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 Trump calls off aid talks
U.S. President Donald Trump, still being treated for COVID-19,
abruptly ended talks with Democrats on an economic aid package on
Tuesday, drawing criticism from presidential rival Joe Biden that he
was abandoning Americans in the midst of a pandemic.
Along with Biden, congressional Democrats and some Republicans
blasted Trump, saying more was needed to help the millions who have
lost their jobs.
"The president turned his back on you," Biden said in a Twitter
post.
India's daily infections slow down
India reported 72,049 new cases of coronavirus on Wednesday,
dropping from the daily highs of last month in a sign infections
were peaking for now, officials and experts said.
India leads the world in the average number of new infections and is
expected to overtake the United States over the next several weeks
as the country with the world's largest number of cases.
But since it hit a single-day high of 97,894 new cases on Sept. 17,
the country has reported a downward trend with 75,909 daily cases on
an average, according to a Reuters tally.
China's experimental vaccine appears safe
A Chinese experimental coronavirus vaccine being developed by the
Institute of Medical Biology under the Chinese Academy of Medical
Sciences was shown to be safe in an early stage clinical trial,
researchers said.
In a Phase 1 trial of 191 healthy participants aged between 18 and
59, vaccination with the group's experimental shot showed no severe
adverse reactions.
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The most common adverse reactions reported by the trial participants were mild
pain, slight fatigue and redness, itching and swelling at the injection site.
The candidate also induced immune response.
Czech rise in cases fastest in Europe
The Czech Republic reported a record 4,457 new coronavirus cases in a single
day, as a spike in infections over the past month is now rising at Europe's
fastest pace.
The daily rise in new COVID-19 cases, recorded on Tuesday, surpassed a previous
record of 3,794 to bring the total number of cases recorded since March to
90,022 - a fourfold increase since Aug. 25.
Hospitalisations have soared tenfold in that period to add strain on the
healthcare system.
More problems for UK's testing system
Britain's COVID-19 testing system, already struggling with a surge in new cases,
was facing fresh disruption on Wednesday after Swiss pharmaceutical giant Roche
said problems at a new warehouse had delayed the dispatch of some products.
Roche is one of the main suppliers of diagnostic tests to Britain's National
Health Service Test and Trace programme, which only days ago was hit by a
technical glitch that delayed the reporting of 15,000 positive results.
(Compiled by Linda Noakes; Editing by Mark Potter)
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