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US to Begin Clinical Trial of Possible Coronavirus Vaccine on Monday Amid Ongoing Pandemic – Report
The news comes as the Wuhan coronavirus (COVID-19) spreads to over 130 countries and territories, currently infecting more than 167,000 people and with over 6,400 dead worldwide, including in the US, where 65 deaths have been registered, along with over 3,000 new infection cases.
The United States is preparing on Monday to start a clinical trial of a new vaccine developed to protect against the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, the Associated Press reported, citing an unnamed US administration official.
The trial has not been announced publicly but the official reportedly said that that participants will receive an experimental vaccine on Monday at the Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute in Seattle.
The experiment is said to be funded by the US National Institutes of Health (NIH), the primary governmental agency responsible for biomedical and public health research in the US.
The trial will reportedly include 45 young healthy volunteers who will be given different doses of the medicine.
According to the news outlet, US public health officials said that would take a year to 18 months to fully validate any potential vaccine.
The coronavirus pandemic in the US has prompted the Trump administration to take a package of preventive measures, including declaring a state of emergency across the country, closing borders and banning travel to countries with high infection rates.
As of Sunday, the World Health Organization (WHO) has registered over 9,700 new cases of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outside of mainland China - Ground Zero for the contagious pneumonia-type infection - bringing the total number infected in the global pandemic to over 167,000, with over 6,400 dead.
https://sputniknews.com/us/202003161078575297-us-to-begin-clinical-trial-of-possible-coronavirus-vaccine-on-monday-amid-ongoing-pandemic–report/
Half Of Young American Democrats Believe Billionaires Do More Harm Than Good
With income inequality the political hot potato du-jour and wealth concentration at its most extreme since the roaring twenties, is it any wonder that even Americans' view of what used to be called 'success' is now tainted with the ugly taste of partisan 'not-fair'-ism.
Income inequality is roaring…
https://www.zerohedge.com/personal-finance/half-young-american-democrats-believe-billionaires-do-more-harm-good
All New Criminal Trials at DC Superior Court Postponed Due to Coronavirus
The DC Superior Court is postponing all new criminal trials due to the coronavirus pandemic.
According to an announcement from the court, they will be limiting the matters it will hear before May 1, 2020 and all new jury trials will be delayed until at least March 30 and “may be extended beyond then.”
All New Criminal Trials at DC Superior Court Postponed Due to Coronavirus
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The DC Superior Court is postponing all new criminal trials due to the coronavirus pandemic.
According to an announcement from the court, they will be limiting the matters it will hear before May 1, 2020 and all new jury trials will be delayed until at least March 30 and “may be extended beyond then.”
“All persons summoned for jury duty from March 16‐27 should not come to the courthouse,” the release states.
The court plans to only hear emergency matters in Civil, Family Court, Probate and Tax Divisions and Auditor Master. All Stay Away Orders and all Protection Orders in Domestic Violence cases are extended until May 1. People seeking new protection orders will have access to the court processes.
The Marriage Bureau will remain open to provide licenses so that wedding ceremonies that were previously scheduled will go on as planned, but the court is asking people to “please limit the numbers of attendees.”
The Hill reports that criminal hearings will continue for Drug Court and Mental Health Community Court, extradition matters, presentment of indictments, pretrial and probation show cause hearings, motions to review conditions of release and presentments, arraignments, preliminary hearings and status hearings for detained prisoners.
In the Family Court, certain juvenile cases, Mental Health Commission hearings for inpatient respondents, Mental Health Probable Cause hearings and abuse and neglect cases will continue.
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2020/03/all-new-criminal-trials-at-dc-superior-court-postponed-due-to-coronavirus/
Australia's central bank dumps emergency $6 billion into banking system as coronavirus hits financial markets
The Reserve Bank has pumped extra liquidity into the banking system, part of a package of measures aimed at ensuring business and households have access to credit as the coronavirus causes chaos in global financial markets.
The RBA used its daily money market operation to add $5.9 billion to the system through regular repurchase agreements, well above its original intention of $2.5 billion.
That followed an injection of $8.8 billion on Friday, which had left commercial banks with a hefty $10.7 billion of surplus cash held at the RBA.
Monday's operations ranged from four days to 93 days, with $4.6 billion going at the longest maturity.
Earlier, the RBA said it will be conducting one-month and three-month repurchase (repo) operations until further notice.
It will also conduct repo operations of six-months maturity or longer at least weekly, as long as market conditions warrant, as part of a package of liquidity measures from Australia's Council of Financial Regulators (CFR).
The CFR said financial regulators and the government were working closely together to help ensure financial markets continue to operate effectively and that credit is available to households and businesses.
The steps followed a move by major central banks to offer global markets cheap US dollar funding, while the US Federal Reserve cut its interest rates by 100 basis points to between 0 and 0.25 per cent in another emergency move on Sunday.
https://www.9news.com.au/national/coronavirus-outbreak-rba-dumps-emergency-6-billion-into-banking-system/a010e5b8-0e8c-4802-a377-e0b449a7c7b3