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Coronavirus cases continued their grim climb in the United States on Sunday with Midwestern states experiencing record hospitalizations. Nearly 87,000 cases were reported on Saturday, with 909 deaths and record hospitalizations for the sixth straight day in the Midwest, according to a Reuters tally. In October, 31 states set records for increases in new cases, 21 for hospitalized COVID-19 patients and 14 for record increases in deaths.
Iran reports record high death toll
Iran on Monday reported a record 440 COVID deaths in the past 24 hours, pushing the death toll in the Middle East’s worst-hit country to 35,738 as a ban on travel in and out of major cities came into force. The government has shut schools, mosques, shops and restaurants in most of the country since early October.
CureVac’s vaccine triggers immune response
CureVac’s experimental COVID-19 vaccine triggered an immune response in humans, it said on Monday, putting the German biotech company on track to start mass testing this year as the race to end the pandemic heats up. “We are very encouraged by the interim Phase I data,” Chief Executive Officer Franz-Werner Haas said.
Prince William caught COVID-19 in April
Britain’s Prince William contracted COVID-19 in April at a similar time to his father, the heir-to-the-throne Prince Charles, a source close to his Kensington Palace office said. | | | | | | | | From Breakingviews - Corona Capital: Nestlé’s TV meal, Taiwan, Unibail.
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