By Dr. Stuart Weiss, Intelligent Crowd Solutions

Dr. Stuart Weiss, FACEP, FAAP, CBCP

October 2, 2020

Breaking News: President Trump made an unannounced trip to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center this afternoon. He has already received an experimental drug made by Regeneron that contains two antibodies against coronavirus. The medicine is currently in clinical trials and is not approved by the FDA yet. The drug called REGN-COV2 is given by a single dose by infusion. Preliminary results released last week from patient trials showed improvement in patients who did not produce their own antibodies.

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COVID-19 HEADLINES FOR TODAY

Coronavirus update for October 2, 2020 World Wide Updates WHO sends “prayers” to Trumps, but won’t comment on diagnosis World leaders and politicians wish President Trump a speedy recovery from COVID-19 Dow futures fall more than 400 points after Trump Covid-19 diagnosis Canada will ease some border restrictions next Thursday to allow for more family reunifications, and plans to allow some new international students to attend learning institutions EU launches safety review of coronavirus drug remdesivir More than 12,000 Covid infections in 24 hours in France WHO grants approval to new rapid Covid test Authorities order lockdown of more than 100 towns and villages across Lebanon after hundreds test positive for COVID-19 Restauranteurs protest at closure in France Denmark to cull a million Covid-ridden mink Madrid to go into partial lockdown The European Medicines Agency (EMA) starts safety review after patients taking remdesivir report serious kidney problems France reports 12,148 new Covid-19 infections over the past 24 hours Tunisia records 1,308 new confirmed coronavirus cases South African soldiers deployed to enforce one of the world’s strictest lockdowns have returned to barracks as new coronavirus infections slowed More than 700 students test positive for Covid-19 at UK university Health care workers should be at the front of the vaccine line, new report says Russia records highest new infections rate in months Donald Trump’s positive virus test puts him in the company of Boris Johnson and Jair Bolsonaro Poland registers highest daily infection rise Cases in England and Wales increase to one in 500 people estimated to have virus Scottish lawmaker urged to resign for traveling hundreds of miles on train after positive virus test Masks will be mandatory outdoors in Rome region The government of Sao Paulo state in Brazil has asked health regulator Anvisa to register for use the Covid-19 vaccine candidate developed by China’s Sinovac Biotech Paris at risk of total lockdown as cases spike in Europe Germany records highest number of new cases since April European stocks fall after Trump says he tested positive for Covid-19 Total Cases Worldwide: 34,478,571 Total Deaths Worldwide: 1,031,369 Total Recovered: 25,830,823 US Updates Federal officials will handle debate contact tracing, Ohio health department says  California delays issuing reopening guidelines for theme parks Joe Biden says he’s had 2 Covid-19 tests since this morning President Trump has had a fever since this morning Nancy Pelosi tests negative for Covid-19 Cleveland Clinic confirms not all presidential debate attendees wore masks University of Utah still planning to host the vice presidential debate next week All planned Trump events are being postponed or going virtual, campaign says Calls ramp up for widespread testing on Capitol Hill Notre Dame president tests positive after not wearing a mask during SCOTUS event Two more Covid-19 cases reported at the White House, according to memo MLB reports no Covid-19 cases among players for 33 consecutive days Colorado has reported its highest hospitalization rate since August due to Covid-19 Senate minority leader calls for testing and contact tracing for senators and staff Meadows confirms the White House knew Hicks was positive before POTUS traveled Pelosi on stimulus talks: “We still have significant disagreement in key areas” Final jobs report before the election shows a slowdown in the recovery US lawmakers, governors and national leaders wish Trump a “speedy recovery” Five California grocery stores accused of endangering workers during coronavirus pandemic hit with fines Pfizer CEO vows company will not ‘succumb to political pressure’ on vaccine Trump moved to military hospital after Covid-19 diagnosis NFL postpones game after two additional Tennessee Titans players test positive for Covid-19 At least 11 tested positive for Covid-19 at US Secret Service center in August, New York Times reports The US made no improvement on average daily coronavirus infections last month Hawaii expects up to 8,000 visitors a day once new testing program begins Total US cases: 7,535,532 Total US deaths: 213,345 Total Recovered: 4,764,026 Total Tested in US: 104,845,807 Total cases in CA: 824,805 Total deaths in CA: 16,034 Total cases in TX: 791,316 Total deaths in TX: 16,251 Total cases in FL: 711,804 Total deaths in FL: 14,557 Total cases in NY: 495,997 Total deaths in NY: 33,284

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