World: COVID epidemic-19 August 5: The world has more than 18.6 million cases, Novavax announces promising results of the vaccine

As of August 5, the world had more than 18.6 million COVID-19 infections, more than 700,000 people died and nearly 12 million people recovered. Company Novavax (USA) announced when tested, its COVID-19 vaccine created a strong immune response.

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According to the website worldometers.info, as of 6 am on August 5 (Vietnam time), the world had 18,653,319 cases of COVID-19, of which 702,183 people died and 11,877,062 people recovered.

More than 10 million people have been infected with the new strain corona virus in the Americas. Followed by Asia with more than 4.6 million cases, Europe with more than 2.9 million cases. Meanwhile, Africa has nearly 1 million cases and the Oceania region has more than 20,000 cases of COVID-19.

Novavax announced promising results for the COVID-19 vaccine

The COVID-19 vaccine has induced a strong immune response, generating more antibodies against the corona virus, according to preliminary data from a small early-stage clinical trial, Novavax said.

Novavax said eight of the test participants experienced acceptable side effects and did not require medical intervention, according to Reuters news agency. In particular, headache, fatigue and muscle aches are among the common side effects of the company's COVID-19 vaccine.

After two doses of vaccination, the NVX-CoV2373 vaccine produced higher antibody levels in the volunteers participating in the trial than in patients who have recovered from the epidemic, hoping to achieve ultimate success in experiment.

Novavax's vaccine is part of the US government-sponsored COVID-19 Warp Speed ​​vaccine development campaign. Currently, effective vaccines and treatments are essential to preventing the COVID-19 pandemic.

The company will soon initiate larger-scale end-stage clinical trials and have the potential to achieve good results for regulatory approval in early December 2020.

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Mr. Trump: has controlled COVID-19 translation, should open schools

US President Donald Trump on August 4 said that the COVID-19 epidemic has been controlled in the US in the context of the death toll continues to rise.

"They are dying, it's true. However, that doesn't mean we're not doing everything in our power. The epidemic is under control as much as we can control it. terrible disease "- Mr. Trump said.

Trump also continued to insist that American schools should reopen in an interview with Axios, with cases continuing to rise in the US and dozens of states must either be suspended or withdraw their plans to reopen their economy.

Dr. Deborah Birx, part of the US government's anti-COVID-19 task force, warned that the virus has "spread abnormally" to rural areas as well as cities across the United States. Commissioner Stephen Hahn of the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on August 4 said the epidemic was still not controlled and urged Americans to "be very cautious".

Over the past two weeks, on average, more than 1,000 people die from COVID-19 outbreaks every day in the United States. According to worldometers.info, on August 4, the US recorded 47,329 more cases and 1,124 deaths from corona virus, bringing the total number of cases nationwide to nearly 5 million and over 160,000 deaths.

People go to the beach in San Clemente, California, USA on August 4, 2020 but do not wear masks - Photo: REUTERS

Brazil continues to have over 50,000 cases

Brazil's Ministry of Health reported 51,603 new infections and 1,154 deaths from COVID-19 on August 4, bringing the total number of COVID-19 cases nationwide to more than 2.8 million and nearly 100,000 deaths.

In another development, the World Health Organization on August 4 warned that young people gathering at nightclubs and beaches in many major cities around the world caused the number of COVID-19 cases to increase, and the proportion of young people aged 15 to 24 years infected with the disease has tripled in the past five months.

Source: https://tuoitre.vn/dich-covid-19-ngay-5-8-the-gioi-hon-18-6-trieu-ca-novavax-cong-bo-ket-qua-hua-hen- crab-vaccine-20200805060459525.htm