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Europe combats second coronavirus wave with new lockdowns, curfews and other measures

Italy once again ramped up coronavirus restrictions in a bid to avoid a new nationwide lockdown, as parts of the United Kingdom have already reinstated lockdowns similar to those seen in March, and Poland converted a major stadium into a field hospital amid a massive surge in infections.

European countries announce new rules as global cases exceed 40 million. Wales will enter a national lockdown on Friday, and UNICEF plans to stockpile more than half a billion syringes.

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— New York Times

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Europe braces for more coronavirus lockdowns and restrictions as cases spike, winter looms

As coronavirus infections hit record daily highs in parts of Europe this week, fears that the outbreak may spiral out of control this winter forced many European officials to impose new curfews and restrictions.

 

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Pelosi gets tested for coronavirus, raises ‘concerns’ on accuracy of White House tests as she awaits results

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi revealed Friday she’s been tested for coronavirus out of an “abundance of caution” and raised concerns about the accuracy of tests at the White House that “led to” President Trump’s exposure.

 

— FOX News: Marisa Schultz

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Trump contracts COVID-19 after downplaying risk for months. What next?

What next for President Trump, his campaign and the U.S government, now that he himself has contracted the virus after downplaying the risk for months?

 

The president tweeted he and the first lady tested positive.

The president’s positive test result came after he spent months playing down the severity of the outbreak that has killed more than 207,000 in the United States and hours after insisting that “the end of the pandemic is in sight.”

 

— NYT: Peter Baker and Maggie Haberman &

— ABC News: Top Stories

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Amy Coney Barrett tested negative for coronavirus, last had contact with Trump on Saturday, White House says

Judge Amy Coney Barrett, President Trump’s Supreme Court nominee, last had direct contact with President Trump on Saturday as Trump officially announced her nomination, according to the White House.

 

— FOX News: Tyler Olson

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Covid-19 Live updates: Johnson & Johnson tests one-shot vaccine

Johnson & Johnson plans to enroll 60,000 participants in its Phase 3 trials. Dr. Anthony Fauci and other top U.S. health officials are scheduled to testify before a Senate panel today.

— NYT: Top Stories

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Miss. Supreme Court says voters with coronavirus vulnerability don’t automatically qualify for absentee ballots

Mississippi voters more vulnerable to the coronavirus because of preexisting conditions don’t necessarily qualify to cast an absentee ballot, the state’s Supreme Court ruled Friday.

 

— FOX News: Brie Stimson

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Trump campaign adviser blasts ‘myth’ that POTUS botched coronavirus response

Trump campaign senior adviser Steve Cortes claims that the narrative that President Trump failed in his early response to the coronavirus pandemic is nothing more than a “myth” perpetuated by the media.

 

— FOX News: Ronn Blitzer

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LabVantage COVID-19 LIMS solution implemented for onsite workplace health and safety

—Leading Consumer Goods Company Offers Employee Health Testing at In-House Test Centers—

SOMERSET, N.J.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–#COVID–LabVantage Solutions, Inc., the leading provider of laboratory informatics solutions and services including purpose-built LIMS solutions that allow labs to go live faster and at a lower total cost, today announced that a Fortune 100 global consumer packaged goods (CPG) company has deployed the LabVantage COVID-19 LIMS solution to ensure employee health and safety in the workplace.

The U.S.-based CPG company opened an in-house COVID-19 testing center where employees can quickly and safely be tested for the SARS-CoV-2 virus that causes COVID illnesses. In-house health and laboratory professionals, using LabVantage’s purpose-built COVID-19 laboratory information management system (LIMS), can quickly schedule, collect samples, test, track, and report results.

The CPG company already uses the LabVantage enterprise LIMS across areas of its organization. When LabVantage announced its new purpose-built solution specific to the COVID-19 pandemic, the company was able to implement it in under six weeks for onsite employee testing that supports a safer workplace.

“LabVantage COVID-19 LIMS is a full-featured, pre-configured solution for companies, colleges, and universities looking for a way to keep their employees and students safe in the workplace or on campus with the confidence that comes with accurate and comprehensive testing,” said LabVantage CEO, John Heiser. “It’s illustrative of our ability to transform scientific data into knowledge that drives better outcomes for our business partners.”

Having the testing process onsite saves time and gives the employees the convenience of not having to go to a hospital or doctor’s office for a test. Employees displaying symptoms, or those who request a test, can be scheduled quickly for an appointment. LabVantage COVID-19 LIMS prepares the sample request, labels sample specimens, tracks all patient and sample data following privacy and security protocols such as HIPAA and GDPR, and handles results and reporting in a single easy-to-use interface.

Dr. Heiser pointed out that the LabVantage COVID-19 LIMS solution is ideal for companies that are equipped to conduct all testing-related work in-house, as well as for organizations that do not have their own testing facilities who work with third-party laboratories. In addition, LabVantage’s ISO-27001 certification, existing validation practices, and Certificate of Release allows companies to focus their validation efforts on critical functions while still being able to confidently point to a reliable solution.

The COVID-specific LIMS solution incorporates LabVantage’s deep knowledge of laboratory workflows, along with numerous features designed to make it easy for laboratories to perform coronavirus testing using RT-PCR, isothermal nucleic acid amplification, and serology methods. LabVantage COVID-19 LIMS can be hosted on the cloud or offered as SaaS and is highly scalable, which are important attributes as testing volumes escalate.

The LabVantage COVID-19 LIMS is available immediately. For more information on LIMS for coronavirus testing, visit here.

About LabVantage Solutions

A recognized leader in enterprise laboratory software solutions, LabVantage Solutions dedicates itself to improving customer outcomes by transforming data into knowledge. The LabVantage informatics platform is highly configurable, integrated across a common architecture, and 100% browser-based to support hundreds of concurrent users. Deployed on-premise, via the cloud, or SaaS, it seamlessly interfaces with instruments and other enterprise systems – enabling true digital transformation. The platform consists of the most modern laboratory information management system (LIMS) available, integrated electronic laboratory notebook (ELN), laboratory execution system (LES), and scientific data management system (SDMS); and, for healthcare settings, a laboratory information system (LIS). We support more than 1500 global customer sites in the life sciences, pharmaceutical, medical device, biobank, food & beverage, consumer packaged goods, oil & gas, genetics/diagnostics, and healthcare industries. Headquartered in Somerset, NJ, with global offices, LabVantage has, for four decades, offered its comprehensive portfolio of products and services to enable customers to innovate faster in the R&D cycle, improve manufactured product quality, achieve accurate record-keeping, and comply with regulatory requirements. For more information, visit labvantage.com.

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