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China’s most used COVID-19 vaccines effective against Delta variant

BEIJING – China’s two most widely used COVID-19 vaccines, developed by Sinovac and Sinopharm, were shown to be effective against the Delta variant of the coronavirus, a study based on real-world data in the country showed on Tuesday. The two vaccines were 52% effective against Delta infection and 60% for symptomatic disease, researchers wrote in a peer-reviewed paper. The study …

Technical Specifications for 20-in-1 Mixed Collection and Detection of COVID-19 Nucleic Acids

In order to guide various localities to carry out the COVID-19 mixed collection detection work and further improve the nucleic acid detection capability and efficiency, The Medical Rescue Team of the Joint Prevention and Control Mechanism of the State Council recently released the “Technical Specifications for 20-in-1 Mixed Collection and Detection of COVID-19 Nucleic Acids”. The “Specification” is divided into …

What are the common medical sterilization methods?

Sterilization is the use of physical or chemical methods to destroy all microorganisms including large numbers of resistant bacterial spores. Make it sterile to avoid infection and spread of disease during use. Common medical sterilization methods include: dry heat sterilization, moist heat sterilization, gas sterilization, radiation sterilization, filter sterilization, etc. The following is a brief introduction to these sterilization methods …

Chinese health authorities adopts faster mass testing for COVID-19

Chinese health authorities have adopted faster-pooled tests for the coronavirus that allow professional labs to process 20 samples at a time. The updated testing techniques, based on the current practice of putting five or 10 swab samples together and testing as one, are aimed at sharply boosting the efficiency of virus testing, said the State Council inter-agency task force for …

Why should masks be sterilized with ethylene oxide (EO)?

The masks on the market are basically divided into three categories: civilian masks, medical masks and professional respiratory protective masks. Civilian masks, such as disposable nursing masks. It mainly refers to the daily protective masks that meet the needs of most people’s daily life and work. Medical masks are divided into medical protective masks (N95 masks), medical surgical masks and …

FDA warns against incorrect use of at-home COVID-19 test requiring nasal swab

Viral social media posts say swabbing your throat will yield a more accurate COVID-19 test. The FDA warns it could be dangerous. AUSTIN, Texas — After a trend on social media, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) warns about safety concerns in swabbing your throat for an at-home COVID-19 test. Throughout most of the pandemic, many at-home tests required swabbing nostrils …

The United States Added More Than 1 Million New Cases of COVID-19 Yesterday

According to Bloomberg News, on January 3, the United States reported more than 1 million new confirmed cases of COVID-19 in a single day. This number created a new global record for single-day COVID-19 in a single country.and the new cases of COVID-19 on January 3 were almost twice as many as the new record set in the United States …

COVID-19 Outbreak Developing in Xi’an

  Food couriers bring supplies to social workers at a closed residential community in Xi’an, Shaanxi province, on Saturday. [Photo by YUAN JINGZHI/FOR CHINA DAILY] A citywide lockdown and mass COVID-19 testing in Xi’an, capital of Northwest China’s Shaanxi province, have enabled the city to reduce the risk of transmission, but the local outbreak is still developing, local authorities said …

The U.S. Drug Administration Approves Emergency Use of the First Oral Covid-19 Antiviral Medicine

Xinhua News Agency, Washington, December 22 (Reporter Tan Jingjing) On the 22nd, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the first oral drug that can be used urgently to treat COVID-19 infections in adults and children aged 12 and older who have mild to moderate COVID-19 illnesses, as well as those at higher risk of severe illness. The US Drug …

What Are the Advantages of 10-in-1 Mixed Sampling Testing

10 in 1 mixed sampling testing means that after 10 people sampled separately, the samples are put into the same virus sampling tube. This mixed sampling testing mode is suitable for large-scale testing projects and has the advantages of efficient screening and resource saving. So where are its advantages? A virus sampling tube only puts a sample of one person, …

What diseases can be checked with throat swabs?

Since the outbreak of COVID-19, many people have done throat swabs when doing nucleic acid tests, so they have some understanding of throat swabs. So, in addition to nucleic acid testing, what other diseases can throat swabs check? What is a throat swab test? Pharyngeal swab examination is a frequently used examination method in respiratory medicine. When the throat of …

China Lowers the Price of Covid-19 Nucleic Acid Testing

A staff member deals with nucleic acid testing samples in a PCR (polymerase chain reaction) lab in Xianyou county, East China’s Fujian province, Sept 14, 2021. [Photo/Xinhua] In order to control the expenditure on COVID-19 nucleic acid testing and screening at an affordable level, and strive to maintain a balance between epidemic prevention and control, economic development, and social life, …