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The hotly contested strategy of deliberate exposure, known as a human challenge trial, could speed up the process of identifying effective coronavirus vaccines. 
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Russia's health ministry has given approval for the world's first coronavirus vaccine to be used for the population.
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Russia claims that they have found an effective vaccine for Covid-19.
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A survey by the Office for National Statistics looked at who had been infected in the community in England.
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Few people that have been tested positive have experienced symptoms of the coronavirus.
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Scientists say samples from Milan and Turin showed virus traces long before cases were confirmed.
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Studies in several countries seem to indicate that the Coronavirus outbreak happened earlier that we initially thought.
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UK hospitals to trial five new drugs in search for coronavirus treatment | World news | The Guardian
Exclusive: thirty hospitals looking to sign up hundreds of patients to take part in studies
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The hunt to find a treatment for Covid-19 continues. Many hospitals in the UK are testing new drugs in hopes to put an end to the search.
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China is drawing up ambitious plans to test the entire population of Wuhan, the city where the Covid-19 pandemic began.
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The authorities were planning on testing all 11 million people in 10 days, they are now looking at a less ambitious timetable.
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The tests, many made in China without F.D.A. approval, are often inaccurate. Some doctors are misusing them. The rollout is nowhere close to the demand.
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Lack of accuracy in the test results is the main challenge faced by the US authorities to test the population efficiently and reopening the country.
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CRISPR-based approach is much faster than current diagnostics, but does have some limitations
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Promising new tests to quickly detect Coronavirus.
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India has recorded more than 2 million total coronavirus cases, only three weeks after announcing it had hit 1 million confirmed infections, as the country's healthcare systems buckle under the pressure of the escalating pandemic.
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The situation is India is still getting worse, shortly after reaching 1 million cases they now have over 2 million.
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Media reports say rightwing populist is showing symptoms of disease
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Brazilian president has been tested again after reporting symptoms of disease, and the he tested positive to Coronavirus.
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One in 1,700 people are thought to be infected, based on 20,000 tests in households.
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Coronavirus spread in England seems to fall, although volume of data for these statistics might not be significant enough to eliminate margin of errors.
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Having two copies of e4 variant of ApoE gene linked to double risk of severe Covid-19, study suggests
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People with a genetic mutation that increases the risk of dementia also have a greater chance of having severe Covid-19, researchers have revealed.
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All Los Angeles County residents will now have access to free coronavirus testing regardless of whether they have symptoms, Mayor Eric Garcetti (D) announced Wednesday, noting that Los Angeles is the first major city in the United States to roll out such an effort.
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Mayor Eric Garcetti has annouced free testing for the coronavirus for Los Angeles residents. This testing is now available for everyone, whether or not hey have symptoms. This should help to stem the spread of the virus.
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Human trial with infected volunteers could speed the race for an effective vaccine but remains a contested strategy.