‘It tickles!’ Chrissy Teigen squeals and giggles as she gets her nose swabbed for coronavirus test By Kelby Vera For Dailymail.com Published: 22:08 BST, 26 May 2020 | Updated: 22:19 BST, 26 May 2020 Chrissy Teigen wasn’t afraid to get a test for COVID-19. Though many people have described the viral test as uncomfortable, the … Read more
WESTERN AUSTRALIA * Western Australia is going further than any other state in relaxing coronavirus rules, the government says, amid a mixed reaction to the state’s economic roadmap. * Locals are encouraged to return to work and take regional holidays, and the limit is at 20 people, and hospitality businesses will be allowed to serve … Read more
British health officials have told companies offering Covid-19 antibody tests to stop processing blood samples from patients in the UK, MailOnline can reveal. Private tests to see whether people have already had the disease and recovered are now available from various online pharmacies from around £69. Superdrug became the first high street retailer to offer … Read more
The cause of a Covid-19 outbreak in Weston-super-Mare which forced health chiefs to shut the only hospital remains a mystery. But furious residents say it could be due to tourists flocking to the beach to enjoy the sunny weather – and scientists agree. Infectious disease experts also say the spike in coronavirus cases could be … Read more
A frequent flyer live-blogged his business class trip from Heathrow Airport to New York via Amsterdam to ‘demystify what it’s actually like out there during Covid-19‘ – and it makes for fascinating reading. The blogger, Gilbert Ott, published the account to his travel tips site, God Save The Points, revealing what it was like in … Read more
On Monday, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced it was suspending the hydroxychloroquine arm of its trial over safety concerns (file image) A major British coronavirus trial of the anti-malaria drug hydroxychloroquine is going ahead despite fears it might raise the risk of death, it emerged today. Oxford University researchers were given the green light by the … Read more
Britain today announced 134 more victims of the coronavirus, taking the country’s total death toll to 37,048. The Department of Health also confirmed that 2,004 more people have tested positive for the disease, meaning 265,227 have received a diagnosis since the outbreak began in February. It comes after separate data today revealed fewer people died … Read more
Cloth masks can prevent the spread of COVID-19 by blocking up to 99 per cent of infectious particles, according to scientists who analysed a century of mask studies. Canadian researchers report that cloth masks, particularly those with several layers of cotton, block viruses carried via microscopic particles in the air. Cloth layers reduce infectious particles, … Read more
Number of Covid-19 deaths in week ending May 15 dropped to a six-week LOW with 3,810 coronavirus fatalities recorded as data shows the number of victims in the UK is at least 46,000 By Sam Blanchard Senior Health Reporter For Mailonline Published: 09:53 BST, 26 May 2020 | Updated: 10:01 BST, 26 May 2020 Fewer … Read more
Having a faulty gene linked to dementia may double the risk of becoming severely-ill with the coronavirus, a study has claimed. Experts found carriers of the APOE e4 gene were more likely to have a severe case of Covid-19, than those with a more common variant. The same faulty gene is already known to increase … Read more