Sign up here for GlobalData's free bi-weekly Covid-19 report on the latest information your industry needs to know.The National Task Force for Covid-19 in India has denied inclusion of Biocon’s itolizumab in its clinical management protocols for the disease.

Earlier this month, the drug received emergency use authorisation from the Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) to treat cytokine release syndrome (CRS) in moderate to severe acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) patients with Covid-19.

The drug is an anti-CD6 IgG1 monoclonal antibody introduced in India in 2013 under the brand name ALZUMAb to treat chronic plaque psoriasis.

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Hong Kong to offer free Covid-19 testing to whole city: Report

virus tests to all residents, reported local media outlet HK01 on Friday, a move that reflects the powerful boost that mainland China has provided to the city’s effort to contain its outbreak.Chief Executive Carrie Lam will hold a press conference on Friday afternoon to announce a one-time free, voluntary virus test for all residents, HK01 said, citing sources it didn’t identify.

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5 blood molecules linked to severe Covid-19 outcome in patients identified

novel coronavirus.The study, published in the journal Future Medicine, evaluated 299 patients diagnosed with COVID-19 admitted to the George Washington University (GW) Hospital between March 12 and May 9, 2020.It revealed that 200 of the patients had all five biomarker molecules being evaluated -- IL-6, D-dimer, CRP, LDH and ferritin.According to the researchers, including those from GW, elevated levels of these biomarkers were associated with inflammation and bleeding disorder, showing an independent increased risk for admission in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU), invasive ventilatory support, and death.They said the highest odds of death occurred when levels of the molecule LDH was greater than 1200 units per litre, and the D-dimer level

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India reports record jump in Covid-19 cases to pass 2 million

India has reported a record daily jump in infections, taking its total number of cases over two million.

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Full list of job losses by British employers since the start of coronavirus pandemic

UK Government's Job Retention Scheme. The company said that it would likely lay off around one-third of its head office staff, but jobs in its pubs will not be affected.

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Blood test may point to patients at higher risk for Covid-19 death

COVID-19 patients in the US."When we first started treating COVID-19 patients, we watched them get better or get worse, but we didn't know why," said Juan Reyes, MD, co-author of the study and assistant professor of medicine at the GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences."Some initial studies had come out of China showing certain biomarkers were associated with bad outcomes. There was a desire to see if that was true for our patients here in the US," added Reyes.The research team evaluated 299 patients diagnosed with COVID-19 admitted to GW Hospital between March 12 and May 9, 2020.

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Facebook’s dilemma: How to police claims about unproven covid-19 vaccine

LONDON/NEW YORK : Since the World Health Organization declared the novel coronavirus an international health emergency in January, Facebook Inc has removed more than 7 million pieces of content with false claims about the virus that could pose an immediate health risk to people who believe them.The social media giant, which has long been under fire from lawmakers over how it handles misinformation on its platforms, said it had in recent months banned such claims as 'social distancing does not work' because they pose a risk of 'imminent' harm. Under these rules, Facebook took down a video post on Wednesday by U.S.

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Perthshire woman opens up about losing her mum to COVID as she warns others not to forget about virus

Perthshire woman who lost her mum to COVID-19 has shared her experience as she urged people to stay aware of the dangers posed by the virus. Barbara McLagan (96) died in April just days after showing symptoms.Her daughter Flora Wylie has come forward to see her mother remembered in a memorial project to the victims of the pandemic.

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Lupin’s Q1 net profit falls 59% YoY as covid-19, lockdowns drag India, US sales

₹108.2 crore as the covid-19 pandemic and the lockdowns imposed to curb it dragged sales of its medicines in India and US.The company’s consolidated revenue from operations were down 9% at ₹3,529 crore, with operating margins contracting 530 basis points (bps) to 14.7% in the quarter. However, the margins were up 90 bps on a quarter-on-quarter basis.“The quarter’s performance was impacted by the covid-19 pandemic and related lockdowns, affecting our key businesses in India and US," Lupin managing director Nilesh Gupta said in a statement.“Despite the challenges impacting revenues, we improved margins driven by tight expense control.

