Oscar Tarpey is in the prime of life. Aged just 21, he is looking forward to many years of good health and happiness. Yet four weeks ago, the insurance worker from Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, did something that could seriously jeopardise that. He volunteered to risk his own life by signing up to clinical trials for a vaccine … Read more
New coronavirus cases in Britain have halved in a week and fewer than 5,000 people are being infected each day, according to scientists. Data from the COVID Symptom Tracker suggested there were 9,400 new infections occurring every day across the UK last week. But the estimate — which involves researchers at King’s College London — … Read more
Why are the kidneys of so many NYC coronavirus patients failing? Renal damage is twice as common among covid-sufferers in the city as elsewhere in the US, study finds Researchers looked at the first 1,000 coronavirus patients treated at a medical center in New York City from March 1 to April 5 Almost 34% of hospitalized … Read more
Fifteen million Iranians may have been infected with coronavirus since Iran’s outbreak started in February, one of the country’s top health officials admitted today. ‘About 15 million Iranians may have experienced being infected with this virus since the outbreak began,’ said Ehsan Mostafavi, a member of the task force set up to combat COVID-19. This … Read more
More than seven million people have been infected with coronavirus across the world – and two in every three cases are in Europe and the US. At least 7,003,851 cases have been officially recorded, alongside a staggering 402,867 deaths. Europe has had the largest number of infections at 2,275,305, and has suffered 183,542 deaths. The … Read more
The confirmed global death toll from the COVID-19 virus reached at least 400,000 fatalities on Sunday, as Pope Francis warns the world ‘don’t cry victory too soon’. Worldwide, at least 6.9 million people have been infected by the virus, according to Johns Hopkins University, whose aggregated tally has become the main worldwide reference for monitoring the … Read more
The Dutch government has ordered the closure of mink fur farms amid fears that they could act as ‘reservoirs’ for COVID-19 after two workers caught the disease. Nine infected farms will be closed from tomorrow, with thousands of mink — whose glossy coats are prized for fur clothing — to be culled in the cautionary … Read more
The NHS‘ flagship test and trace system tracked down less than half of positive patients’ ‘contacts’ in the first three days of its launch, figures suggested last night. A leaked report claimed that virus sufferers had provided details of 4,634 people they might have infected, of whom just 1,749 were texted or emailed. The Department … Read more
Coronavirus patients can safely see others within 10 days of symptoms starting if they’ve improved or been fever-free for three days, CDC’s new guidelines say People who had the coronavirus are allowed to meet with others after they’ve gone at least three days with no fever, new CDC guidelines say They can also safely see … Read more
A person infected with coronavirus can pass it on just by talking to someone in a closed environment such as a tube train or small office, simulations reveal. In a simulation of tube travel, produced by software firm MSC, one infected person can be seen literally coating other passengers with COVID-19 – just by talking. … Read more