AstraZeneca said on Tuesday a late-stage trial failed to provide evidence that its COVID-19 antibody therapy protected people who had contact with an infected person from the disease, a small setback in its efforts to find alternatives to vaccines.The study assessed whether the therapy, a cocktail of two types of antibodies, could prevent adults who had been exposed to the virus in the past eight days from developing COVID-19 symptoms.The therapy, AZD7442, was 33 per cent effective in reducing the risk of people developing symptoms compared with a placebo, but that result was not statistically significant — meaning it might have been due to chance and not the therapy.

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Today's Public Health Scotland update as country records weekend spike in Covid hospital patients

Scotland has recorded a weekend spike in the number of Covid patients being treated in hospitals across the country.Figures published by the Scottish Government and Public Health Scotland today show 158 people are currently being treated for the virus in the nation's hospitals compared to 128 on Friday.The rise comes as a further 1,250 new cases of coronavirus have been recorded in Scotland in the last 24 hours – including 112 in Ayrshire.Public Health Scotland say the national figure is lower than expected due to a data flow issue in NHS Grampian over the weekend.They organisation say the problem has been resolved and will be reflected in tomorrow’s figures.No new deaths were recorded overnight meaning Scotland's death toll from the virus

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Number of Covid-19 cases in West Dunbartonshire moves above national average

Join thousands of others in getting the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox.West Dunbartonshire’s Covid-19 rate has crept above the national average, with Dalreoch currently the worst hit area locally.Public Health Scotland data shows that more than three cases have been reported in every local neighbourhood apart from Whitecrook in Clydebank over the last seven days, with rates at their highest in Dalreoch (18 cases, 323.3 per 100,000), Bonhill (16 cases, 270.2 per 100,000), Kilpatrick (11 cases, 226.7 per 100,000).West Dunbartonshire’s seven day rate currently sits at 158.6 cases per 100,000 people, above the Scottish average of 139.9 per 100,000.Elsewhere locally, 11 new cases were reported in Dumbarton East (225.5 per

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'So touching': Florida principal crafts personal notes for 459 graduates

FILE - A detail of an NYU student's 2021 graduation cap and tassel in Washington Square Park amid the COVID-19 pandemic on May 09, 2021 in New York City. PALM COAST, Fla. - A Florida high school principal spent the last several months of the school year crafting personalized notes for each of the 459 graduates and left them on their seats to read before receiving their diplomas.Matanzas High School principal Jeff Reaves scoured through transcripts, emails and used his own personal memories to prepare the notes in time for the June 2 graduation, The Daytona Beach News Journal reported.

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Ontario reports 270 new COVID-19 cases, 3 deaths

COVID-19 cases on Monday, the smallest single-day increase since mid-September. The provincial case total now stands at 542,468.Monday’s case count is the seventh straight day cases are below 400.

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United States	Cases: 46 252 513 Deaths: 750 423 Recovered: 0
India	Cases: 34 321 025 Deaths: 459 652 Recovered: 0
Brazil	Cases: 21 835 785 Deaths: 608 235 Recovered: 0
United Kingdom	Cases: 9 215 683 Deaths: 141 607 Recovered: 0
Russia	Cases: 8 494 589 Deaths: 237 619 Recovered: 0

AstraZeneca’s antibody cocktail failed to prevent COVID-19 symptoms in large trial

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