Since the coronavirus pandemic began, health experts have recommended that we socially distance by standing or sitting six feet (or two meters) apart from strangers. But a new study suggests that separation might not be far enough to prevent a patient from transmitting the virus. Researchers found that contagious droplets can spread more than 16 … Read more
There is currently a great deal of controversy about how much of a role liquid droplets in the air – or aerosols – play in spreading the novel coronavirus. But a new study from the University of Florida has confirmed that these droplets don’t just contain bits of genetic material, but are actually infectious. Air … Read more
There is currently a great deal of controversy about how much of a role liquid droplets in the air – or aerosols – play in spreading the novel coronavirus. But a new study from the University of Florida has confirmed that these droplets don’t just contain bits of genetic material, but are actually infectious. Air … Read more
A Chinese author who kept an online diary about her lockdown life in Wuhan has revealed how authorities initially told residents the deadly coronavirus was ‘not contagious between people.’ Wuhan-native Fang Fang, 64, launched a ‘forbidden’ journal to capture what she heard, read and saw during the epidemic from the viewpoint of an ordinary resident … Read more
Coronavirus may still be contagious for up to EIGHT DAYS after symptoms disappear, study of 16 Chinese patients finds Researchers studied 16 patients with mild cases of coronavirus who were treated at PLA General Hospital in Beijing from January 28 to February 9 Half of patients were carriers of the virus even after their symptoms … Read more
The Perfect Storm stars George Clooney as an intrepid fisherman who navigates his boat through a storm of deadly ferocity – a freakish confluence of weather fronts, gales and vast tides that defy all attempts at prediction, let alone control. Today, our healthcare system is in the same perilous position as Clooney’s fragile boat in … Read more
Someone who is infected with the coronavirus can spread it with just a simple cough or a sneeze, scientists say. More than 4,500 people with the virus are now confirmed to have died and more than 125,000 have been infected. Here’s what we know so far: What is the coronavirus? A coronavirus is a type … Read more
Coronavirus could be spread by air-conditioning and may be more contagious than previously thought, scientists believe after finding traces of the virus in hospital air-duct The rooms of three coronavirus patients were tested in a Singapore hospital The room of a ‘mild’ infectee had trace amounts of the virus in an air vent Concerns have … Read more