnet immediately, and would provide a secure way for medical professionals and patients […]
Experts identify steps to expand and improve antibody tests in COVID-19 response NIH Media Advisory More than 300 scientists and clinicians from the federal government, industry and academia published a report of their conclusions and recommendations on COVID-19 serology studies online in Immunity. The group gathered for an online workshop in May […]
China has conducted over 90 million nucleic acid COVID-19 tests since the start of its novel coronavirus outbreak, the state-run Xinhua News Agency announced Wednesday. Citing remarks from Guo Yanhong, an official with China’s National Health Commission, Xinhua reported that medical sites within the country had carried out roughly 90.41 […]
TV presenter Piers Morgan has accused UK Business Minister Alok Sharma of telling “a bare-faced lie” after claiming 240,000 people were tested for Covid-19 on Monday. The government is currently not providing “people tested” data. Morgan, who co-hosts ITV’s ‘Good Morning Britain’ show, hit out at Sharma on Wednesday, after […]
Each protein in the cell forms according to a coherent plan. This plan is called RNA matrix – mRNA – and is a copy of genes (DNA) in the nucleus of the cell. Coronavirus uses the same mechanism: it carries mRNA into the cell, which contains construction information on all […]
Novak Djokovic could face a test for COVID-19 after Grigor Dimitrov, who came into close contact with the world No. 1 before dropping out of a match against him citing illness, revealed he had been infected with the virus. Dimitrov blamed “physical effort and exposure to the sun” when he […]
The U.S. Navy recently tested, for the first time on an F/A-18E/F Super Hornet aircraft, the GBU-53/B StormBreaker glide bomb that will give operators an upper hand in combat by hitting moving targets in some of the worst weather conditions. The new StormBreaker smart weapon, commonly known as a smart […]
Top Democrats in Congress have voiced “deep concern” over reports that the White House is mulling the US’ first live nuclear test in some three decades, insisting the idea is dangerous and would only make Americans “less safe.” “We write to express our deep concern regarding the revelation of high-level […]
Germany’s armed forces, the Bundeswehr, are currently testing a new variant of MG4 A3 light machine gun, according to a recent service news release. The German Federal Office of Bundeswehr Equipment, Information Technology and In-Service Support (BAAINBw) requested the Army’s Airborne Brigade 26 from Zweibrücken to test the new weapon system in […]
“Thanks to the merciful goodness of our God for which a sun will come to visit us from above to illuminate those who are in the darkness and shadow of death and direct our steps on the path of peace”.Benedictus – Canticle of Zechariah – Gospel of Luke (1,78-79) by […]
People in cars arrive at a drive-up COVID-19 testing site outside a Rite Aid in Toms River, New Jersey, on April 22. About 3 percent of Rite Aid stores are offering testing for the virus. Angus Mordant/Bloomberg via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Angus Mordant/Bloomberg via Getty Images People […]
Germany’s armed forces, the Bundeswehr, are currently testing a new variant of MG4 A3 light machine gun, according to a recent service news release. The German Federal Office of Bundeswehr Equipment, Information Technology and In-Service Support (BAAINBw) requested the Army’s Airborne Brigade 26 from Zweibrücken to test the new weapon system in […]
US 02:53 GMT 26.05.2020Get short URL https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107941/65/1079416589_0:0:1200:675_1200x675_80_0_0_944ef407459a8d876865ed43cdd8fe96.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/us/202005261079416502-virgin-orbit-says-air-launched-rocket-tests-fail/ MOSCOW (Sputnik) – The Virgin Orbit company said the tests of the air-launched LauncherOne carrier rocket had failed. “We’ve confirmed a clean release from the aircraft. However, the mission terminated shortly into the flight”, the company said […]
The coronavirus test wasn’t as bad as Celeste Torres imagined. Standing outside a dorm at the University of California, San Diego, Torres stuck a swab up a nostril, scanned a QR code, and went on with the day. “The process itself was about five minutes,” Torres says, “I did cry […]
A flurry of nuclear weapons tests carried out amid the Cold War arms race may have had a profound impact on weather patterns across the planet, increasing rainfall thousands of miles away from testing sites, a new study found. Using historic records from a research facility in Scotland dating back […]
There were at least five coronavirus infections in Ohio as far back as January, the state’s health director said, suggesting the illness began spreading there weeks earlier than previously thought. The five early cases – believed to have emerged across five Ohio counties between January 7 and 27 – were […]
Vice President Mike Pence on Sunday refuted reports that he is in self-isolation away from the White House after his press secretary tested positive for the coronavirus, according to a statement from his office. “Vice President Pence will continue to follow the advice of the White House Medical Unit and […]
US 22:18 GMT 10.05.2020(updated 22:23 GMT 10.05.2020) Get short URL Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/us/202005101079265465-us-vp-mike-pence-self-isolating-after-his-staffer-tests-positive-for-covid-19-report-claims/ On Friday, US President Donald Trump said that Vice President Mike Pence’s press secretary, Katie Miller, was tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) disease. US Vice President Mike Pence has started a self-isolation, […]
Plans for the top two tiers of German football to return next weekend remain in place says the league’s CEO, despite the entire squad of Bundesliga 2 club Dynamo Dresden being quarantined for the next two weeks. Dresden’s playing staff was sent home and told to remain in self-isolation after […]