Tag: coronavirus
561 cases of coronavirus variant B.1.1.7 reported in Denmark
“561 people with this variant have now been detected in Denmark. More...
Early warnings of COVID-19 outbreaks across Europe from social media
“We analyze data from Twitter to uncover early-warning signals of COVID-19 outbreaks in Europe in the winter season 2019–2020, before the first public announcements of local sources of infection were made. More...
Moderna developing vaccine “booster shot” against 501YV2 variant
Moderna said its Covid-19 vaccine appeared to protect against emerging variants of the coronavirus in laboratory tests, but as a precaution it would test whether a booster shot improves immune responses and develop a new vaccine targeting the strain first identified in South Africa. More...
Cats and dogs may need Covid-19 vaccine
Norfolk scientists have said Covid vaccinations may need to be given to our pets. More...
Israel: Young children are particularly susceptible to the new coronavirus variant
Israel has said it is confident that vaccines are effective against the UK strain of coronavirus, but dampened hopes of a swift reopening of schools as it warned that young children were particularly susceptible to the new variant. More...
Greece approves drug Colchicine in the fight Against Covid-19
Greece approved colchicine, an inexpensive medicine for heart diseases, to be included in the protocol of oral treatments for patients with Covid-19. More...
Quebec researchers say they have found an effective drug to fight COVID-19 – colchicine
A team of researchers from the Montreal Heart Institute believe they have found an effective weapon against COVID-19: Colchicine, an oral tablet already known and used for other diseases. More...
If just 10% of coronavirus patients suffer from Long Covid….
The USA, with 25,700,000 infections so far, would have 2,570,000 long haulers
The UK, with 3,600,000 infections far, would have 360,000 long haulers
Germany, with 2,100,000 infections so far, would have 210,000 long haulers
France, with 3,000,000 infections so far, would have 300,000 long haulers
Spain, with 2,600,000 infections so far would have 260,000 long haulers
Russia, with 3,700,000 infections so far, would have 370,000 long haulers
Brazil, with 8,800,000 infections so far, would have 880,000 long haulers
Planet Earth, with nearly 100,000,000 infections so far, would have 10,000,000 long haulers
Lancet: “Our findings showed that 76% of patients reported at least one symptom at 6 months after symptom onset, and the proportion was higher in women.” More...
NZ: Travellers are quarantined by planeload “because we know that is one of sources of infection is the plane journey itself”
Chris Hipkins, NZ Covid-19 Response Minister: “The policy was to try and keep planeloads of people together in managed isolation because transmission within planes has been a problem. More...
331 school students test positive for Covid-19 but are told to remain at school
331 students from Lilongwe Girls Secondary School students in Lilongwe, Malawi tested positive for Covid-19 last week. More...