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Cleaning ROBOT that can tell jokes is being trialled on hospital wards to ‘put a smile on patients’ faces and help in the fight against Covid-19 The cleaning robot named Ella was demoed at Tunbridge Wells Hospital in Kent She kept reception ‘spick and span’ while also communicating with visitors Ella had a short trial on … Read more
An experimental coronavirus drug which is now being trialled on the NHS has been found to cause a 100 per cent reduction in symptomatic infections and also reduce overall infection rates. Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc said on Tuesday that its two-antibody cocktail REGEN-COV prevented 100 per cent of the 186 people who got the drug after being … Read more
Two antiviral drugs are set to begin early human trials in London-based coronavirus patients. A UCL-led study, dubbed the FLARE trial, will investigate the efficacy of favipiravir, which is used to treat the flu, and the cocktail of lopinavir/ritonavir which is given to HIV patients. Scientists are recruiting 240 participants between the ages of 18 … Read more
In the same week the British Treasury announced new proposals to help maintain access to physical cash, around 50,000 people in China were handed 200 digital yuan, around £23, each. Much in the way the UK government handed out ‘helicopter money’ to those eating out to help out in August, China’s version last week had … Read more
World’s first Covid passport will be trialled on flights from Heathrow this week in bid to let passengers travel without risk of quarantine Heathrow test of app to let people travel the globe without quarantine risk United Airlines and Cathay Pacific are trying out CommonPass software The pass works by passengers taking a test at … Read more
Britain today moved one step closer to finally getting a DIY Covid-19 antibody test – including one that gives results in just 10 minutes. Ministers promised Brits would be able to get pregnancy-test style blood kits to tell them whether they’ve ever had the virus back in March. But three months down the line the … Read more
Inhaler that ‘lets Covid-19 victims treat themselves’ will be rolled out across UK in a nationwide trial An inhaler which could treat coronavirus in its early stages is now being trialled The nebuliser was developed by scientists at the University of Southampton Anyone who tests positive and fits the age profile can register for the … Read more
A drug designed to stop blood clots could be a life-saving treatment for Covid-19, according to scientists who are now trialling it in the UK. The British Heart Foundation has begun a study to test the effects of a medication called TRV027. It has already worked for heart failure by keeping a healthy balance between … Read more
Bemcentinib Who makes it? It’s a tablet developed by the Norwegian company BerGenBio. It’s known as an AXL kinase inhibitor. What have studies shown? Bemcentinib is likely to have been chosen because lab tests have shown it has potent anti-viral activity against several enveloped viruses, including Ebola and Zika virus. Preliminary data suggest bemcentinib is … Read more
Convalescent plasma has been used to treat infections for at least a century, dating back to the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic. It was also trialed during the 2009-2010 H1N1 influenza virus pandemic, 2003 SARS epidemic, and the 2012 MERS epidemic. Convalescent plasma was used as a last resort to improve the survival rate of patients … Read more