China has four vaccine candidates in the last stage of clinical trials, making it farther ahead in development timelines than others. Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying said China was joining to ensure equitable distribution of vaccines and in hope more capable countries will also join. ———HARTFORD, Conn. — Dr. Deborah Birx of the White House coronavirus task force says she is concerned about the uptick in coronavirus cases in the Northeast. She said Thursday at the University of Connecticut’s Hartford campus that a “very different” kind of spread is happening now. She says that was a lesson learned in the South during the summer when people went indoors for air conditioning.

Source: Daily Sun October 09, 2020 05:03 UTC