What You Need to Know About Coronavirus Now

(Reuters)-What you need to know about coronaviruses now is:

Children are more concerned about spreading the virus

U.S. students are returning directly to school online during a pandemic, and the interest of educators and families is faced with new research showing that children can be at risk of spreading the new coronavirus. Is increasing.

Several large studies have shown that the vast majority of children with COVID-19, a disease caused by the virus, have milder illnesses than adults. Earlier reports also found no strong evidence that children were the leading cause of the deadly virus that killed more than 780,000 people worldwide.

However, more recent studies are beginning to show how contagious uninfected children are, even in asymptomatic children.

Significant circumstances in a new outbreak in South Korea

A new coronavirus infection has spread nationwide from the Korean capital’s church, raising concerns that one of the world’s virus mitigation success stories may still suffer a disastrous outbreak, the top health official said. I said on Thursday.

“The reason we take the recent situation so seriously is that the epidemic, which has begun to spread to certain religious institutions, is nationwide through certain gatherings,” said Deputy Health Minister Kim Gunlip. I told him.

Positive cases from the rally include people from nine different cities and regions across the country. Kim did not identify those locations, but said 114 facilities, including workplaces for infected people, are at risk of infection.

Brazil sees signs of slowing spread

According to the Ministry of Health, the prevalence of coronaviruses in Brazil could soon slow, with early signs that infection rates were below critical levels and weekly cases and deaths were declining gradually. Was given.

Despite Brazil’s position as the world’s second-largest COVID-19 hotspot, after the United States, despite the numbers again confirming a steady increase in confirmed cases and deaths over the last 24 hours Despite this, cautious optimism is coming.

According to provincial data, the number of confirmed new cases of COVID-19 in Brazil decreased from a peak of 319,653 in the week to 25 July to 304,684 last week. Week of July.

Trump sells convalescent plasma as a treatment

US President Donald Trump on Wednesday recommended the use of convalescent plasma as a treatment for COVID-19, suggesting that the regulator’s reported decision to suspend urgent approval for its use could be politically motivated. .. “I heard a great deal about convalescent plasma,” Trump told the briefing.

The New York Times reported Wednesday that urgent approval by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for using plasma as a coronavirus treatment was withheld, fearing data to back it up. FDA did not respond to requests for comment.

People who survive infections such as COVID-19 are left behind by plasma, which contains antibodies produced by the body’s immune system to fight the virus. It can be transfused into newly infected patients to help recovery.

China supports Wuhan Park after pool party

The Chinese state newspaper announced Thursday that it was behind the amusement park in the center of Wuhan, concerned about the spread of COVID-19, and a crowded pool party became a hot topic overseas, so it expressed its support.

Videos and photos of the Electronic Music Festival held at the Wuhan Maya Beach Water Park on July 11 blew overseas, but living in a city where the virus that caused COVID-19 was first detected. Reflects the return to normal. As I mentioned in the front page story.

Another article in the Global Times, a tabloid newspaper published by the ruling Communist People’s Daily, cited Wuhan residents as saying that pool parties reflected the city’s success in antivirus efforts. [VnL4N2FM07Y]