The Foreign Office has waived diplomatic immunity for 13 British citizens accused of crimes in the US since 1999 – despite Washington refusing to extradite ex-CIA spy Anna Sacoolas for hitting and killing Harry Dunn The Foreign Office has waived the immunity of Brits accused of crimes as a goodwill gesture to the United States … Read more
Europe could be close to herd immunity from coronavirus already, with far more people infected than previously thought, according to a study in Germany. Scientists studying Gangelt, the town at the centre of Germany’s first big outbreak dubbed the ‘German Wuhan’, discovered that as many as 15 per cent of people may have already been … Read more
Australian health experts have flagged the idea of introducing ‘immunity passports’ to avoid a long-term coronavirus lockdown. The immunity passport, or certificate, would be given to COVID-19 patients who recovered from the deadly illness – and are therefore immune – allowing them to be exempt from tough social distancing restrictions that apply to others. German … Read more
Italy has begun screening doctors for signs of coronavirus immunity, but officials admit that the antibody tests may not work. The northern regions of Veneto and Emilia-Romagna are hoping to issue ‘licences’ to return to work for people who are shown to be immune. The blood tests are intended to detect antibodies, the tools which the body … Read more
MIDAS SHARE TIPS: How’s this for herd immunity? Animal feed maker with an anti-viral additive By Joanne Hart, Financial Mail on Sunday Published: 21:56 BST, 4 April 2020 | Updated: 21:56 BST, 4 April 2020 Coronavirus has turned business as usual on its head. With the country in lockdown, millions of people on furlough and … Read more
Boris Johnson’s chief adviser on the coronavirus has warned that Britain might still have to adopt the controversial herd immunity policy to defeat the pandemic. Professor Graham Medley, the government’s chief pandemic modeller, said lockdown measures have pushed the UK ‘into a corner’, with no way of lifting restrictions while keeping the virus under control. … Read more
Britons who have already have fought off the coronavirus could be given ‘immunity certificates’, ministers today confirmed. Health Secretary Matt Hancock admitted Number 10 was looking at the move at a Downing Street press conference tonight. German scientists have already announced they will roll out the certificates, to try and ease the country out of … Read more
Dr Anthony Fauci warns Americans that they do NOT have ‘herd immunity’ to coronavirus because too few people have been infected – even as US cases climb past 164,000 Dr Anthony Fauci, head of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, says herd immunity the coronavirus is unlikely He said there have not been … Read more
The UK gave up on containing the coronavirus outbreak ‘too soon’ because scientists assumed most people would become infected anyway, a leading expert has claimed. Devi Sridhar, professor of global public health at the Edinburgh University, said the assumption led officials to abandon measures that could help slow the pandemic. Those measures include mass testing and stringent contact … Read more
Germany to issue coronavirus ‘immunity certificates’ to people who have recovered in a bid to bring their lockdown to an end Researchers will use the data to decide where and when lockdowns will cease Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research in Braunschweig overseeing project Carrying out blood tests in order to detect antibodies associated with immunity … Read more