People infected with Kent coronavirus variant are MORE likely to get symptoms than those who catch older strains, ONS report reveals – but they are less likely to lose smell and taste People infected with the Kent coronavirus variant are more likely to get symptoms than those with older strain Figures showed that 19 per … Read more
An investigation has been launched into reports that some of the laptops handed out to vulnerable children for homeschooling are infected with a virus. Teachers from schools in Bradford, Lincolnshire and Wolverhampton said on an online forum they noticed the issue and believe it contacts Russian servers. One person wrote: ‘Upon unboxing and preparing them … Read more
Coronavirus cases in England spike back up to pre-lockdown levels with 646,000 people infected last week, mass testing shows By Connor Boyd Assistant Health Editor For Mailonline Published: 10:01 GMT, 24 December 2020 | Updated: 10:02 GMT, 24 December 2020 Advertisement The number of people with coronavirus in England last week spiked to pre-second lockdown … Read more
DVLA announces 352 workers have been infected by Covid outbreak at its Swansea offices The DVLA has declared a coronavirus outbreak at its Swansea offices There have been 352 cases of Covid-19 at the contact centre since September Local health board has set up a testing facility to limit spread into community By William Cole For Mailonline … Read more
Santa gives Belgian care home Covid-19: 75 people are infected after ‘superspreader’ dressed as Father Christmas visited residents Santa was welcomed into care home of 150 residents in town of Mol, Antwerp Three days after he tested positive for Covid-19, sparking fears at the care home Since then 61 elderly and 14 staff have tested positive. … Read more
It started with a text message. ‘Please pick-up. Very important’. It was a Tuesday afternoon in late October, and I’d been working with my phone on silent – I hadn’t noticed the four missed calls from my ex-partner, Matt. My stomach lurched. Matt had been looking after our four-year-old son, Milo for the past few days. … Read more
A complex mathematical equation to work out the risk of catching the coronavirus if one person in a room is infected Covid-19 has been turned into a handy online tool. Created by researchers at MIT, it assumes a room hosts one infected person and allows the user to customise the settings of the room and … Read more
A passenger on an 18-hour flight to New Zealand infected at least four travellers with coronavirus despite testing negative for the virus before boarding, it has emerged. The case study, released by health chiefs in New Zealand, details how the passenger had tested negative for Covid-19 through a PCR test 48 hours before boarding the … Read more
A new type of test may be more effective at determining whether someone already had coronavirus compared to widely-used antibody tests. The test looks for immune cells called T-cells, which are a type of white blood cell that binds to and kills viruses. New research from the manufacturer, Adaptive Biotechnologies, which is based in Seattle, found … Read more
Wild chimpanzees have been found to be infected with leprosy for the first time, in two locations in West Africa that are separated by hundreds of miles. Experts discovered two wild chimp populations, in Guinea-Bissau’s Cantanhez National Park and Taï National Park in Ivory Coast, that are infected with the disease, as confirmed by faecal samples. Leprosy – which … Read more