Category: Health
New MIT app detects coronavirus by listening to your cough. 98.5% accurate.
Researchers have developed a new artificial intelligence (AI) system which they claim can detect coronavirus by analysing the sound of people coughing. More...
Professor Neil Ferguson: UK may be unable to ‘get on top of Covid without moving to virtual education
Ministers may be forced to close schools to older children if #coronavirus cases continue to increase at the current rate, a scientist has warned. More...
ONS: older teenagers and young adults continue to have the highest current COVID rates
ONS: older teenagers and young adults continue to have the highest current #COVID rates while rates appear to be steeply increasing among secondary school children
ONS: COVID-19 infection rates are highest among older teenagers and young adults. More...
CDC report shows how quickly coronavirus can spread within households, even when the first case is a child.
People who contract #Covid19 can quickly spread the virus through their households, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported on Friday, based on a study of 101 patients in Tennessee and Wisconsin, and 191 of their household contacts. More...
Packaging on a batch of frozen pork imported from Brazil tested positive for the coronavirus
Packaging on a batch of frozen pork imported from Brazil which had entered a district in Eastern China’s Shandong province has tested positive for the coronavirus, the local government said. More...
A mass coronavirus vaccination programme is being planned for Scotland in mid-December
A “mass vaccination” programme for #COVID is being planned for Scotland in mid-December, according to a leaked email. More...
Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham: Schools need to shut or region will plunge back into Tier 3 COVID restrictions after lockdown
Andy Burnham, Mayor of Manchester, UK:
- The government should reverse the cuts it made to schools and make digital teaching widely available.
Russia’s new coronavirus cases hit record high of 18,665
Russia’s daily tally of coronavirus cases hit a record high of 18,665 on Sunday, including 5,261 in Moscow, taking the national tally to 1,636,781. More...
Iran’s daily COVID death toll hits record high as cases surge – 434 deaths and 7,719 new cases on Sunday
Iran’s daily tally of #coronavirus deaths hit a record high of 434 on Sunday, the authorities said, a day after announcing stringent new restrictions including the closure of #schools, universities and mosques in most of the country. More...
Schools could be next to close if coronavirus lockdown fails to stem infections
Schools may end up having to close if #COVID infection rates continue rising while lockdown restrictions might not end on December 2, a key Sage adviser said this morning. More...