No evidence that recovered covid patients can’t be re-infected: World Health Organisation warns ‘immunity passports’ increase risk of spreading coronavirus WHO said ‘no evidence’ covid-19 antibodies protect against a second infection United Nations agency warned against issuing ‘immunity passports’ Chile said last week it would begin handing out ‘health passports’ Here’s how to help people … Read more
WHO warns coronavirus ‘will be with us for a long time’ and says most of the world’s population remains at risk from catching the disease Director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said ‘we have a long way to go’ He said most countries are still in the early stages of their epidemics WHO said there were ‘worrying … Read more
Neo-Nazis stole nearly 25,000 email credentials from the WHO, NIH and Gates Foundation and used them to call for a ‘harassment campaign’ while sharing coronavirus conspiracies Security experts discovered nearly 25,000 email addresses leaked online The credentials belonged to WHO, NIH and the Gates Foundation It appears they were stolen by far-right extremists and posted … Read more
Prescriptions for anti-anxiety drugs have spiked by more than a THIRD as Americans struggle to cope with the stress of the coronavirus pandemic, report finds Researchers looked at prescriptions for mental health medications for 31.5 million Americans filled from January 19 to March 15 Prescriptions for antidepressants, anti-anxiety drugs and anti-insomnia drugs increased by 21% … Read more
To wear a mask or not to wear a mask is very much the big question. Having initially been told by the Government that there was ‘no evidence’ to support healthy people wearing them, last week a Cabinet source suggested that covering up with a face mask may be a requirement for everyone returning to … Read more
December 31 – China first reports a cluster of unusual pneumonia cases in Wuhan to the WHO January 4 – WHO tweets about ‘a cluster of pneumonia cases’ in Wuhan with no deaths, saying investigations into the cause are underway January 5 – The WHO issues its first guidance on ‘pneumonia of unknown cause’, saying … Read more
December 31 – China first reports a cluster of unusual pneumonia cases in Wuhan to the WHO January 4 – WHO tweets about ‘a cluster of pneumonia cases’ in Wuhan with no deaths, saying investigations into the cause are underway January 5 – The WHO issues its first guidance on ‘pneumonia of unknown cause’, saying … Read more
There is no evidence to support the belief that people who have recovered from coronavirus will not catch it again, the World Health Organisation has said. WHO chiefs have warned world leaders against investing too heavily in the tests to show if a person has already had the virus, because they do not guarantee immunity. The UK Government … Read more
President Donald Trump savaged the ‘China centric’ World Health Organization on Tuesday and said he wanted the group looked into before any more U.S. dollars flow that way. ‘They called it wrong, they called it wrong, they missed the call,’ Trump said during his daily White House press briefing. ‘They should have known and they probably … Read more
Facebook to send myth-busting messages to users who have liked, reacted or commented on misinformation about the coronavirus on the social network Facebook users interacting with fake news will see a message in their news feed This encourages them to visit the World Health Organisation for health updates Facebook also introduced a ‘Get the Facts’ section … Read more