Category: Coronavirus
Coronavirus News
Devi Sridhar: “The longer the UK delays lockdown, the longer it will last”
“In the West, in general, we went into a late lockdown and therefore it was a long lockdown. More...
Independent Sage: Transfer all UK teaching and learning online by default
Independent SAGE recommends that universities immediately implement these five key recommendations:
Transfer all teaching and learning online by default. More...
NEU calls for schools and colleges to be closed during 4 week UK national coronavirus lockdown
“It is clear from ONS data that schools are an engine for virus transmission. More...
China suspends imports from Ecuadorian company after coronavirus found on seafood packaging
China suspended imports from FIREXPA S.A., an Ecuadorian seafood product manufacturer, after the novel coronavirus was found on the packaging of a batch of imported frozen fish, according to a notice by the General Administration of Customs. More...
France announces second national coronavirus lockdown
French President Macron has announced a new nationwide lockdown today, stating that ‘France could never standby and see hundreds of thousands of its citizens die.’ More...
Russian scientist infected himself with Covid-19 twice. The second infection left him hospitalised
A Russian scientist has infected himself with Covid-19 TWICE to study antibodies, and says the results show that hopes of herd immunity to the disease are futile. More...
Belgium: “Critical care will soon be full. We need a Plan B”
Steven Van Gucht, virologist and head of the Belgian science health institute Sciensano, told a news conference this morning that by 6 November all 2,000 critical care beds in Belgium will be full. More...
Stockholm, Sweden doctors – time for measures to slow the spread of coronavirus
2,966 new COVID cases were registered just in Stockholm last week – compared with 1,657 the week before, for example, and today saw a record number of new cases registered nationwide, though testing is more widespread now than in the Spring. More...
Germany to impose one-month partial Coronavirus lockdown
The so-called nation-wide “lockdown light” is a less intense version of the measures that brought German society and economic activity to a standstill in the spring. More...
The UK is only buying a vaccine to protect the people most vulnerable to COVID-19
Every vaccine bought for the UK stockpile since the summer has been on the assumption that just 30 million people – less than half the population – will get it. More...