Category: PPE
Monkeypox: Doctor infected while testing patients
An Israeli doctor was infected by monkeypox earlier this week while handling a sample, Hebrew media reported on Thursday.… ...More...
Preprint: The efficacy of facemasks in the prevention of Covid-19
The probability of getting COVID-19 for mask wearers was just 7%, whereas the probability of getting COVID-19 for non-mask wearers was 52%.… ...More...
Spain: Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever in Castilla y León
Spanish health authorities have confirmed a case of Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever in the Castilla y León region.… ...More...
Monkeypox: CDC advises travellers to wear a mask *1 update*
The US CDC has amended its advice for travellers for Monkeypox, just one week after its last revision.… ...More...
WHO: Monkeypox may be airborne
In its latest Monkeypox update, the World Health Organisation’s has declared, for the first time, that Monkeypox may be airborne.… ...More...
UK: Principles for monkeypox control
The UKHSA has issued new guidance on the control, transmission and biology of Monkeypox cases.… ...More...
UK: Monkeypox classified as an airborne high consequence infectious disease
The UK has classified Monkeypox as a high consequence airborne infectious disease In a recently updated document by the UKHSA, along with MERS, Nipah virus, SARS1 and Pneumonic plague.… ...More...
Netherlands: 518 healthcare workers sacked for having Long Covid
518 Dutch healthcare workers have lost their jobs because they suffer from Long Covid and have been off work sick for two years, the Dutch FNV trade union federation said on Friday.… ...More...
Research: Surgical masks only filter about 10% of aerosol droplets
A new Canadian study has shown that most common face masks, primarily due to problems with fit, filter about 10 per cent of exhaled aerosol droplets.… ...More...
Omicron can survive longer on human skin and plastic
The Omicron COVID-19 variant can survive longer than earlier strains of the virus on plastic surfaces and human skin, new research by Japanese scientists has found. … ...More...
Spain: Healthcare workers should sacrifice themselves for the public good
A Spanish judge has ruled “health workers had the obligation to sacrifice their right to life and integrity, even without masks, for the benefit of the life and integrity of the rest of the population.”… ...More...