Category: Health
Chinese study finds most patients still show signs of ‘long Covid’ six months later
The largest study of its kind found that most of those treated in a Wuhan hospital were still showing symptoms six months after being sent home
The most common problems were fatigue and difficulty in sleeping, but lung and kidney problems were also recorded
Another new variant of the novel coronavirus has been found in Japan
The new mutant strain, which is partly similar to different variants reported in the U.K. More...
Animal Coronaviruses and SARS-CoV-2 in animals – a summary of what we know
“..SARS-CoV-2 is demonstrating the ability to infect and sometime cause respiratory distress in many mammalian species. More...
Emergence of Y453F and Δ69-70HV mutations in a lymphoma patient with long-term COVID-19
“We report a genomic analysis of SARS-CoV-2 from a lymphoma patient with long-term COVID-19. More...
Long Covid Study: 6-month consequences of COVID-19 in patients discharged from hospital
The long-term health consequences of COVID-19 remain largely unclear. More...
CDC: allergic reactions including anaphylaxis after receipt of the first dose of Pfizer BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine
During December 14–23, 2020, monitoring by the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System detected 21 cases of anaphylaxis after administration of a reported 1,893,360 first doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine (11.1 cases per million doses); 71% of these occurred within 15 minutes of vaccination
https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/70/wr/mm7002e1.htm?s_cid=mm7002e1_w More...
Cornwall: near 500% rise in cases of Covid-19 in children aged 0-4yrs over Xmas
A week on week comparison of the rates of infection per hundred thousand reveal that some of the largest increases in percentages in the week from December 24 (Christmas Eve) to December 31 (New Year’s Eve) are in children under four years old (increase of 485.7%), those aged 70 to 74 (367.2%) and 85 to 89 (433.3%). More...
1,000 mink culled at Canada fur farm after three test positive for coronavirus
Mink euthanized for their fur on a British Columbia, Canada farm where three animals tested positive for COVID-19
Mink at a Fraser Valley farm that was the site of a COVID-19 outbreak in December were recently euthanized and frozen, and will be pelted for their fur in the future. More...
11 PCR tests required in China to confirm some Covid-19 infections
Dalian, Northeast China’s Liaoning Province, announced that it was extending the COVID-19 quarantine period to 21 days from 14 as the new cases in the recent COVID-19 outbreak in the city show a longer incubation period, faster transmission and more complex pattern. More...
UK hospitals told to start vaccinating all frontline staff for Covid-19 immediately
All NHS hospitals across England have been told to start vaccinating frontline health and care workers immediately in the face of growing coronavirus pressures on the health service. More...