Category: Treatment
Leprosy drug Clofazimine broadly inhibits coronavirus including SARS-CoV-2
Clofazimine, an anti-leprosy drug with a favourable safety profile, possesses pan-coronaviral inhibitory activity, and can antagonize SARS-CoV-2 and MERS-CoV replication in multiple in vitro systems. More...
Four coronavirus-infected pregnant women on a ventilator at Semmelweis University Clinic in Budapest, Hungary
At least 20 coronavirus-infected pregnant women receive oxygen, and at least four are on a ventilator, and two cesarean sections have already been performed at the Semmelweis University Obstetrics and Gynecology Clinic in Budapest to save the life of the fetus and mother, told ATV News Ferenc Falus . More...
More than 200 children in the Czech Republic have been diagnosed with coronavirus related PIMS
More than 200 children in the Czech Republic have been diagnosed with a rare condition that can occur several weeks after Covid-19, known as paediatric multi-system inflammatory syndrome or PIMS-TS.
Boris Johnson has coronavirus vaccination one year after catching coronavirus
Prime minister Boris Johnson got his first AstraZeneca vaccine dose at St Thomas’ Hospital where he was treated in intensive care. More...
German researchers discovers AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine thrombosis trigger
Scientists at Greifswald teaching hospital claim they have discovered the cause of blood clots among a small number of AstraZeneca vaccine recipients. More...
Efficacy of the AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine against the B.1.351 South African Variant
Study conclusions: A two-dose regimen of the ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 [AstraZeneca] vaccine did not show protection against mild-to-moderate Covid-19 due to the B.1.351 [South Africa ] variant. More...
61% higher hazard of death associated with B.1.1.7 coronavirus variant
Based on 4,945 deaths with known SGTF status, we estimate that the hazard of death associated with SGTF is 55% (95% CI 39–72%) higher after adjustment for age, sex, ethnicity, deprivation, care home residence, local authority of residence and test date. More...
Ramon Valls, Spain’s first confirmed case of coronavirus reinfection
There are just over half a dozen cases of Covid-19 reinfections worldwide among the millions who have caught the disease. More...
Three health workers hospitalized in Norway with blood clots or cerebral haemorrhage after Astrazeneca coronavirus vaccination
“Today we have received three more reports of severe blood clots or cerebral haemorrhages in people who have received the vaccine. More...
Denmark’s SSI: Even people with a very low amount of coronavirus are able to infect other household members
Impossible to set minimum limit for risk of infection
Based on laboratory studies, where Ct values are compared with the ability to grow viruses in cell cultures, several researchers have proposed a “cut-off” or a minimum limit of the Ct value of 30 for infectiousness. More...