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Contact-tracing app will only be good against coronavirus if 80 PER CENT of smartphone owners use it

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An NHS contact-tracing app would only completely stop the spread of coronavirus if 80 per cent of current smartphone owners use it, researchers have warned. The team from the University of Oxford simulated how COVID-19 might spread in order to support the development of contact-tracing apps across Europe. However, a previous survey of potential contact-tracing … Read more

Air pollution across Europe remains down 45 per cent due to coronavirus quarantine

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Emissions Carbon dioxide Carbon dioxide (CO2) is one of the biggest contributors to global warming. After the gas is released into the atmosphere it stays there, making it difficult for heat to escape – and warming up the planet in the process.  It is primarily released from burning fossil fuels such as coal, oil and … Read more

Almost 10 per cent of Britain’s Armed Forces personnel are self-isolating because of coronavirus

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Almost 10 per cent of Britain’s Armed Forces personnel are self-isolating because of coronavirus – as the head of the Army says troops could be deployed to CARE HOMES to boost testing effort Estimated 13,000 – 9.1% – of regular and reserve forces now absent from duty   They are self-isolating because of family members and … Read more

NYC pediatrician issues warning that 80 per cent of children in the city are infected with COVID- 19

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A New York pediatrician said she thought a staggering 80 per cent of children in the city are infected with the coronavirus as she explained that most kids have not been tested as they are not the priority in hospitals.  Dr Dyan Hes, a pediatrician with New York City‘s Gramercy Pediatrics, offered the grim statistic … Read more

Movement of people across the UK has dropped by a staggering 98 per cent

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A new tool designed to monitor the impact of coronavirus on the UK found that population movement dropped by 98 per cent since the start of the lockdown. Experts in big data and AI from the University of Oxford developed the COVID-19 Impact Monitor and say it already shows ‘dramatic changes’ in everyday life. The … Read more

Only 1 per cent of children are ‘allergic’ to milk despite what parents claim

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Western children are being misdiagnosed with a milk allergy with just one per cent  allergic to dairy – despite 14 per cent of parents claiming their child can’t tolerate it.  Researchers from Imperial College London found that medical guidelines for diagnosing babies with cow’s milk allergies don’t consider ‘normal infant behaviour’.  Guidelines currently say symptoms … Read more