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ZURICH (Reuters) -Regeneron is pursuing U.S. approval for its COVID-19 monoclonal antibody cocktail as a preventative treatment after it helped cut the risk of symptomatic infections in households where someone else is ill, the U.S. drugmaker said on Monday.
FILE PHOTO: The Regeneron Pharmaceuticals company logo is seen on a building at the company s Westchester campus in Tarrytown, New York, U.S. September 17, 2020. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid
REGEN-COV, a combination of casirivimab and imdevimab, protected household contacts from exposure to SARS-CoV-2, with 72% protection against symptomatic infections in the first week, and 93% after that, according to trial data released by the company.
Cork bartenders to contest Covid-19 breach charges, court hears Two staff at Harp Bar charged with contravening regulations to limit spread of Covid-19
Mon, Apr 12, 2021, 21:44
Charges against the two bar staff in Cork are being brought under a section of the Health Act 1947 as amended by the Health (Preservation and Protection and other Emergency Measures in the Public Interest) Act 2020.
Two bartenders at a Cork city pub are to contest charges that they breached Covid-19 restriction regulations while working in the bar last summer.
Daniel Kiely (39) and Laura Leahy (27) are both charged with the Covid-19 regulation breaches, arising from alleged incidents at the Harp Bar on Pouladuff Road, Cork, in July 2020.
HSE urged to establish research unit dedicated to Long Covid More than 5% of Covid-19 patients suffer symptoms eight weeks later, study shows
Mon, Apr 5, 2021, 11:47
Cork North Central TD Colm Burke says international research has found that Covid-19 can have long-term effects on people who contract the disease and Ireland needs to address the issue as a matter of urgency. File photograph: iStock
The Health Service Executive (HSE) should establish a dedicated health unit to research the long-term effects of Covid-19 and to support patients, including healthcare staff, suffering the consequences of the disease months after contracting it, a Government TD has urged.