A coronavirus tracking app has suggested coronavairus was spreading through the UK in January, weeks before it was first spotted. COVID Symptom tracker, designed by scientists at King’s College London, is asking its 2.6million users to report their symptoms daily to show the spread of coronavirus. Professor of Genetic Epidemiology, Tim Spector, said ‘hundreds’ of … Read more
Public health bosses will advise hospitals on how to cope with a deadly fungus that has become resistant to most drugs. Candida auris was first identified in 2009 and has since struck hundreds in Britain and the US, among other countries. Hospitals are now struggling to deal with the little-known fungus, prompting health officials in … Read more
A report claims to have evidence that this year’s Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas played a key role in spreading the coronavirus throughout the US. The event, held in January, carried on amid the outbreak happening in China, which experts say created ‘an ideal venue for transmission.’ Multiple attendees became seriously ill following the … Read more
The two simple ways to combat the spread of coronavirus in your office: Better air flow and more natural daylight may reduce transmission when employees return to work, report finds A scientific review looked at two ways building designs can be adapted to prevent the spread of coronavirus when social distancing is over One way … Read more