President Donald Trump has slammed the UK’s decision to impose new lockdown restrictions ahead of Christmas after a dangerous new strain of the coronavirus was detected in England. Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Saturday announced London and parts of southeast England will go into ‘Tier 4 lockdown’ – the highest level of the UK’s coronavirus … Read more
Chris Whitty confirms new Covid strain IS more contagious but there is NO evidence it is more deadly or resistant to vaccine after cases soar in Kent and South East Chris Whitty said variant does ‘spread more quickly’ than previouse strains But stressed there is nothing to suggest it is more deadly or resistant to … Read more
More than three million people in the U.S. are likely contagious with coronavirus right now, new estimates suggests. If the modeling done by Dr Jeffrey Shaman of Columbia University are correct, that means that nearly one percent of the entire U.S. population could be spreading the infection. That’s far more than official case counts suggest. … Read more
Coronavirus may have ‘mutated to spread faster’: Scientists find strain circulating in second wave is more infectious A strain of coronavirus known as D614G became dominant in early hotspots like New York City and Italy It has mutations to the ‘spike’ proteins on the virus’s surface that make it better able to bind to human … Read more
Since the coronavirus pandemic began, health experts have recommended that we socially distance by standing or sitting six feet (or two meters) apart from strangers. But a new study suggests that separation might not be far enough to prevent a patient from transmitting the virus. Researchers found that contagious droplets can spread more than 16 … Read more
There is currently a great deal of controversy about how much of a role liquid droplets in the air – or aerosols – play in spreading the novel coronavirus. But a new study from the University of Florida has confirmed that these droplets don’t just contain bits of genetic material, but are actually infectious. Air … Read more
There is currently a great deal of controversy about how much of a role liquid droplets in the air – or aerosols – play in spreading the novel coronavirus. But a new study from the University of Florida has confirmed that these droplets don’t just contain bits of genetic material, but are actually infectious. Air … Read more
Wuhan claims its ‘silent coronavirus carriers’ are ‘not contagious’ after scientists ‘analysed clinical samples from all of them’ Officials said hundreds of ‘silent carriers’ in Wuhan would not transmit the virus Scientists had failed to grow a live virus from their clinical samples, they added Experts previously believed asymptomatic carriers could still spread the disease Such … Read more
Coronavirus can linger in the eyes for weeks on end, according to a newly-published case report. Researchers at the National Institute for Infectious Diseases in Italy found that virus persisted in the eyes of one 65-year-old woman for 21 days after she first developed symptoms. Reports have emerged of people getting pink eye with coronavirus … Read more