Coronavirus infection rates have tripled or more in 0.6 per cent of council wards across England, with a six-fold surge in one village in East Yorkshire mystifying its residents. South Cave, a village 13 miles (21km) west of Hull and home to 5,000 people, saw its infection rate surge from 123 cases per 100,000 people in … Read more
High Street shops are set to reopen in WEEKS if Covid-19 infection rates keep plummeting amid vaccine rollout Plans to ease lockdown boosted by figures showing dramatic vaccine impact Growing hope that families will be able to meet outside by Easter Prime Minister said number of new cases already dropped ‘very considerably’ By John Stevens … Read more
No10’s scientific advisers claim there may need to be a debate on whether to allow coronavirus to rip through the country once the most vulnerable Britons have been vaccinated. Boris Johnson will reveal his roadmap out of lockdown on February 22, which could allow aspects of life and the economy to resume by the summer. … Read more
Adults are more than twice as susceptible to coronavirus compared to children, a mathematical study has found. Inhabitants of 637 households in the Israeli city of Bnei Brak were tested for Covid-19 in 2020’s first wave and the data was inputted into a statistical model. It found children are 43 per cent as susceptible to Covid-19 … Read more
Only four areas in England saw a spike in Covid infection rates during the first week of February, official figures revealed today. All key metrics now indicate that England is well past the peak, with the number of Covid patients being admitted to hospital dropping to its lowest level so far this year and in … Read more
Coronavirus patients treated with a experimental hepatitis drug were FOUR times more likely to have cleared the infection within seven days, study finds Peginterferon-lambda is a man-made form of a naturally occurring protein that calls for immune cells to attack a virus and is mainly used to treat hepatitis Receptors for the drug are found … Read more
Critically ill Covid-19 patients with weak immune systems who spend months battling the disease are likely sources of mutant variants, a new study confirms, Experts have previously been unable to pin down the exact way in which new strains emerge but thought them may evolve in immunocompromised patients. It was thought protracted infection applies a … Read more
Could CANDY test for COVID? Scientists trial whether flavored sweets could detect an infection because of a loss of taste and smell Researchers at The Ohio State University are recruiting 2,800 participants and will track them for 90 days Every day they will be asked sniff and eat one of eight different flavors of hard candy … Read more
New Zealand suffers first Covid-19 infection for two months: Case of South African variant prompts Australia to suspend travel-bubble S.A. mutant strain found in 56-year-old woman who had returned from Europe She tested positive after her mandatory ten day quarantine had ended New Zealand has suspended travel-bubble with Australia for 72 hours It is first … Read more
Pfizer‘s Covid vaccine could produce a strong enough immune response to stop people who get the jab from spreading the coronavirus, a doctor in Israel has claimed. Researchers found in a small study that recipients of the jab developed up to 20 times more antibodies within a week of having the second dose of the … Read more