A UK patient with a severely weakened immune system had COVID-19 for almost a year and a half, scientists reported, underscoring the importance of protecting vulnerable people from the coronavirus. There’s no way to know for sure whether it was the longest-lasting COVID-19 infection because not everyone gets tested, especially on a regular basis like … Read more
Coronavirus infections in England climbed to a new record high with one in 16 or 6.37 per cent testing positive for COVID-19 last month — more than double the one in 35 reported in February, according to a new study. Experts behind the long-running Real-time Assessment of Community Transmission (REACT-1) analysis in the UK by … Read more
However, PHE did concede that the new strain is transmitting more easily than the previous strains of Covid-19. Even as the Indian government as a matter of caution has suspended the international flights coming from the United Kingdom, the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control has said that emergence of a new variant mutation … Read more
The NHS said that this antibody-rich plasma, which could save the lives of people with coronavirus, is being sought urgently ahead of a feared second wave of the pandemic in the country later in the year. (Reuters photo) The UK’s state-funded National Health Service (NHS) on Friday issued an urgent call for people of Indian … Read more