Tag: sars-cov-2
Finland announces three-week coronavirus lockdown effective March 8th 2021
Restaurants and bars will be closed from 8 to 28 March in regions with an unfavorable epidemiological situation. More...
Coronavirus was already spreading in France in late December 2019
RT-PCR was performed retrospectively on the stored respiratory sample [from December 2019] and confirmed the diagnosis of SARS-CoV-2 infection. More...
Patient and surgeon contract coronavirus during lung transplant operation
The coronavirus can linger in the lungs even when swab tests of the back of the nose and throat are negative, doctors reported after unknowingly transplanting infected lungs into a patient who later died of COVID-19. More...
Stillborn baby death linked to coronavirus, second such case in one week in Israel
A woman in her 36th week of pregnancy gave birth to a dead baby on Friday at Meir Hospital in Kfar Saba. More...
Italy: Schools to be closed in red zones or in areas with a high coronavirus incidence of cases
Schools towards closure in the red areas and in the territories where there are high thresholds of contagion, regardless of the colors. More...
Belgium prison closes: Half of prisoners are infected with coronavirus
The Belgian prison Namur has been closed, just as the inmates have been locked inside their cells after half of them tested positive for coronavirus. More...
Italy: “There is a direct link between the increase in admissions for coronavirus in ICU’s and the reopening of schools”
“In order to limit the spread of the epidemic in our country, I think that it is important to stop teaching as soon as possible in all schools, regardless of age, and in universities. More...
2 Israeli men in their 20s die of COVID-19 in a day
Neither had pre-existing health conditions; both collapsed in their homes
Two Israeli men in their twenties with no pre-existing health conditions died of COVID-19 within hours of each other on Thursday. More...
Teachers should be prepared to ‘sacrifice their lives’ to open schools in coronavirus pandemic, says ex-Ofsted head
The former head of Ofsted has said that teachers need to show a “similar commitment” to medical professionals, who in some cases have “sacrificed their lives.”
50% of Israel population now vaccinated but coronavirus infection rate is increasing
As Israel continues to reopen its economy following a six-week lockdown, the COVID-19 infection has reversed course and is on the rise once again, with the R rate inching toward 1 again and currently at 0.97. More...