Tag: coronavirus
Lancet: cognitive deficits in people who have recovered from COVID-19
People who had recovered from COVID-19, including those no longer reporting symptoms, exhibited significant cognitive deficits versus controls when controlling for age, gender, education level, income, racial-ethnic group, pre-existing medical disorders, tiredness, depression and anxiety. More...
Israel: 5,770 vaccine breakthrough infections, 495 hospitalized, 123 died
The Israeli Health Ministry reported Thursday the efficacy of Pfizer’s coronavirus vaccine in preventing infection has dropped to 39% but the effectiveness in preventing severe illness still remains relatively high. More...
UK: Third Covid-19 wave is the worst yet
The peak of the second Alpha wave was the 9th January 2021. More...
UK: world-beaters in Covid-19 infection rates and hospitalisations
Yet more pictures that say a thousand words about the UK’s abysmal response to Covid-19. More...
UK: No wonder the app is pinging – around 1 million people currently have Covid-19 in Britain
The ZOE UK Covid-19 app is showing that nearly ¾ of a million people currently have symptomatic Covid-19. More...
UK: Covid-19 study shows 40% vaccine breakthrough after changing its methodology
The UK Zoe Covid-19 study has changed its methodology for counting new Covid-19 cases and vaccine breakthroughs, possibly following the reaction to this article last week which showed vaccine breakthroughs in the UK at nearly 50%. More...
Israel: Pfizer vaccine effectiveness waning
“My colleagues @hillaalroy and @Meir_Marciano have tonight published the data leading the Israeli MoH to suspect that @pfizer vaccine’s immunity is waning.” More...
Catalonia: 53% of recent Covid-19 deaths were fully vaccinated, 17% were partially vaccinated
Among the 75 deaths in recent weeks, 30.7% of the deaths were not vaccinated and 17% were partially vaccinated. More...
Global Covid-19 deaths almost TRIPLE in one day on 20th July 2021
The global death toll from Covid-19 almost tripled in one day yesterday. More...
France: Covid-19 cases increase 125% in one week, Delta at 80% – “We have entered a fourth wave”
“We have entered a fourth wave of the virus,” said government spokesman Gabriel Attal on leaving the Council of Ministers on Monday, July 19, explaining that “the dynamics of the epidemic are extremely strong, with a wave faster and a steeper slope than all the previous ones”. More...