RHOA’s Peter Thomas describes painful battle with COVID-19 after catching virus in Miami

‘Constant pain everywhere’: RHOA’s Peter Thomas describes battle with COVID-19 after catching virus in Miami By Rachel Mcgrath For Dailymail.com Published: 23:59 BST, 3 August 2020 | Updated: 23:59 BST, 3 August 2020 Former Bravo reality star Peter Thomas has announced he’s battling COVID-19. The ex-husband of Real Housewives Of Atlanta’s Cynthia Bailey shared the … Read more

Fitness instructor is learning to walk again after catching deadly virus in Vietnam

Fitness instructor is learning how to walk again after being given a five per cent chance of survival when catching deadly virus in Vietnam Mekala Osborne, 22, is learning how to walk again after contracting a virus  Mekala contracted a forest virus while visiting Vietnam in September last year  She was critically ill with pneumonia … Read more

Fears of catching coronavirus in hospital led to 1,750 extra deaths from cardiac problems

Fears of catching coronavirus in hospital led to more than 1,750 people than normal dying of strokes, heart attacks and other cardiac problems because they ignored warning signs and stayed at home, according to a shocking new study. Lockdown led to a huge surge in out-of-hospital deaths from cardiovascular disease (CVD), Leeds University researchers found. In … Read more

New York man suffering from a heart attack was afraid to go to ER for fear of catching coronavirus

A New York man who suffered a heart attack earlier this year was afraid to go to the emergency room over fears of falling ill with the novel coronavirus. Two weeks ago, Deepak Gulati, 71, who lives in Manhattan, was suffering from horrible chest pain, swearing and was unable to breathe. He tried to sleep … Read more

Coronavirus: Catching colds could protect you from infection

Having endured a common cold could protect people from getting severe Covid-19, according to scientists. A study suggests the immune system’s reaction to different coronaviruses could be very similar to its reaction to the one behind the pandemic.  As a result, lasting immunity from those viruses — known to cause colds — may help the … Read more

Coronavirus: Between 1,900 and 3,200 people catching Covid-19 per day in England

Between 1,900 and 3,200 people are catching the coronavirus every day in England and the rate of infection is a third lower than last week, according to data from King’s College London and the Office for National Statistics. The estimates are taken from King’s College’s COVID Symptom Tracker app, which predicts 1,978 people in England catching … Read more

Herd immunity could develop from just 43% of people catching Covid-19, scientists claim

National herd immunity to the coronavirus could build up with just four out of 10 people catching the disease, scientists claim. Researchers say that immunity among the most socially active people in a country could protect those who come into contact with fewer others. Previous estimates have suggested around two thirds (60 per cent) of … Read more

Risk of catching the coronavirus from eating meat is ‘very low’, Sir Patrick Vallance says

The risk of catching the coronavirus from eating meat is ‘very low’, Sir Patrick Vallance assured Britons today after a third food factory in Wales was hit by a Covid-19 outbreak.  Number 10’s chief scientific adviser said food safety officials who looked ‘carefully’ at whether meat is a vector ruled the risk was slim. Dismissing … Read more

Personal trainer, 45, sues woman for £130,000 after catching a cold sore from kissing her on a date

A personal trainer who says he contracted cold sores after kissing a woman on a date is now suing her for over £130,000 in compensation for her ‘negligence’. Martin Ashley Conway, 45, says he has been ‘traumatised’ and his life and work seriously affected after catching the herpes simplex cold sore virus through snogging a … Read more

Only one in three Britons are worried about catching COVID-19

Only one in three Britons are still worried about catching COVID-19, study finds Ongoing UCL-led study assesses the nation’s mood as Britain battles COVID-19 Found that the general public are becoming less worried by the coronavirus  Now, only one in three say they are worried about catching the virus and only 15 per cent of people … Read more