Category: London
Multi-organ damage in low-risk individuals with long Covid
Young, low risk patients with ongoing symptoms of Covid-19 had signs of damage to multiple organs four months after initially being infected, a preprint study has suggested. More...
UK: Vaccine breakthrough rate for Delta infections is 27% in Technical Briefing 23
The latest UK PHE Technical Briefing 23 has just been published covering the period up to 12th September 2021. More...
The UK announces its winter Covid plans
The UK has announced its plans to keep Covid-19 at bay this coming winter. More...
UK: Despite a 65% vaccination rate, the Covid situation is far worse than September 2020
The UK announced its plan to deal with Covid this coming winter in a marathon one hour press conference in Downing Street this afternoon. More...
The real reason Britain rejected vaccine passports
The UK health secretary Sajid Javid has said plans for Covid-19 vaccine passports to gain access to nightclubs and other crowded venues in England “will not be going ahead”. More...
Robert Peston: Infections higher among doubled vaccinated aged 40 to 79 than for the unvaccinated
ITV journalist Robert Peston is getting a roasting on social media today for pointing out the fully vaccinated over-40’s are far more likely to become infected with Covid-19 than unvaccinated over-40’s . More...
Public Health England releases detailed vaccine breakthrough information
Public Health England have finally released some detailed vaccine breakthrough data for England this week. More...
UK: Why are 50% of Covid deaths fully vaccinated?
We’ll let Meaghan Kall, an epidemiologist with Public Health England, explain why 50% of UK Covid deaths are fully vaccinated:
So, what you are saying, Meaghan, is that a disproportionate number of over-50s are dying of Covid this year because so many are vaccinated? More...
UK: Why the JVCI are NOT recommending vaccinations for children aged 12yrs – 15yrs
“Overall, the committee is of the opinion that the benefits from vaccination are marginally greater than the potential known harms but acknowledges that there is considerable uncertainty regarding the magnitude of the potential harms. More...
UK ONS: nearly one million people living with long covid symptoms
An estimated 970,000 people living in private households in the UK (1.5% of the population) were experiencing self-reported “long COVID” (symptoms persisting for more than four weeks after the first suspected COVID-19 infection that were not explained by something else) at 1 August 2021. More...