Category: Health
Czech Republic – Shops and Services to Close from Tomorrow
Exceptions include shops selling food, fuels, medicine and hygiene products, small animals and food for animals, tobacco, as well as laundromats, towing and repair services, delivery pick-up facilities, ticket offices, funeral services, flower shops and several others. More...
Northern Ireland Covid-19 hospital admissions to exceed first wave within days
Health Minister Robin Swann has described the current number of Covid-19 patients in Northern Ireland hospitals as “grave” as it will soon exceed the amount that were admitted during the first wave of the virus. More...
Liverpool UK hospital COVID patients ‘expected to pass April peak’ today
Liverpool hospital covid patients ‘expected to pass April peak’ today. More...
Italy records 15,199 new COVID cases in one day, 127 deaths
“Spike in new cases of coronavirus positivity; in the last 24 hours 15,199 people were infected (yesterday they were 10,874). More...
Brazilian COVID vaccine volunteer death – original report from Brazilian news
A Brazilian volunteer who participated in the clinical tests of the vaccine developed by Oxford University and the laboratory AstraZeneca died due to complications from Covid-19, last Thursday. More...
Greece Sees Spike in COVID Cases for Second Consecutive Day, 865 New, 6 Deaths
Greek confirmed coronavirus infections soared to 865 on Wednesday, from 667 on Tuesday, reflecting the concern of authorities recently about several cluster outbreaks in Greece, especially the north. More...
UPDATE: Brazilian health authority said that a volunteer in a clinical trial of the COVID-19 vaccine had died but the trial would continue
UPDATE: Brazilian health authority Anvisa said on Wednesday that a volunteer in a clinical trial of the COVID-19 vaccine developed by AstraZeneca AZN.L More...
Astrazeneca vaccine volunteer dies in Brazil
A volunteer from the AstraZeneca / Oxford clinical trial in Brazil for the Covid-19 vaccine has died.
UK sees over 26,000 new Covid-19 cases, a new daily record
191 deaths were recorded in the UK in the same period. More...
Coronavirus in England – “tens of thousands” of deaths now inevitable says SAGE professor
John Edmunds, a professor at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, told MPs on Wednesday that without further measures England’s tiered Covid-19 strategy would lead to high numbers of new infections every day, putting the NHS under strain and driving up the death toll. More...