Covid infections and deaths in Florida plunge despite it having most cases of Kent variant in US

The total number of Covid infections and deaths in Florida has plummeted despite its high number of Kent variant cases, prompting quiet optimism from infection experts in the US. Florida now leads the United States in confirmed cases of the Kent variant, which accounts for an estimated half of all new cases there, but has … Read more

Health experts say US ‘fooled’ into relaxing restrictions as weekly infections fall below 400,000

Coronavirus cases, hospitalizations and deaths may be falling one year into the pandemic, but public health experts are warning not to relax precautions just yet. On Thursday, the U.S. recorded 48,223 new infections with a seven-day rolling average of 54,840, which is the lowest figure seen since October 15, according to a DailyMail.com analysis of … Read more

Novavax’s COVID-19 vaccine prevents 96% of infections against original strain of the virus

BREAKING NEWS: Novavax’s COVID-19 vaccine prevents 96% of infections against original strain of the virus including 86.3% of UK ‘super-covid’ cases – but is only 55.4% effective against the South Africa variant Novavax’s vaccine uses synthesized pieces of the surface protein that the coronavirus uses to invade human cells and spurs antibody production In a … Read more

Weekly COVID-19 infections fall by 10% and deaths decrease by 18%

The United States saw a 10 percent decline in the weekly total for news coronavirus cases last week as vaccinations continue to accelerate.  New infections have dropped for eight weeks in a row, averaging 60,000 new cases per day for the week ended March 7. Meanwhile, weekly totals fell from 456,080 new cases last week … Read more

Sweden heads for coronavirus third wave after infections rose 10% third week in a row

Sweden is heading for a coronavirus third wave and will need tighter restrictions after infections rose 10% for third week in a row, health chief Anders Tegnell warns Anders Tegnell said third Swedish coronavirus wave is inevitable if rules ignored Number of new cases have risen by ten per cent in each of the last … Read more

Covid Germany: Merkel warns of third wave of infections that could trigger ANOTHER lockdown

German Chancellor Angela Merkel last night warned that new Covid variants risk a third wave of infections sweeping across the country which could provoke another national lockdown. Coronavirus cases have started to increase again in Germany with only four per cent of the public vaccinated, while Britons are already counting down the days to freedom … Read more

People with low ‘disgust’ threshold ‘less vulnerable to infections’

People of a sensitive disposition who are easily repulsed may have evolved this trait as a natural way of avoiding infections.  Scientists found people with a low threshold for feeling disgusted are less likely to be infected with bacteria or viruses.   This, researchers say, proves Charles Darwin’s 19th-century theory that disgust evolved as a self-defence … Read more

Covid cases are UP for first time in SIX WEEKS with 10,641 new infections

Britain today recorded 10,641 coronavirus infections in the first week-on-week rise since the beginning of January, while deaths have tumbled to the lowest levels since mid-December with 178 new victims. Department of Health figures show Covid cases are 9 per cent up on last Monday, when 9,765 were declared. But fatalities have dropped by almost … Read more

Cities across France could face even TOUGHER lockdown as infections rise

Multiple cities across France could face even tougher lockdown measures amid a rapid spread of coronavirus infections, the health minister has said. Olivier Veran told reporters this morning that further restrictions on movement might be required in Nice and the surrounding areas within the coming days. He said decisions about possibly further tightening limits on people’s … Read more

Coronavirus infections in England plummet by 60% in January and February, study finds

Coronavirus infection rates have plummeted by more than two thirds since January, new figures show in proof that lockdown is working even against the fast-spreading Kent variant of the virus. The country’s largest surveillance testing study yesterday found just one in 196 people in England were infected with the virus during the first half of … Read more