Ashley Judd is in the ICU at a South African hospital after shattering her leg during an excursion in the Congo By Sarah Sotoodeh For Dailymail.com Published: 21:38 GMT, 12 February 2021 | Updated: 21:42 GMT, 12 February 2021 Ashley Judd is currently recovering in the ICU at a South African hospital after suffering a … Read more
Washington, DC has reported its first cases of two highly contagious ‘super COVID’ variants that are sweeping the United States. Dr Laquandra Nesbitt, director of the District of Columbia Department of Health, announced on Thursday that three residents are confirmed to have the UK variant and one patient has the South African variant. Nesbitt said … Read more
Vaccine-makers’ job is done if they can reduce Covid to ‘the sniffles’ even if the jabs don’t stop people catching or spreading the disease, one of Oxford’s vaccine chiefs said today. Professor Andrew Pollard, who is running the studies of the university’s vaccine, said the South African variant was not a ‘reason for alarm’ and … Read more
Results suggesting the Oxford University Covid vaccine doesn’t stop people falling mildly unwell with the South African variant were ‘expected’, the lead scientist behind trials of the jab said today. Professor Andrew Pollard, director of the Oxford Vaccine Group, claimed the findings, from a small study on 2,000 people in Johannesburg, were not ‘any reason … Read more
The South African variant of coronavirus is not likely to take over and become dominant in the UK, Professor Jonathan Van-Tam said today. England’s deputy chief medical officer said in a Downing Street press conference this afternoon that the variant doesn’t seem to spread any faster than others. For a new strain of the virus … Read more
Britain could face further lockdown restrictions if the South African Covid variant becomes more widespread, a SAGE scientist warned today. A study on Sunday found the Oxford University jab had ‘minimal effect’ in preventing mild disease caused by the strain, suggesting vaccinated people may still be able to catch and spread it. Professor Mike Tildesley, an … Read more
A booster jab that will help tackle the South African variant of coronavirus should be ready by the autumn, scientists said yesterday. The promise of an improved formulation will be necessary because the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine has a ‘minimal’ effect against the variant in reducing the number of cases, according to preliminary research. Government sources said … Read more
Britain’s hotel quarantine scheme came under fresh criticism on Sunday when it emerged 35 countries where mutant coronavirus strains have been found are not on the list. Earlier this week, the Government confirmed that all passengers from 33 ‘red list’ countries would have to quarantine for ten days in a hotel from February 15. But … Read more
Door-to-door ‘surge testing’ for South African coronavirus variant spreads to two new postcodes in Worcestershire Worchestershire County Council set up surge testing in the WR3 postcode Mobile testing unit set up at The White Hart pub, Fernhill Heath, near Worcester Drive-through testing site is planned for opening in the coming days By Emer Scully For … Read more
‘If you have food in the house, please use that’: Health Secretary tells people in South African variant areas they MUST use up stocks in cupboards and freezers before leaving to go shopping to halt spread of coronavirus Another 33 cases of the South African Covid variant have been spotted in UK PHE says 143 … Read more