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Image copyright Getty Images A cheap and widely available drug can help save the lives of patients seriously ill with coronavirus.The low-dose steroid treatment dexamethasone is a major breakthrough in the fight against the deadly virus, UK experts say. The drug is part of the world's biggest trial testing existing treatments to see if they…

1of52Screen grab taken from video issued by Britain's Oxford University, showing a person being injected as part of the first human trials in the UK to test a potential coronavirus vaccine, untaken by Oxford University in England, Thursday April 23, 2020. Two volunteers have received the first vaccine trial against the COVID-19 Coronavirus on Thursday.…

In this Friday, June 12, 2020 file photo, a nurse uses a swab to perform a coronavirus test.AP Photo/Rick BowmerFor the first time since tracking began, the number of coronavirus cases in Alabama grew by more than 1,000 in a day.The Alabama Department of Public Health’s June 14 10 a.m. numbers show 25,235 cases in…

By Clare Wilson Godrevy Lighthouse in Cornwall. The England’s south west has the highest R number in EnglandAndrew Michael/Education Images/Universal Images Group via Getty Images The south west of England has the highest rate of coronavirus spread in the UK, with an “R number” estimated to be in the range of 0.8 to 1.1. Most…

12 June marks 100 days since the first known Covid-19 patient arrived back in the country from a trip to Italy.As of Thursday, 58 568 cases have been recorded, more than one million tests were conducted across private and public labs, while 1 284 deaths have been recorded.The infection rate is now higher than at…