Scientists around the world have been racing to develop a vaccine and the first clinical trials could be held in China and the US within a month. But a number of cases, where people who had tested negative for the disease and were discharged from hospital only to give a positive result a few days later, have cast doubt on the process.
If it turns out that these patients had been reinfected by the same virus, then vaccines will not prove effective.
But the monkey experiment carried out by a team from the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences may help dispel that fear.
HEALTH & MEDICINE
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How to treat Coronavirus infection COVID-19
33 minutes readEpithelial cells are cells that line the respiratory tract, gastrointestinal tract, and urinary system. Therefore, a person infected has pulmonary symptoms and intestinal symptoms. And in the study of urine tests, too, allocate… with such a viral load. But these new strains, which we are now talking about, they have these properties — to come into contact with the second type of receptor, the angiotensin-converting enzyme. And this receptor is associated with such a serious manifestation as cough.
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JAMES COGAN • ANDRE DAMON—Earlier in the week, a visibly distraught World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom warned that a “moral decay” was taking hold in capitals throughout the world. Shocked at the seeming rapidity with which governments were giving up on any serious effort to contain the disease, which he attributed to its disproportionate effect on the elderly, Adhanom insisted that “any individual, whatever age, any human being matters.”
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What are the symptoms of the new coronavirus?
22 minutes readUMAIR IRFAN—So you’re not feeling well, and you’re afraid you might be infected with the new coronavirus disease, Covid-19. Given that the United States is now beginning to test widely for the disease, and more cases are popping up, that might be a reasonable suspicion. Health officials are ramping up the response measures, advising people over 60 to “stay at home as much as possible.”
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WJ ASTORE—If everyone gets sick at once, our healthcare system will be overwhelmed. But if we take protective measures and slow the rate of transmission, our healthcare system should be able to cope.