A small percentage of coronavirus infections are acquired during the school day, a new study suggests. Researchers conducted several simulations and found fewer than five percent of COVID-19-related illnesses among students and teachers occurred at school and that most cases were contracted within the community. The team, from Public Health Ontario, in Canada, says its … Read more
BREAKING NEWS: Novavax’s COVID-19 vaccine prevents 96% of infections against original strain of the virus including 86.3% of UK ‘super-covid’ cases – but is only 55.4% effective against the South Africa variant Novavax’s vaccine uses synthesized pieces of the surface protein that the coronavirus uses to invade human cells and spurs antibody production In a … Read more
The United States saw a 10 percent decline in the weekly total for news coronavirus cases last week as vaccinations continue to accelerate. New infections have dropped for eight weeks in a row, averaging 60,000 new cases per day for the week ended March 7. Meanwhile, weekly totals fell from 456,080 new cases last week … Read more
People of a sensitive disposition who are easily repulsed may have evolved this trait as a natural way of avoiding infections. Scientists found people with a low threshold for feeling disgusted are less likely to be infected with bacteria or viruses. This, researchers say, proves Charles Darwin’s 19th-century theory that disgust evolved as a self-defence … Read more
People of a sensitive disposition who are easily repulsed may have evolved this trait as a natural way of avoiding infections. Scientists found people with a low threshold for feeling disgusted are less likely to be infected with bacteria or viruses. This, researchers say, proves Charles Darwin’s 19th-century theory that disgust evolved as a self-defence … Read more
Scientists urge ministers to agree on an ‘acceptable’ number of Covid-19 infections that the country could live with as a tolerable risk Government expert Professor Dame Angela McLean said that a ‘sensible discussion’ was needed about a tolerable level of risk from Covid McClean was giving evidence to Commons science and technology committee Many worried about … Read more
Boris Johnson was accused of shifting the goalposts again on lockdown after he said that infection rates must fall to ‘really, really low’ levels before restrictions could be lifted. The Prime Minister had previously said that the level of Covid deaths, vaccine rollout, new variants and pressure on hospital beds were the main determinants. Speaking at … Read more
Daily Covid infections fell by 29% last week to 20,360 with just one in 170 now sick with virus, according to Covid symptom tracker app King’s College London researchers estimate 20,360 Brits falling unwell daily, down from 28,645 a week prior Daily infections have plummeted 70 per cent since peak on New Year’s Day, when it … Read more
BREAKING NEWS: Novavax’s COVID-19 vaccine prevents 90% of infections including 85% of UK ‘super-covid’ cases – but it is only 50% effective against the South Africa variant Novavax’s vaccine uses synthesized pieces of the surface protein that the coronavirus uses to invade human cells and spurs antibody production In a late-stage UK study, the vaccine … Read more
BREAKING NEWS: Novovax’s COVID-19 vaccine prevents 90% of infections including 85% of UK ‘super-covid’ cases – but it is only 50% effective against the South Africa variant Novavax’s vaccine uses synthesized pieces of the surface protein that the coronavirus uses to invade human cells and spurs antibody production In a late-stage UK study, the vaccine … Read more