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Rahul Gandhi attacks Modi govt over India's covid-19 tally crossing 20-lakh mark

NEW DELHI : Congress leader Rahul Gandhi attacked the Centre on Friday over the rising coronavirus cases in India, saying the country's COVID-19 tally has crossed the 20 lakh-mark and the Narendra Modi government is "missing".India's COVID-19 tally breached the 20-lakh mark late on Thursday evening, while the number of recoveries surged to 13.70 lakh, according to data provided by the states and union territories."The 20 lakh-mark has been crossed, the Modi government is missing," Gandhi said in a tweet in Hindi, which was in a rhyme.20 लाख का आँकड़ा पार,ग़ायब है मोदी सरकार। https://t.co/xR9blQledYHe also tagged a July 17 tweet of his urging the government to take concrete steps to prevent the spread of coronavirus.

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India reports highest one-day jump in covid cases, nearly 50,000 recoveries

coronavirus cases. Its tally now stands at 4,79,779.

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Nearly 3 lakh Americans may die from Covid, forecasts University of Washington

WASHINGTON : Nearly 300,000 Americans could be dead from COVID-19 by Dec. 1, University of Washington health experts forecast on Thursday, although they said 70,000 lives could be saved if people were scrupulous about wearing masks.The latest predictions from the university's widely cited Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) comes as top White House infectious disease advisers warned that major U.S.

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Serum Institute of India, Novavax in covid vaccine deal, may produce 100 crore doses

Novavax have announced an agreement for the development and commercialization of Novavax’ COVID‑19 vaccine candidate in India and other low- and middle-income countries. The agreement is expected to support minimum of 1 billion doses of NVX-CoV2373 for India and low- and middle-income countries, Novavax said.“We believe that Novavax’ NVX-CoV2373 has significant potential to successfully prevent COVID-19.

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Art in the time of lockdown: 9 Indian artists share their covid-19 diaries

PAINTING THE FRAILTY OF THE HUMAN CONDITIONRekha Rodwittiya, 61, VadodaraRekha Rodwittiya’s practice has always drawn from her experiences—it could be the way she negotiates the world, an urgent ecological concern, or something else just as pressing. No wonder then that the ongoing pandemic has had a profound impact on her.

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J.T. Realmuto's 3-run homer helps Phillies beat Yankees 5-4

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News Releases from Department of Health | Hawai‘i COVID-19 Daily News Digest August 6, 2020

Governor’s OfficeSurge Prompts Reinstatement of Interisland Travel QuarantineAt an afternoon news briefing Governor Ige announced that the mandatory 14-day quarantine for anyone traveling interisland will be reinstituted effective next Tuesday, August 11. The governor said that he and all the county mayors agree that additional measures are necessary to make sure that cases do not spread, uncontrolled, across the entire state.

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Marlins beat Orioles 8-7 to complete stunning 4-game sweep

BALTIMORE – In early March, Don Mattingly figured the rebuild of the Miami Marlins just might begin to show results this season.The world, and the Marlins, are vastly different since then.

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Covid-19: Andhra Pradesh gears up to open colleges from October 15

COVID-19.During the review meeting on Higher Education; the Chief Minister has directed the officials to focus on increasing the Gross Enrolment Ratio to 90 per cent. The Chief Minister gave green signal for recruitment of Assistant Professors in Universities across the state.Moving forward with the decision taken on honours degree, every student taking up a 3-year degree or 4 year degree course should enrol in a ten-month apprenticeship.

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What Bus Transit Operators Need to Know about COVID-19

symptoms). It is caused by a virus (SARS-COV-2).COVID-19 can sometimes cause serious health problems.

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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

Biocon’s itolizumab fails to be part of Covid-19 management protocols

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