Tag: sars-cov-2
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...
Large national outbreak of COVID-19 linked to air travel in Ireland, summer 2020
Fifty-nine laboratory-confirmed cases of COVID-19 from six Irish health regions were linked to an international flight into Ireland in summer 2020
An outbreak case was defined as positive PCR for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) (naso-pharyngeal swab) in either a passenger or a contact of a passenger. More...
Sweden bans entry from Norway following B117 outbreak in Oslo
Sweden will soon introduce an entry ban from Norway to reduce the risk of the spread of infection. More...
Hospitals in Madrid, Cantabria detect 20% B117 among new cases of Covid-19
The new variant of the coronavirus discovered in the United Kingdom, considered between 30% and 50% more contagious by various studies and now also suspected of being more lethal, is spreading through Spain faster than the system sanitary is capable of monitoring. More...
NERVTAG: there is a realistic possibility that infection with VOC B117 is associated with an increased risk of death compared to infection with non-VOC viruses
“Several new analyses are however consistent in reporting increased disease severity in people infected with VOC B.1.1.7 compared to people infected with non-VOC virusvariants.” More...
Number of UK coronavirus patients on ventilators passes 4,000 for first time
The number of coronavirus patients on mechanical ventilation in the UK has passed 4,000 for the first time in the pandemic. More...
Genomic evidence of in-flight transmission of SARS-CoV-2 despite predeparture testing
Evidence of in-flight transmission on a flight from the United Arab Emirates to New Zealand is strongly supported by the epidemiologic data, in-flight seating plan, symptom onset dates, and genomic data for this group of travelers who tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 (passengers A–G). More...