European and international aviation associations urge European governments to immediately abolish quarantine measures and other travel restrictions following new Recommendations published by the European Centre for Disease Prevention & Control (ECDC).
The European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) – ECDC “Guidelines for COVID-19 testing and quarantine of air travelers: Addendum to the Aviation Health Safety Protocol” also confirm that air travelers account for less than 1 percent of all detected COVID-19 cases and do not increase the rate of virus transmission.
Air Industry Seeks to Abolish Passenger Quarantines
Plant-Based Dengue Virus Vaccine Identified
Researchers from the United Kingdom announced they used plants to produce virus-like particles (VLPs) of the dengue virus in a potential first step towards novel vaccines against the growing threat.
Led by Professor George Lomonossoff at the John Innes Centre in collaboration with Leaf Expression Systems published a pre-clinical study on October 25, 2020, which produced VLPs of dengue virus serotype 1, which is one of 4 serotypes of the virus.
Increased PCR Testing Shown to Slow COVID-19 Transmission
Average reproduction number reduced by 9 percent with 10-fold increase in ratio of tests to new cases
Antiviral Drugs Have No Effect on Mortality in COVID-19
Remdesivir, hydroxychloroquine, lopinavir, interferon regimens have little to no effect on in-hospital mortality
Ongoing Anticoagulant Use Does Not Avert Severe COVID-19
No reduction seen in risks for hospital admission, intensive care unit admission, or death due to COVID
Emergency Departments Saw Decrease in All Non-COVID-19 Diagnoses
Related decreases seen for specialty consultation and urgent inpatient procedures
Large Increase Seen in Overdose-Related Cardiac Arrests in COVID-19
Overdose-related cardiac arrests sharply increased during April 2020, followed by subsequent decrease
Physician’s Briefing Weekly Coronavirus Roundup
Here is what the editors at Physician’s Briefing chose as the most important COVID-19 developments for you and your practice for the week of Nov. 30 to Dec. 4, 2020. …