Fujifilm Holdings Corp
will restart a clinical trial in Japan of its antiviral drug
Avigan for the treatment of COVID-19, the Nikkei newspaper
reported on Sunday. Domestic approval of. | February 25, 2021
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The U.S. is poised to reach 500,000 Covid-19 deaths, almost a year after the first was reported. Anthony Fauci, the U.S.’s top infectious disease doctor, called the number “almost unbelievable.” He said vaccinations slowed by bad weather should be back on track by midweek. New York state and California deaths slowed.
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The U.S. is poised to reach 500,000 Covid-19 deaths, almost a year after the first was reported. Anthony Fauci, the U.S.’s top infectious disease doctor, called the number “almost unbelievable.” He said vaccinations slowed by bad weather should be back on track by midweek. New York state and California deaths slowed.
The Biden administration continues to call for K-8 public schools to reopen for in-person learning by the end of April, and said the provision of additional funds will be key. Scott Gottlieb, former head of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, said true herd immunity against the coronavirus may never come.
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Global vaccinations reached more than 202 million just over two months after the first shots were injected, according to the Bloomberg Vaccine Tracker.
Australia kicked off its program on Sunday with Prime Minister Scott Morrison joining a group of nursing home residents in receiving the first shots. The U.K. will offer vaccines to all adults by the end of July and everyone over 50 by mid-April as the government beefs up efforts to contain one of the world’s worst outbreaks.
Johnson & Johnson’s Covid-19 vaccine is expected to be given European Union approval in the next two to four weeks. Fujifilm Holdings Corp. plans to restart clinical trials of Avigan in April, Nikkei reported, after Japanese regulators postponed a decision to approval the antiviral drug in December and asked the company for more data.