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Wuhan Province in China shuts down after discovery of 4 COVID cases
The Media Line Staff
19:14 | 07/28/2022

China’s Wuhan province, where the coronavirus first emerged, ordered businesses and public transportation to close for at least three days after discovering four COVID-19 cases, in keeping with China’s zero COVID policy. The Jiangxia district of Wuhan, which has nearly 1 million residents, on Wednesday announced a ban on large group events and dining at restaurants, and said that it would close public entertainment venues and agricultural markets, and suspend bus and subway services. Residents were encouraged to not leave the province during the three days, while travelers were called on to not enter the area.

Studies: COVID originated in Wuhan animal market
The Media Line Staff
15:41 | 07/27/2022

The coronavirus originated in an animal market in China’s Wuhan province ,which would mean that it moved naturally from animals to humans, according to two new studies. The two studies were published in the journal of Science and underwent peer review prior to appearing in the journal. Some have suggested that the spread of the virus was a result of a lab leak.

Record number of Australians hospitalized with COVID
The Media Line Staff
13:17 | 07/25/2022

A record number of people in Australia have been hospitalized with COVID-19. Some 5,450 were in hospital on Monday, most likely infected with the new and very contagious omicron sub-variants, as the national health care system has been stretched to the limit. Exacerbating this is the factt that many hospital workers are sich with the virus or in isolation. Daily death tolls have risen as well, with 100 recorded on Saturday, also a record. Meanwhile, more than 1,000 retirement homes have suffered outbreaks. Some 95% of Australians have been fully vaccinated, and some 71% have had booster shots.

President Biden continues to improve after contracting contagious variant
The Media Line Staff
13:08 | 07/25/2022

US President Joe Biden, who last week announced that he had contracted COVID-19, continues to improve, according to his doctor, Keven O’Connor. His primary symptoms are a sore throat, runny nose, cough and body aches, O’Connor said. President Biden, who is taking Pfizer’s Paxlovid antiviral pill and medicating himself with Tylenol, likely contracted the highly contagious BA.5 variant, according to the White House. The US president’s vital signs, such as blood pressure and respiratory rate, “remain entirely normal,” according to his doctor, and his oxygen saturation levels are “excellent” with “no shortness of breath at all.” President Biden is fully vaccinated and twice-boosted, and has been isolating in the White House residence.

Macau closes all casinos due to virus outbreak
The Media Line Staff
20:28 | 07/12/2022

The Chinese territory of Macau closed all its casinos for the first time in more than two years due to the coronavirus. The over 30 casinos were closed on Monday for at least a week as the territory attempts to curb the spread of COVID-19, which has broken out in cities throughout China. Macau has seen about 1,500 cases since mid-June. Another 19,000 people are in mandatory quarantine. Police will be on duty to ensure that only people with essential reasons for travel leave their homes or arrive in Macau. Many of the casinos had already been operating with minimal staffing in the last three weeks,

Australia offers 4th vaccine shot to ages 30 and up
The Media Line Staff
20:22 | 07/12/2022

Australia has begun offering a 4th shot against the coronavirus for ages 30 and over. The new round of vaccines come as the numbers of people hospitalized due to the virus rose across the country. There are about 4,000 people hospitalized across Australia due to COVID-19. Most are believed to be the new omicron BA.4 and BA.5 subvariants. The last wave occurred in February. “The pandemic is not over, we are entering a third wave that is placing enormous pressure on our health and hospital system,” Health Minister Mark Butler told reporters in announcing the new vaccines, which began on Monday. Australians over 65 already were able to get the 4th vaccine dose.

Study: 72% fewer deaths of elderly Israelis with 4th COVID shot
The Media Line Staff
20:15 | 07/12/2022

An Israeli study conducted by Tel Aviv University, Ben Gurion University and the Health Ministry in the journal JAMA Internal Medicine shows that a fourth COVID-19 vaccine shots provided a 72% reduction in death rates among elderly Israelis. The study analyzed data on about 40,000 elderly people in nursing homes who received four shots, compared with those who had three shots. The fourth shot of the Pfizer vaccine administered in Israel cut the chance of hospitalization for the virus by over 60% and provided a 34% reduction in chances of infection, according to the study, which covered the outbreak of the coronavirus last winter, which was largely due to the omicron variant. The study looked at 24,088 residents of institutions supervised by the Ministry of Health’s Senior Shield program who received a fourth dose of the Pfizer vaccine, and 19,687 residents who were vaccinated with the first three doses four months or more prior to the follow-up, and decided not to receive the fourth vaccination.

EU calls for second booster shots for people age 60-78
The Media Line Staff
20:04 | 07/12/2022

The European Union has called on its member states to offer a second booster shot against the coronavirus to people ages 60-79 as well as other people vulnerable to the deadly virus, calling such action “critical,” the Associated Press reported. “With cases and hospitalizations rising again as we enter the summer period, I urge everybody to get vaccinated and boosted as quickly as possible. There is no time to lose,” European Commissioner for Health and Food Safety Stella Kyriakides said in a statement. The European Center for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) and the European Medicines Agency recommended in April that the second booster be given to people over age 80.

New Moderna booster offers more protection against omicron variants, study finds
The Media Line Staff
19:56 | 07/12/2022

Spikevax, a new booster vaccine against the coronavirus developed by Moderna, offered more protection against the omicron BA.4 and BA.5 subvariants compared to the current boosters, as well as against the original alpha variant. The results were seen in all age groups within the study, including adults over the age of 18, and over or under the age of 65, and were better whether or not they had been previously exposed to COVID-19. “We are very pleased that our Omicron-adapted, dual-strain platform continues to perform better than the current booster,” Stefan Bensel, Moderna’s CEO, said in a statement. The announcement of the findings follows results published last month from Moderna’s Phase 2/3 study among some 800 participants.

Israel’s Health Ministry recommends vaccination for ages 6 months to 5 years
The Media Line Staff
17:06 | 07/05/2022

The director-general of Israel’s Health Ministry, Nachman Ash, officially approved vaccination against the coronavirus for children ages six months to five years. His approval comes a week after a Health Ministry advisory panel voted in favor of vaccinating the country’s youngest children against COVID-19. The director-general’s approval is the last required in order to begin vaccinating the six month-five years category of children. Last month, the US Food and Drug Administration recommended vaccinating the youngest age group.

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