Category: Europe
European Coronavirus News
Greece approves drug Colchicine in the fight Against Covid-19
Greece approved colchicine, an inexpensive medicine for heart diseases, to be included in the protocol of oral treatments for patients with Covid-19. More...
If just 10% of coronavirus patients suffer from Long Covid….
The USA, with 25,700,000 infections so far, would have 2,570,000 long haulers
The UK, with 3,600,000 infections far, would have 360,000 long haulers
Germany, with 2,100,000 infections so far, would have 210,000 long haulers
France, with 3,000,000 infections so far, would have 300,000 long haulers
Spain, with 2,600,000 infections so far would have 260,000 long haulers
Russia, with 3,700,000 infections so far, would have 370,000 long haulers
Brazil, with 8,800,000 infections so far, would have 880,000 long haulers
Planet Earth, with nearly 100,000,000 infections so far, would have 10,000,000 long haulers
Lancet: “Our findings showed that 76% of patients reported at least one symptom at 6 months after symptom onset, and the proportion was higher in women.” More...
SARS-CoV-2: nearly 100m infections, 2m deaths and the global CFR has stopped falling
John Hopkins University figures for 24th January 2021:
Large national outbreak of COVID-19 linked to air travel in Ireland, summer 2020
Fifty-nine laboratory-confirmed cases of COVID-19 from six Irish health regions were linked to an international flight into Ireland in summer 2020
An outbreak case was defined as positive PCR for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) (naso-pharyngeal swab) in either a passenger or a contact of a passenger. More...
New Zealand woman tests positive for coronavirus 2 days AFTER her quarantine period ended. B117 suspected
The new case of Covid-19 in the NZ community is a 56-year-old woman. More...
Major outbreak of SARS-CoV-2 South African Variant 501YV2 in Ostend, Belgium
Belgium has declared its first major outbreak of the South African variant of the virus that causes Covid-19 [501Y.V2], More...
Sweden bans entry from Norway following B117 outbreak in Oslo
Sweden will soon introduce an entry ban from Norway to reduce the risk of the spread of infection. More...
Hospitals in Madrid, Cantabria detect 20% B117 among new cases of Covid-19
The new variant of the coronavirus discovered in the United Kingdom, considered between 30% and 50% more contagious by various studies and now also suspected of being more lethal, is spreading through Spain faster than the system sanitary is capable of monitoring. More...
NERVTAG: there is a realistic possibility that infection with VOC B117 is associated with an increased risk of death compared to infection with non-VOC viruses
“Several new analyses are however consistent in reporting increased disease severity in people infected with VOC B.1.1.7 compared to people infected with non-VOC virusvariants.” More...
Number of UK coronavirus patients on ventilators passes 4,000 for first time
The number of coronavirus patients on mechanical ventilation in the UK has passed 4,000 for the first time in the pandemic. More...