Category: Coronavirus
Coronavirus News
Major COVID-19 outbreak at an Olymel meat processing facility in the Beauce region of Canada
Workers at an Olymel meat-packing plant in the Beauce region are being tested for COVID-19, after a weekend outbreak infected dozens of employees. More...
Dozens of mammals could be susceptible to SARS-CoV-2
Numerous animals may be vulnerable to SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes Covid-19, according to a large study modelling how the virus might infect different animals’ cells, led by UCL researchers. More...
Transmission of Covid-19 on air flight into Ireland linked to 59 coronavirus infections
Study authors say outbreak shows potential for spread of disease during air travel
Inflight transmission of Covid-19 may have resulted in the infection of 59 people across the State, including 13 passengers on the same long-distance flight, according to a new study
The outbreak occurred despite low levels of occupancy on the long-haul flight, the fact that different groups of passengers who tested positive were not sitting near each other and the fact that most were wearing masks, the study notes
https://www.irishtimes.com/news/health/transmission-of-covid-19-on-flight-into-ireland-linked-to-59-infections-1.4390728 More...
Breath samples better than nasal swabs to detect Covid-19
Breath samples have been shown to be more reliable than nasal swabs for detecting Covid-19, a new study published by researchers at the Royal College of Surgeons of Ireland (RSCI) has shown. More...
Rule of six and curfews likely to have ‘zero effect’ on reducing contacts in COVID pandemic
Researchers at the London School for Hygiene and Tropical Medicine discovered respondents had seen roughly the same number of people
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2020/10/25/rule-six-curfews-probably-have-zero-effect-reducing-contacts/ More...
Highest alert level after coronavirus outbreak in Xinjiang, China
137 people have tested positive for the coronavirus in western China’s Xinjiang region . More...
The Netherlands will probably go into a complete COVID lockdown if the number of corona infections does not level off next week
Sources in The Hague: full lockdown if figures do not level off next week
The Netherlands will probably go into a complete coronavirus lockdown if the number of corona infections does not level off next week. More...
Coronavirus co-infection with influenza can speed up replication of pathogen that causes Covid-19
Chinese researchers say that modifications to the structure of human cells caused by a flu bug can make it easier for the coronavirus to invade them. More...
Where is the PPE? *2 updates*
COVID-19 test centre images from the UK in October 2020. More...
AstraZeneca to resume its Covid-19 vaccine trial in the US
Drugmaker AstraZeneca will resume the trial of its experimental coronavirus vaccine in the United States, which has been on hold since September. More...