Category: Health
India: children returning to hospitals with long-covid symptoms like breathlessness, headaches, say Delhi doctors
Dr Nameet Jerath, Senior Consultant, Pediatric Intensive Care, Indraprastha Apollo Hospitals, New Delhi, said most children previously infected with coronavirus have had mild Covid, but stressed that even those who were asymptomatic are having prolonged low grade fevers, weakness, headache even after recovery. More...
Spain: 5th wave of coronavirus storms across the country, curfews set to be reintroduced
The Covid-19 incidence in Spain has soared above 368 cases per 100,000 inhabitants. More...
Netherlands: the reproduction R rate is now 2.17 – the highest since February 2020
For the first time since the start of the coronavirus pandemic, people in the Netherlands infected with the SARS-CoV-2 virus were likely infecting at least two other people. More...
Greece: A Delta-like wave of infections caused by a resurgent Alpha variant
Greece’s daily coronavirus cases passed the 3,000 mark on Tuesday, recording a two-month high, as the country struggles with a new surge in infections. More...
USA: Fauci – no Covid-19 booster vaccine needed
Yesterday Anthony Fauci, MD, the chief White House medical adviser and National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases director, appeared on CNN’s “State of the Union” and said he stands by the CDC and FDA’s assertion that the current available data do not support the need for boosters. More...
UK: Vaccine breakthroughs now one third of all new Covid-19 cases
According to the UK ZOE COVID Study, among unvaccinated people in the UK there are currently 22,638 new daily symptomatic cases of COVID on average. More...
UK: Vaccine booster program to start in September 2021
The UK JCVI’s interim advice, based on existing evidence, is to offer COVID-19 booster vaccines to the most vulnerable, starting from September 2021. More...
UK: opposition grows as Boris Johnson orders all Covid-19 restrictions lifted in Britain during massive Delta wave
Opposition to Boris Johnson’s plan to unlock Britain in the middle of what is shaping up to be the country’s worst ever coronavirus wave is growing. More...
Zimbabwe: Alarm as large numbers of cattle die in Zvimba – “maybe it’s COVID-19”
Zvimba villagers in Zimbabwe are living in fear as their cattle are dying in large numbers with some suggesting that they could be dying from COVID-19. More...
UK: Hebburn West, South Tyneside now at 1,555 coronavirus cases per 100,000 people
Hebburn West in South Tyneside currently has a staggering 1,555 cases per 100,000 people. More...