Tag: sars-cov-2
UK: Vaccine Breakthrough for Health Minister Sajid Javid
Sajid Javid, who became UK health secretary in June, said he had taken a lateral flow test after feeling a “bit groggy” on Friday night and it was positive. More...
UK Chief Medical Officer – lockdown in 5 weeks
“I don’t think we should underestimate the fact that we could get into trouble again surprisingly fast”
The UK Government’s top medic has warned the number of people in hospital with coronavirus could reach “quite scary” levels within weeks and new coronavirus restrictions in England could be needed in just five weeks. More...
UK: International summit condemns Boris Johnson’s THIRD Covid-19 catastrophe
Boris Johnson’s “Freedom Day” plan to create herd immunity in the UK by having one huge summer Delta wave has been rightly criticised from scientists from around the globe. More...
WHO: strong likelihood for the emergence and global spread of new and possibly more dangerous variants of concern
“Despite national, regional, and global efforts, the pandemic is nowhere near finished. More...
USA: Washington State Vaccine Breakthroughs by Variant up to 14th July 2021
Updated figures from Washington State showing vaccine breakthrough cases by the Sars-CoV-2 variant causing them up to 14th July 2021. More...
UK: vaccine breakthroughs now nearly HALF of all new Covid-19 cases
There are currently 15,537 new daily symptomatic cases in partly or fully vaccinated people, an increase of 40% from 11,084 new cases last week. More...
India: children returning to hospitals with long-covid symptoms like breathlessness, headaches, say Delhi doctors
Dr Nameet Jerath, Senior Consultant, Pediatric Intensive Care, Indraprastha Apollo Hospitals, New Delhi, said most children previously infected with coronavirus have had mild Covid, but stressed that even those who were asymptomatic are having prolonged low grade fevers, weakness, headache even after recovery. More...
Spain: 5th wave of coronavirus storms across the country, curfews set to be reintroduced
The Covid-19 incidence in Spain has soared above 368 cases per 100,000 inhabitants. More...
Netherlands: the reproduction R rate is now 2.17 – the highest since February 2020
For the first time since the start of the coronavirus pandemic, people in the Netherlands infected with the SARS-CoV-2 virus were likely infecting at least two other people. More...
Greece: A Delta-like wave of infections caused by a resurgent Alpha variant
Greece’s daily coronavirus cases passed the 3,000 mark on Tuesday, recording a two-month high, as the country struggles with a new surge in infections. More...