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25 junho 2020

COVID Bar Chart Race-Original Version
Revealed: countries facing coronavirus rise as lockdown relaxed: Of the 45 countries to have recorded more than 25,000 coronavirus cases to date, 21 currently have relaxed responses to the pandemic. Of these, 10 are reporting a rising number of cases
Coronavirus: Europeans say EU was ‘irrelevant’ during pandemic: EU-wide survey reveals deep disillusionment at response, and desire for closer cooperation in future
The New Normal of Everyday Life
Coronavirus death rate in US compared to flu death rate, by age: Although the flu and coronavirus have some overlapping symptoms, the coronavirus' death rate in the US is far higher.
Comissão de Proteção de Dados diz que ainda não emitiu parecer sobre aplicação anti-Covid: A Comissão Nacional de Proteção de Dados prevê emitir parecer sobre a aplicação Stay Away “muito em breve”. Esta aplicação que vai ser disponibilizada gratuitamente alerta os seus utilizadores se estiveram em contacto com alguém sinalizado como estando infetado com Covid-19. INESC TEC garante que aplicação respeita a privacidade dos seus utilizadores e que é à prova de hackers.
China to run human coronavirus vaccine trial in UAE: China is seeking to trial potential vaccines overseas because of a lack of new patients at home.

Over a dozen experimental vaccines are being trialled around the world. None of them has yet successfully completed a late-stage “Phase 3” test to determine efficacy in shielding healthy people from the virus, which has killed over 470,000 people around the world.

Such trials involve thousands of participants and normally take place in countries where the virus is widespread, so that the vaccine can be observed in a real-life environment.