Category: Northern Ireland
Tracking the international spread of SARS-CoV-2 lineages B.1.1.7 and B.1.351/501Y-V2
“As of 7th Jan 2021, 45 countries had reported the presence of B.1.1.7 and 13 countries had reported B.1.351/501Y.V2. More...
UK SIREN Study: 6,000 previously positive Covid health workers studied, 44 reinfections found
“The Siren Study has collected a really important UK healthcare worker dataset to look at reinfection risk – a point of considerable ongoing concern to healthcare workers and the rest of us. More...
UK hospitals told to start vaccinating all frontline staff for Covid-19 immediately
All NHS hospitals across England have been told to start vaccinating frontline health and care workers immediately in the face of growing coronavirus pressures on the health service. More...
Tocilizumab and Sarilumab reduced the relative risk of death from Covid-19 by 24%
NHS patients to receive life-saving COVID-19 treatments that could cut hospital time by 10 days. More...
UK teacher Covid rates up to 333% above average
Covid rates among schools staff in some areas are as much as four times the corresponding local authority average, Tes.com More...
SAGE got it wrong – schools have incubated the deadly new UK SARS-CoV-2 variant B117 after being told to stay open
“..the total number of confirmed cases in pupils increases following the half term break in all regions. More...
S-variant SARS-CoV-2 associated with significantly higher viral loads
“This analysis suggests that patients whose samples exhibit the S-dropout profile in the TaqPath test are more likely to have high viral loads at the time of sampling. More...
The new SARS-CoV-2 variant is growing rapidly, is more transmissible, and affecting a greater proportion of under 20s
Greater transmission : The new variant has a transmission advantage of 0.4 to 0.7 in reproduction number compared to the previously observed strain. More...