Category: Health
Three health workers hospitalized in Norway with blood clots or cerebral haemorrhage after Astrazeneca coronavirus vaccination
“Today we have received three more reports of severe blood clots or cerebral haemorrhages in people who have received the vaccine. More...
Older people are more contagious for coronavirus
Older people are more contagious
Denmark’s SSI study shows that no matter how much virus the first infected person in a household had, the older the first infected person was, the more other household members became infected with SARS-CoV-2. More...
Denmark’s SSI: Even people with a very low amount of coronavirus are able to infect other household members
Impossible to set minimum limit for risk of infection
Based on laboratory studies, where Ct values are compared with the ability to grow viruses in cell cultures, several researchers have proposed a “cut-off” or a minimum limit of the Ct value of 30 for infectiousness. More...
Several younger patients experienced skin bleeding after having AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine jab
Several younger people who have received the AstraZeneca vaccine have reported major or minor skin bleeding. More...
UK JVCI – third coronavirus booster vaccination likely needed in autumn 2021
A covid-19 booster vaccine is likely to be rolled out in the autumn to avoid another winter surge in the UK, a government adviser on vaccination has told The BMJ. More...
Netherlands coronavirus cases jump 20% in one week to highest figure since January 2021
On Saturday, the Dutch national health agency RIVM reported the highest number of positive SARS-CoV-2 infections since January 14. More...
69yr old man in Hong Kong suffers facial paralysis following Sinovac coronavirus vaccination
Hong Kong reported its first case of a patient experiencing facial paralysis after being vaccinated for Covid-19 last week. More...
Japan identifies a B.1.1.28 coronavirus strain with E484K and N501Y mutations from a traveller from the Philippines
The National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Japan, identified a B.1.1.28 strain with E484K and N501Y mutations from a SARS-CoV-2-positive sample collected on February 25, 2020 at a point of entry to Japan from a traveller from the Philippines（virus name : hCoV-19/Japan/IC-0824/2021, GISAID Accession ID: EPI_ISL_1198832) (1). More...
Rome and Milan move into coronavirus Red Zone in Italy
Italy’s capital Rome and its financial centre Milan will have curbs on business and movement intensified from Monday as the government ramps up its efforts to stem a steady rise in coronavirus cases. More...
Operations should not take place until at least seven weeks after infection with SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus
Patients have a two and a half times higher risk of dying after the operation during the first six weeks after a SARS-CoV-2 detection compared to a later procedure. More...