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In Britain, about 4,000 truck drivers were stuck along roads near the southeastern English port in Dover after a 48-hour shutdown to prevent the spread of a variation of the coronavirus. In order to travel to France, truckers must produce a negative Covid-19 test.
Rampaging infections at farms caused scandal, scientific head-scratching and a search for a vaccine — for mink.
Giving anticoagulants to hospitalized Covid-19 patients is routine. But high doses may sometimes do more harm than good, a safety board finds.
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Covid Antibody Drugs Go Unused as Need Soars
While such treatments are promising, their use has been slowed by testing lags, overwhelmed hospitals and a perception the therapies are only for well-connected people.
Giving anticoagulants to hospitalized Covid-19 patients is routine. But high doses may sometimes do more harm than good, a safety board finds.
Some 700 foreigners who were exposed to the coronavirus through their frontline work are being given expedited naturalization reviews.
Skylar Mack, 18, was sentenced to four months in prison for violating coronavirus restrictions in the Cayman Islands. After an outcry, her sentence was reduced to two months on Tuesday.
Two days after closing its borders to arrivals from Britain, France was expected to reopen its borders to French nationals, residents and workers like truck drivers.
“She’s pretty hysterical right now,” said the grandmother of the 18-year-old student, Skylar Mack, who broke quarantine in the Cayman Islands.