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Buenos Aires, May 14 (EFE).- Argentina has ‘high expectation’ that its ongoing clinical trial, in which people who have recovered from COVID-19 donate their blood plasma for the treatment of other patients, will be successful. "Beyond the fact that there are still no communications to ensure the safety and efficacy of this type of treatment, the preliminary studies are very encouraging," said Arnaldo Medina, secretary of health quality of the Argentine government in a meeting with foreign media on Thursday at the Hospital El Cruce in the Buenos Aires provincial city of Florencio Varela.(Camera: ALBERTO CARATOZZOLO) FOOTAGE SHOWS A PATIENT DONATING HIS BLOOD PLASMA AND A PRESS CONFERENCE AT HOSPITAL EL CRUCE IN BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA. SOUNDBITES: ARNALDO MEDINA, SECRETARY OF HEALTH QUALITY OF THE ARGENTINE GOVERNMENT; DANIEL FONTANA, COORDINATOR OF THE DIRECTORATE OF BLOOD AND TRANSFUNCTIONAL MEDICINE; CAMILA CORBATTA, ARGENTINE BIOCHEMIST AND FORMER COVID-19 PATIENT; OSCAR TORRES, PRESIDENT OF THE ARGENTINE ASSOCIATION OF HEMOTHERAPY, IMMUNOHEMATOLOGY AND CELL THERAPY. TRANSLATIONS:Medina: Beyond the fact that there are still no communications to ensure the safety and efficacy of this type of treatment, the preliminary studies are very encouraging," said Arnaldo Medina, secretary of Health Quality of the Argentine Government (02:12-02:28).Fontana: (the private and public sectors expect) that next July there will be at least partial results that allow us to see the pros and cons that plasma transfusion may have (02:28-02:45).Medina: We are still in the initial stages, and we just began with first patients. We expect (to carry out the trial on) a large number of patients. We are starting the marketing first to reach convalescent patients to donate, (02:45-03:09).Corbatta: For me it is a very good opportunity because it is a little while that we have to be plugged into the machine and we can give a possibility to people who are having a bad time (03:09-03:22).Corbatta: When the symptoms disappeared, they tested me again. They did two consecutive test on me which came out negative so they discharged me (03:22-03:32).Corbatta: If this serves to relieve another, it is worth it for me (03:32-03:36).Torres: In Argentina it has not been seen to have had any adverse effects so far and the data is being gathered to see to what extent it has been effective," said Oscar Torres, president of the Argentine Association of Hemotherapy, Immunohematology and Cell Therapy. (03:36-03:48)
Bangkok, May 7 (EFE/EPA).- A team of Thai medical researchers have made progress in developing a vaccine against COVID-19 coronavirus after the vaccine prototype being tested on mice proved effective, according to the Thai Public Health Ministry. (Camera: RUNGROJ YONGRIT)FOOTAGE SHOWS A TEAM OF THAI MEDICAL RESEARCHERS WORKING ON A VACCINE AGAINST COVID-19 AT CHULA VACCINE RESEARCH CENTER IN BANGKOK, THAILAND.SOUNDBITES: PROFESSOR OF MEDICINE KIAT RUXRUNGTHAM (IN ENGLISH)
Hundreds of firefighters continue to battle Spain's first major forest fire of the year, as authorities say that they're beginning to make headway in limiting the blaze. "The overall development is positive," firefighters in the province of Castellon, where the fire broke out on Thursday afternoon, said on Twitter. The fire has already burnt 3,800 hectares of vegetation and led to the evacuation of 1,500 people in the Valencia area. More than 500 men are still fighting the flames. IMAGES
Brasilia, Sep 29 (EFE).- The Brazilian businessman Luciano Hang, an eager promoter of drugs without proven efficacy against Covid-19, made a fiery plea in favor of these treatments Wednesday during a controversial hearing with Brazil's Covid-19 Senate committee.Hang, who is related to the far-right movements that support the Government of President Jair Bolsonaro, said that there is no crime in promoting the drugs and assured that he would prove it in court, which would conduct further investigation on this issue and others, including the massive dissemination of false information on social networks. (Camera: ALEX MIRKHAN). SHOT LIST: THE BRAZIL’S COVID-19 SENATE COMMITTEE MEETS WITH BRAZILIAN BUSINESSMAN LUCIANO HANG IN BRASILIA, BRAZIL.
U.S. President Barack Obama attends an outdoor arrival ceremony in heavy rain, as the first sitting U.S. president to visit Laos. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
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