Freedom Day on a knife edge: Just 3% of Brits infected with the Indian Covid variant were fully vaccinated but the boffins are still counselling caution PHE analysis shows only 177 out of 5,599 people who caught the mutant strain had already had both jabs Top scientists called the findings ‘incredibly reassuring’, bolstering the case… Read More »
As schools and universities plan for the new academic year, and administrators grapple with complex questions about how to keep young people safe, a new report about a coronavirus outbreak at a sleepaway camp in Georgia provides fresh reasons for concern. The camp implemented several precautionary measures against the virus, but stopped short of requiring… Read More »
Does being tall raise the risk of getting Covid-19? Men over 6ft are TWICE as likely to get infected, study claims Survey of 2,000 people showed those over six feet had a higher risk of Covid-19 The researchers said the findings give clues about how the virus spreads Virus may be airborne and could explain… Read More »
A second worker has become infected with coronavirus at a Costco warehouse in Melbourne’s north. A message was sent to employees at the Epping facility confirming the staffer last worked on Sunday, July 19, between 10.45am and 3.45pm. Costco said it would communicate directly with co-workers known to have been in close contact with the… Read More »
A doctor who worked at three medical clinics while potentially infectious with coronavirus is in isolation. The Victorian health department announced on Saturday the GP was one of eight of the latest COVID-19 cases. The male GP is asymptomatic and caught the virus from a close contact, who also showed no symptoms. RELATED: China’s coronavirus… Read More »
For Canadian Craig Lee, possibly the worst symptom of the new coronavirus came on a bus that took him to a Japanese quarantine centre. Wrapped up in a winter coat, wearing a face mask and surrounded by other cruise-ship passengers, he felt decidedly claustrophobic. But through the 16 days after Lee first tested positive for… Read More »