Category: Deaths
UK: 1,129 Covid deaths in three days
There have been 1,129 Covid deaths in the last 3 days in the UK. More...
India: Delta variant found in the brain of a dead wild leopard
Scientists from the Indian Veterinary Research Institute have detected Covid infection in a dead wild leopard cub in Uttar Pradesh. More...
UK: ALL Coronavirus restrictions to be scrapped including quarantine and WFH
The UK government have announced they are scrapping all coronavirus regulations as soon as possible in order to keep Boris Johnson in power. More...
Research: Probiotic improves symptomatic and viral clearance in Covid19 outpatients
Primary outcome of complete remission on day 30 was achieved by 78 (53.1%) in the probiotic group compared to 41 (28.1%) in placebo. More...
India: Sars-CoV-2 remains active in a dead infected person for up to nine days
“Coronavirus, according to scientific evidence that has emerged so far, can survive on a dead body, in bodily fluids, secretions and moist cells of the dead body for up to nine days.” More...
South Africa: Puma and 3 lions infected with Delta variant in Pretoria Zoo
Here we report infection of an exotic puma and three African lions in the same private zoo in Johannesburg, South Africa. More...
COVID-19 patients show more signs of brain damage than Alzheimer’s sufferers
Patients hospitalized for COVID-19 had higher levels over the short term of blood proteins known to rise with neurological damage than non–COVID-19 patients diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease, a new study finds. More...
UK: Covid-19 infections, hospitalizations and deaths by vaccination status for week 2, 2022
A new report out today by the UK Health and Security Agency gives figures for Covid infections, hospitalizations and deaths by vaccination status for the period in which Omicron became dominant in Britain. More...
Long COVID patients lack naive T and B cells
Nature article: “Patients with long COVID had highly activated innate immune cells, lacked naive T and B cells and showed elevated expression of type I IFN (IFN-β) and type III IFN (IFN-λ1) that remained persistently high at 8 months after infection”
“T cell activation (indicated by CD38 and HLA-DR), T cell exhaustion and increases in B cell plasmablasts occur during severe COVID-19”
Full Nature article: Immunological dysfunction persists for 8 months following initial mild-to-moderate SARS-CoV-2 infection
More...Dear people, please understand: the crux of these assumptions lie on prior t cell immunity, and the virus is one step ahead in this regard; it kills cd8+ t cells.
Long COVID in 2009: Mental Morbidities and Chronic Fatigue in SARS Survivors
From 2009, Long COVID in SARS survivors: Over 40% of the respondents had active psychiatric illnesses, 40.3% reported a chronic fatigue problem, and 27.1% met the modified 1994 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention criteria for chronic fatigue syndrome. More...