Read more about US National Institute of Health to research on Covid-19 impact on children on Business Standard. About 3.17 million children in the United States have tested positive for COVID-19 since the onset of the pandemic
Convalescent plasma therapy is when the liquid portion of blood is taken from a recovered coronavirus patient
It is transferred into a sick patient in hopes they will develop the antibodies needed to fight off the infection
On Tuesday, the NIH said it was halting a trial looking at convalescent blood plasma in treating patients with mild-to-moderate coronavirus
An independent data monitoring board found no difference in the group of patients who received the treatment of a placebo
It comes less than two months after an international trial of convalescent plasma was stopped after similar findings
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PHNOM PENH, Cambodia – The United States congratulates Cambodia on the successful arrival of 324,000 doses of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine on March 2, 2021. This shipment was made possible through the COVAX Advance Market Commitment, a global initiative to support equitable access to COVID-19 vaccines. The United States recently announced the provision of an initial $2 billion out of a total planned $4 billion to the COVAX Advance Market Commitment, making the United States the single largest contributor to the international response to COVID-19. Cambodia is among the first countries in the region to have received COVID-19 vaccines through the COVAX facility.
“Supporting Cambodia’s response to COVID-19 through the COVAX facility continues our long-standing public health cooperation and partnership with Cambodia,” said U.S. Ambassador W. Patrick Murphy. “Defeating the pandemic is a global challenge and the United States is working both at home an