As the U.S. economy begins to reopen after two months of lockdown, states and counties are using local data on COVID-19 incidence to inform their plans. But a new analysis highlights an inconvenient truth. Geographic access to COVID-19 testing sites is as uneven as access to health care overall, meaning that local estimates of COVID-19 spread may be incorrect. The […]
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COVID-19 is being referred to as a “once in a century event”—but the next pandemic is likely to hit sooner than you think. In the next few decades, we will likely see other pandemics. We can predict that with reasonable confidence because of the recent increased frequency of major epidemics (such as SARS and Ebola), and because of social and […]
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The Covid-19-pandemic keeps the world in breath. Already, more than 7.5 million people globally have become infected with the novel Coronavirus, 186.251 in Germany – where it always comes back to local outbreaks. The Federal government contributes EUR 300 million to the company CureVac, which is seeking a vaccine against the Coronavirus. The Ministry of economic Affairs announced on Monday. […]
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Coronavirus symptoms are listed by the NHS as a new, continuous cough, a high temperature and a loss of sense of taste and smell. The World Health Organization’s (WHO) list of symptoms is more extensive, including tiredness, aches and pains, sore throat, diarrhoea, conjunctivitis, headache and a rash on skin. READ MORE Coronavirus update: The dangerous effects of drinking more […]
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Yellow police tape—a familiar sight across Italy since the coronavirus began sweeping the country in March—reappeared at the weekend outside a Rome squat where around 15 new cases have emerged. Health workers insist the outbreak among squatters including a Peruvian family is under control, at a time when Italy is cautiously relaxing measures to contain the disease that has claimed […]
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The Covid-19-pandemic keeps the world in breath. Already, more than 7.5 million people globally have become infected with the novel Coronavirus, 186.028 in Germany – where it comes increasingly to local outbreaks. All messages to the Corona-crisis in Germany, Europe and the world, you will find in the News Ticker of FOCUS Online. Covid-19-News from Germany and around the world […]
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Am I proof that some people will never be immune to Covid-19? MoS’s Ben Lazurus tested positive for the virus in March – but has tested NEGATIVE for antibodies three times Mail on Sunday’s Ben Lazarus contracted Covid-19 in March and is recovering He has taken three antibody tests which have all come back negative Experts claim while one test […]
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The Covid-19-pandemic keeps the world in breath. Already, more than 7.5 million people globally have become infected with the novel Coronavirus, 185.457 in Germany, it always comes to local outbreaks. Germany and three other European countries have also closed in a vaccine Alliance, a first contract with a pharmaceutical company for the supply of Corona vaccines in the EU. As […]
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Lockdowns were imposed in parts of Beijing on Saturday to try and prevent the spread of a new coronavirus cluster, highlighting the challenges that lie ahead even for places where outbreaks are under control. It came as Brazil claimed the unenviable position of having the second-highest virus death toll worldwide behind the United States, with no sign the infection rate […]
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DR MAX THE MIND DOCTOR: To truly make a difference to black lives, re-open our schools now Those venturing out in London’s most deprived areas in the first weeks of lockdown might have witnessed some rather odd sights. On some High Streets groups of teenagers took to congregating outside a closed McDonald’s, pressing up against the windows as they waved […]
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