Dr. Stuart Weiss: COVID-19 Update Friday 20-November-2020
By Dr. Stuart Weiss, Intelligent Crowd Solutions
Dr. Stuart Weiss, FACEP, FAAP, CBCP
November 20, 2020
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| COVID-19 HEADLINES FOR TODAY Coronavirus update for November 20, 2020 World Wide Updates Eli Lilly’s monoclonal antibody for Covid-19 gets interim approval in Canada Brazil surpasses 6 million Covid-19 cases UK health minister says vaccine could be out by next month US extends travel restrictions on northern and southern borders into December EU says vaccines may be given authorization by December Spain optimistic it could carry out widespread vaccinations in first half of 2021 Russia breaks another record for daily infections as officials are accused of underplaying the death toll Serbia’s leading religious figure dies with Covid-19 infection after attending funeral in Montenegro Covid fragments found in Victorian sewage Swedish alcohol curfew set to go into effect Germany’s Merkel says vaccine could be approved in Europe by next month South Australia clarifies easing of restrictions after lockdown lifted early India surpasses 9 million Covid-19 cases Japan records another daily high of Covid-19 cases but government says no state of emergency needed Pfizer and Moderna Covid vaccines could be given European authorization by mid-December WHO recommends against use of remdesivir for treatment of Covid-19 “Encouraging signs” in the number of new UK coronavirus cases, health secretary says Germany reports highest rise in Covid-19 infections Swedish doctors frustrated at coronavirus strategy South Australia to lift 6-day lockdown early after person lied to contact tracing authorities Italy records almost 700 deaths in 24 hours Scotland bans all nonessential travel to England German doctor killed 2 severely ill COVID-19 patients with lethal injection, police says Lie about coronavirus from infected pizza shop employee sparks lockdown for 1.7 million people in Australia Toronto returns to lockdown Victoria records 22nd day of zero cases Turkey records its highest virus death toll Total Cases Worldwide: 57,839,896Total Deaths Worldwide: 1,367,041Total Recovered: 40,047,138 US Updates California sets new daily record for Covid-19 infections Johnson & Johnson expects to have efficacy results on its Covid-19 vaccine by early 2021 Pfizer and BioNTech file with FDA for emergency authorization for their coronavirus vaccine CVS chief medical officer says he expects vaccines to be widely available by early spring Some testing sites in Illinois are seeing longer wait times, official says New York City could close indoor dining and gyms as soon as the week after Thanksgiving Covid-19 spread is “faster” and “broader” than before, Birx says Florida Sen. Rick Scott tests positive for coronavirus CDC guidance on testing symptomatic people “put a pale on testing for a number of weeks” Top Pentagon official Anthony Tata tests positive for Covid-19 US reports more than 187,000 new Covid-19 cases in highest single day surge More than 470,000 Americans will die from coronavirus by March, experts forecast Pfizer’s potential Covid-19 vaccine is a “medical home run — maybe a Grand Slam,” says FDA commissioner Los Angeles records highest number of Covid cases in a single day CDC recommends against travel for Thanksgiving Dozens of Minnesota COVID cases are linked to Sturgis Motorcycle Rally, study says People infected with coronavirus ‘likely to be most infectious’ in first week of illness, researcher say Brooklyn official apologizes for not taking COVID-19 precautions at party Rudy Giuliani’s son tests positive for COVID-19 Hawaii requires pre-travel negative COVD test for visitors to avoid 2-week quarantine FDA announces advisory committee to meet to discuss Pfizer’s vaccine application in December Total US cases: 12,238,876Total US deaths: 259,946Total Recovered: 7,291,717Total Tested in US: 173,719,264 Total cases in TX: 1,147,276 Total deaths in TX: 20,766 Total cases in CA: 1,086,900 Total deaths in CA: 18,588 Total cases in FL: 923,418 Total deaths in FL: 17,889 Total cases in IL: 634,395 Total deaths in IL: 11,795 Total cases in NY: 622,087 Total deaths in NY: 34,172 Contact us |
