Category: Health
Le Monde: France’s 60,000 new cases “an underestimate due to computer incident”
“More than 60,000 confirmed cases of Covid-19 have been recorded in the last twenty-four hours, according to SPF, which warns that the data of the last days on new contaminations, however record, are incomplete and underestimated, due to ‘a computer “incident” linked to the “enormous” volume of tests being carried out at the mome
France: 60,486 coronavirus infections and 828 Covid deaths
France registered a record 60,486 new confirmed coronavirus cases on Friday, after posting a record 58,046 on Thursday, health ministry data showed. More...
SARS-CoV-2 found in the small bowels of 50% of study group three months after infection
“Analysis of intestinal biopsies obtained from asymptomatic individuals 3 months after COVID-19 onset, using immunofluorescence, electron tomography or polymerase chain reaction, revealed persistence of SARS-CoV-2 in the small bowel of 7 out of 14 volunteers”
https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.11.03.367391v1 More...
The circulating SARS-CoV-2 spike variant N439K maintains fitness while evading antibody-mediated immunity
SARS-CoV-2 can mutate to evade immunity, with consequences for the efficacy of emerging vaccines and antibody therapeutics. More...
Britons should be paid to take COVID-19 vaccine says Oxford professor
People should be paid to have a COVID-19 jab so the country reaches herd immunity as quickly as possible, a leading ethicist has suggested. More...
Hearing loss is another symptom of Long COVID
Hearing can be impacted by #COVID19, with experts conducting a study into the symptoms around Long Covid. More...
USA smashes daily coronavirus case count with 120,000 new infections on Thursday 5th November
The United States has again recorded more cases in 24 hours than any country over the course of the pandemic, with 120,000 infections confirmed for Thursday 5 November according to Johns Hopkins University. More...
More than 60 mammal species could be susceptible to SARS-CoV-2
More than 60 mammal species are known to be definitely or probably susceptible, ranging from gorillas and chimps to foxes, yaks, giant pandas and koalas. More...
Denmark: Up to 5% of coronavirus infections in Jutland may be a mink mutation
Up to four or five percent of infections in North Jutland may be with a specific mink mutation of coronavirus that is concerning authorities due to its potential to be resistant to a vaccine. More...
Denmark announces special restrictions for more than 280,000 people after a mutated version of coronavirus was found in humans.
Denmarkâs prime minister announced special restrictions for more than 280,000 people in the northeast of the country on Thursday after a mutated version of the new coronavirus linked to mink farms was found in humans.