Category: Children
Boris Johnson: We can ‘ride out’ the Omicron wave with no more curbs
London, 1940. The city is being heavily bombed in the Blitz. More...
English schools to move some lessons online as Covid hits teacher availability
Schools in England have been given the go-ahead to send pupils home and return to online teaching, if they have a critical shortage of teachers. More...
UK: nearly 2.4 million people have symptomatic Covid
The UK Covid app ZOE is showing another case record in Britain. More...
Preprint: SARS-CoV-2 persists throughout the human body and brain
“Our data prove that SARS-CoV-2 causes systemic infection and can persist in the body for months.” More...
London ablaze with Covid: Brixton has 4,445 Covid cases per 100,000 people
Central and south London are ablaze with Covid. Most areas of London have a case rate of over 1,600 per 100,000 people, and in Brixton, south London, the case rate is an astonishing 4,445 per 100,000 people. More...
37% reduction in sperm count, 60% drop in sperm’s ability to move after Covid infection
Semen samples from 35 men taken within a month of their recovery showed a 60 per cent drop in their sperm’s ability to move and a 37 per cent reduction in sperm count. More...
South Africa: Tshwane District Omicron Patient Profile
There has been a significant rise in new SARS-CoV-2 infections in the Gauteng Province in the last four weeks which has been attributed to the new Omicron variant announced on 24 November 2021. More...
South Africa: Growing number of children admitted to hospitals with Omicron
South African health care workers are raising concern about the growing number of children being hospitalised with moderate to severe symptoms of the Omicron variant of the coronavirus. More...
UK: Fully vaccinated up to 29 times more likely to catch Covid
The latest UKHSA vaccine report is out, and the vaccine breakthrough figures are simply jaw-dropping. More...
UK: 600 babies born prematurely to mothers hospitalised by Covid
More than 600 babies have been born prematurely and needing critical care to mothers hospitalised by Covid-19 in the UK. More...