PARIS, Oct 14 — As Europe imposed new restrictions to try to stall a surging second wave of the novel coronavirus, hopes for vaccines to rapidly provide relief suffered a blow yesterday with the suspension of two clinical trials in the United States. China meanwhile rushed to test an entire city...
A medical worker in protective suit collects a swab from a woman for nucleic acid testing, following new cases of Covid-19 in Qingdao, Shandong province, China October 13, 2020. — China Daily pic via Reuters
Hopes for a rapid vaccine rollout suffered a setback as US pharmaceutical firm Eli Lilly said it had suspended the Phase 3 trial of its antibody treatment over an unspecified incident, the second in less than 24 hours after Johnson & Johnson ran into a similar problem. Meanwhile China — where Covid-19 first emerged late last year — launched a drive to test all residents of Qingdao after a handful of cases were detected on Sunday.
Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki became the latest high-profile figure to go into quarantine after coming into contact with an infected person.
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