Coronavirus

China punishes Australia with 80% tariff on barley imports but Xi Jinping backs probe into COVID-19

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China has imposed an extraordinary tariff on Australian barley exports as apparent punishment for Scott Morrison’s push for a coronavirus inquiry. The Australian Prime Minister in April demanded an independent probe into the deadly respiratory virus and the World Health Organisation‘s handling of the crisis. In response, Chinese state media and leaders warned of trade retribution that could wipe … Read more

Princess Theodora of Greece reveals she’s putting wedding on hold due to coronavirus 

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Princess Beatrice and her fiancé Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi were forced to postpone their nuptials due to COVID-19, and now Princess Theodora of Greece has revealed she’s also put her wedding on hold. The London-born actress, 36, who plays secretary Alison Montgomery in The Bold and the Beautiful, was set to wed LA-based lawyer Matthew Kumar, … Read more

Experimental Moderna vaccine may ‘neutralise’ coronavirus

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Moderna’s experimental COVID-19 vaccine produced antibodies that could ‘neutralize’ the new coronavirus in patients in a small early stage clinical trial, the company announced Monday, sending its shares up 25 percent.  The levels of the antibodies were similar to those in blood samples of people who have recovered from COVID-19, early results from the study … Read more

Coronavirus: Brian Cox says ‘following science’ used to deflect

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Ministers are using mantra of ‘following the science’ as a defence to answer difficult questions about the coronavirus, Professor Brian Cox today claimed.  Prime Minister Boris Johnson and other Number 10 officials have often remarked in response to the pandemic that they have been guided by the science.  ‘The science’ Professor Cox referred to is … Read more

Oxford coronavirus vaccine ‘does not stop infection’, experts warn

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The coronavirus vaccine being developed by scientists at Oxford University may not prevent people from becoming infected with the disease after all, experts have warned.  In the latest animal trials of the vaccine carried out on rhesus macaques, all six of the participating monkeys went on to catch the coronavirus. Dr William Haseltine, a former … Read more

Mother whose son was treated for Covid-19 with Ebola drug reveals moment she thought she’d lost him

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A 14-year-old boy left critically ill by the coronavirus has survived his ordeal after being given the Ebola drug remdesivir, his family have revealed. Jacob Tayel, from Ipswich, fell ill with what his mother assumed was a chest infection in March, and his 11-year-old brother, Isaac, was ill at the same time. Dianne, their mother, … Read more