Category: Infection
UK: Long Covid recognised as a disability by employment tribunal
The decision in the employment tribunal case of Burke v Turning Point Scotland is one of the first in the UK to address specific facts and has found that the long Covid symptoms suffered by Mr Burke amounted to a disability. More...
New York State: Alarming spread of monkeypox
We, the undersigned New York State legislators, are writing with serious concern regarding the alarming spread of monkeypox. More...
BMJ: Stop gaslighting the public over Covid-19
“The government must stop gaslighting the public and be honest about the threat the pandemic still poses to them and the NHS”. More...
Israel: Three cases of BA.2.75 found in passengers from France and India
Three cases of the BA.2.75 coronavirus variant have been found in Israel, the Health Ministry announced on Sunday. More...
Canada: Long Covid sufferer applies for assisted suicide
“My choices are basically to die slowly and painfully, or quickly. More...
UK ONS: nearly 3.5 million infections in the UK in the last week
The UK Covid horror show continues….
The latest coronavirus numbers from the UK Office of National Statistics show that nearly 3.5 million people were infected with Covid in the last week, that’s more than one in twenty people in every area of the country. More...
UK: New pandemic-high record for Covid cases
The UK has just breached its all-time record for new Covid cases. More...
Japan: BA.2.75 confirmed in Kobe
“The possibility of community-acquired infection cannot be ruled out.” More...
Preprint: Duration of immune protection of SARS-CoV-2 natural infection against reinfection
“Effectiveness of primary infection against severe, critical, or fatal COVID-19 reinfection was 97.3% (95% CI: 94.9- 98.6%), irrespective of the variant of primary infection or reinfection, and with no evidence for waning.” More...
Japan: Pediatric acute encephalopathy following Covid-19 infection
Japan’s Tochigi Prefecture has reported cases in which a young girl died and another suffered paralysis from acute encephalopathy after coronavirus infections. More...