Ministers will say that the current system of requiring people to stay at home for 14 days will be dismantled nationwide in January, if pilot schemes succeed, according to the newspaper.
Clinical evidence from Regeneron's outpatient trials have suggested that monoclonal antibodies such as REGEN-COV2 have the greatest benefit when given early after diagnosis and in patients who have not yet mounted their own immune response or who have high viral load.
As schools remain shut and health services continue to be disrupted, vulnerabilities of children and women have increased manifold, warns world body
The decision is believed to be related to a second wave of Covid-19. Suspension will not apply to already issued visas.
"While Covid-19 diagnostic tests have been authorized for at-home collection, this is the first that can be fully self-administered and provide results at home," FDA Commissioner Stephen Hahn said.
"The idea that we have a 94.5% effective vaccine is stunningly impressive. It is really a spectacular result that I don't think anybody had anticipated would be this good,” said Fauci.
Moderna's vaccine proved 94.5 per cent effective in preventing Covid-19 with symptoms. Preliminary analysis suggests a broadly consistent safety and efficacy profile across all evaluated subgroups.
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is self-isolating after someone he was in contact with tested positive for the coronavirus, a spokesman said Sunday.
The importers were a unit of Guotai International Group and Shanghai Zhongli Development Trade, the Jinan Municipal Health Commission said in a statement on its website late on Saturday.
Billionaire Elon Musk said in a tweet Saturday that he “most likely” has a moderate case of Covid-19, though he continued to cast doubt on the accuracy of the tests, citing the “wildly different results from different labs.”
