Category: Health
More than 68,000 students and 3,000 teachers are confined for COVID in Catalonia, Spain
A total of 68,244 students (4.74% of the total number of students), 3,112 teachers and administration and services staff (1.90%) and 121 members of external personnel are confined this Tuesday in Catalonia due to contagions by covid- 19
https://www.elperiodico.com/es/sociedad/20201027/coronavirus-espana-mundo-ultima-hora-noticias-directo-7817968 More...
First case of coronavirus reinfection in the UK reported
A Yorkshire engineer has spoken out about his battle with coronavirus after becoming the first British man to test positive for the virus twice. More...
SARS-CoV and SARS-CoV-2 are transmitted through the air between ferrets over more than one meter distance
A newly developed experimental set-up was used to study transmission of SARS-CoV and SARS-CoV-2 through the air between ferrets over more than a meter distance. More...
Coronavirus outbreak at Middlesbrough food factory SK Chilled Foods
A Middlesbrough food factory is receiving extra coronavirus testing support after 35 new cases of coronavirus were recorded amongst its workforce. More...
Major COVID-19 outbreak at an Olymel meat processing facility in the Beauce region of Canada
Workers at an Olymel meat-packing plant in the Beauce region are being tested for COVID-19, after a weekend outbreak infected dozens of employees. More...
Dozens of mammals could be susceptible to SARS-CoV-2
Numerous animals may be vulnerable to SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes Covid-19, according to a large study modelling how the virus might infect different animals’ cells, led by UCL researchers. More...
Transmission of Covid-19 on air flight into Ireland linked to 59 coronavirus infections
Study authors say outbreak shows potential for spread of disease during air travel
Inflight transmission of Covid-19 may have resulted in the infection of 59 people across the State, including 13 passengers on the same long-distance flight, according to a new study
The outbreak occurred despite low levels of occupancy on the long-haul flight, the fact that different groups of passengers who tested positive were not sitting near each other and the fact that most were wearing masks, the study notes
https://www.irishtimes.com/news/health/transmission-of-covid-19-on-flight-into-ireland-linked-to-59-infections-1.4390728 More...
Breath samples better than nasal swabs to detect Covid-19
Breath samples have been shown to be more reliable than nasal swabs for detecting Covid-19, a new study published by researchers at the Royal College of Surgeons of Ireland (RSCI) has shown. More...
Rule of six and curfews likely to have ‘zero effect’ on reducing contacts in COVID pandemic
Researchers at the London School for Hygiene and Tropical Medicine discovered respondents had seen roughly the same number of people
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2020/10/25/rule-six-curfews-probably-have-zero-effect-reducing-contacts/ More...
The Netherlands will probably go into a complete COVID lockdown if the number of corona infections does not level off next week
Sources in The Hague: full lockdown if figures do not level off next week
The Netherlands will probably go into a complete coronavirus lockdown if the number of corona infections does not level off next week. More...