Category: Health
Cases of Long Covid could be as high as 20% in the UK, immunologist warns
The number of patients reporting symptoms of Covid-19 weeks after becoming ill could be as high as 20%, an immunologist said, as he warned it could place an additional burden on the NHS.
‘A 6-Year-Old In A 90-Year-Old’s Body’ – The Children Devastated By Long Covid
“He’s like a six-year-old in a 90-year-old’s body,” says Chris Ward of his son Thomas, who first fell ill last February with a fever, breathlessness and aches all over his body. More...
Three ‘new and active’ coronavirus cases found in South Auckland, New Zealand
Air New Zealand has stopped offering food and drinks on domestic flights following news today that a woman who tested positive for Covid-19 works for an airline catering company. More...
Israel: Coronavirus patients on ECMO machines reach record 52
The Sheba Medical Center said “the new mutations cause much more serious illness and affect younger people,” adding that most of those connected to extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) machines are in their forties and fifties, compared to the previous waves when most were in their sixties. More...
NERVTAG: increased disease severity in people infected with coronavirus variant B.1.1.7
NERVTAG: “Here we report updated and additional analyses, which together strengthen the earlier finding of increased disease severity in people infected with VOC B.1.1.7 compared to other virus variants.” More...
California coronavirus variant CAL.20C accounts for nearly half of COVID-19 cases in Southern California and about a 1/3 of cases in the state
The CAL.20C variant accounts for nearly half of COVID-19 cases in Southern California and about a third of cases in the state based on an analysis of viral genomes posted to a global database called GISAID. More...
Australian quarantine hotel coronavirus cluster rises to 20, linked to use of nebuliser by guest
Returned traveller blamed for Melbourne virus outbreak feels ‘like a criminal’ after being allowed to use nebuliser in quarantine hotel
The man had not tested positive to coronavirus when he used the nebuliser at the Holiday Inn Melbourne Airport. More...
B.1.1.7 Kent coronavirus variant now at 28% in Denmark
The UK B.1.1.7 variant was detected in 28.5 percent of the samples in Denmark sequenced up to Friday 12th February 2021 from the first week of February 2021. More...
Two white tiger cubs die of coronavirus, Lahore zoo says
Two tiger cubs who recently died in a Pakistani Zoo appear to have been killed by Covid-19, officials have said. More...
WHO: Recovered coronavirus patients have been reinfected with new virus strains
Preliminary reports from South Africa suggest people with prior Covid infection could be reinfected with a new, more infectious variant of the virus, the World Health Organization said. More...