Tag: covid
The coronavirus mutations observed in mink have also been found in ferrets
The UK government’s scientific advisers are drawing up advice for ferret owners amid fears a mutated version of Covid-19 found in mink could leap to other animals. More...
Are mRNA coronavirus vaccines safe in the long term?
The Pfizer and Moderna vaccines will be the first-ever messenger RNA (mRNA) vaccines brought to market for human patients. More...
Chinese expert call for COVID circuit-breaker amid cases related to frozen food imports
China has seen a continuous rise in cases of contaminated frozen food from overseas and patients of coronavirus infections related to the import industry, which prompted Chinese health experts to suggest an expanded testing scale and a circuit-breaker mechanism for imports like that for international flights. More...
Spain – the Covid vaccination will begin in January and will not be mandatory
The Spanish Minister of Health, Salvador Illa , has assured that the vaccination plan against covid-19 will begin in January 2021 and will not be mandatory for the entire population: “Experts recommend that it not be mandatory because it could be counterproductive .” More...
Randomised study finds no evidence that facemasks offer any protection from coronavirus whatsoever
Copenhagen experts recruited 6,000 volunteers in the spring — before masks were mandatory there — and split the them into two groups, with half wearing masks in public and half not. More...
UK secondary schools are second only to supermarkets as a setting where people are catching coronavirus
Which school year groups are seeing most COVID cases in secondary schools? More...
Supermarkets most common places visited before positive coronavirus test in UK
Supermarkets are the most common places that people have visited in the days leading up to a positive coronavirus test reported to the Test and Trace app in England, new data suggests. More...
US COVID-19 hospitalizations rise by nearly 50% in 2 weeks
The number of people hospitalized with COVID-19 in the United States has jumped nearly 50% in the last 14 days, straining the nation’s healthcare system and forcing states to impose new restrictions to curb the alarming spread of the coronavirus. More...
Letting Covid-19 circulate in hope of herd immunity ‘could make it more lethal’
A deeply entrenched idea, that newly emerged agents of disease inevitably evolve to become more benign over time, is scientifically unfounded, according to new research. More...
New York City NYC public schools halt in-person classes as COVID-19 crisis deepens
New York City’s school district, the largest in the United States, will halt in-person learning starting on Thursday, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced, the latest major restriction as the nation’s COVID-19 infections soar. More...