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By Michael Le Page, Clare Wilson, Jessica Hamzelou, Sam Wong, Graham Lawton, Adam Vaughan, Conrad Quilty-Harper, Jason Arunn Murugesu, Layal Liverpool, Carissa Wong and Alex Wilkins Nurses help a patient help walk again after recovering from covid-19, King’s College Hospital, London KIRSTY WIGGLESWORTH/POOL/AFP via Getty Images Latest coronavirus news as of 11am on 9 February … Read more
By Michael Le Page, Clare Wilson, Jessica Hamzelou, Sam Wong, Graham Lawton, Adam Vaughan, Conrad Quilty-Harper, Jason Arunn Murugesu, Layal Liverpool, Carissa Wong and Alex Wilkins Pedestrians wearing protective masks cross a street in Hong Kong, China, on Friday 4 February, 2022 Paul Yeung/Bloomberg via Getty Images Latest coronavirus news as of 12pm on 8 … Read more
Israeli scientists said they found “striking” differences in the chances of getting seriously ill from COVID-19 when they compared patients who had sufficient vitamin D levels prior to contracting the disease, with those who didn’t. A study published Thursday in research journal PLOS One found that about half of people who were vitamin D deficient before getting COVID-19 … Read more
By Michael Le Page, Clare Wilson, Jessica Hamzelou, Sam Wong, Graham Lawton, Adam Vaughan, Conrad Quilty-Harper, Jason Arunn Murugesu, Layal Liverpool, Carissa Wong and Alex Wilkins People register to undergo PCR testing in Wong Tai Sin, Hong Kong, China, 5 February, 2022 Marc Fernandes/NurPhoto/Shutterstock Latest coronavirus news as of 12pm on 7 February Even with … Read more
More than 30 per cent of deaths in England among over-30s from Bangladeshi, Black African or Pakistani ethnic groups since 2020 have involved covid-19 – more than double the proportion among adults recorded as white British Health 3 February 2022 By Jason Arunn Murugesu A woman looks at the National Covid Memorial Wall in London, … Read more
By Michael Le Page, Clare Wilson, Jessica Hamzelou, Sam Wong, Graham Lawton, Adam Vaughan, Conrad Quilty-Harper, Jason Arunn Murugesu, Layal Liverpool, Carissa Wong and Alex Wilkins Members of the National Guard, outside the U.S. Capitol Building, 14 January 2021 Kent Nishimura/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images Latest coronavirus news as of 11am on 3 February … Read more
By Michael Le Page, Clare Wilson, Jessica Hamzelou, Sam Wong, Graham Lawton, Adam Vaughan, Conrad Quilty-Harper, Jason Arunn Murugesu, Layal Liverpool and Alex Wilkins A student takes a lateral flow test in London PA Images / Alamy Latest coronavirus news as of 12.30pm on 2 February Study that infected young adults with the coronavirus finds … Read more
By Michael Le Page, Clare Wilson, Jessica Hamzelou, Sam Wong, Graham Lawton, Adam Vaughan, Conrad Quilty-Harper, Jason Arunn Murugesu, Layal Liverpool and Alex Wilkins NHS staff join protesters in London, England Mike Kemp/In Pictures via Getty Images Latest coronavirus news as of 11am on 1 February Vaccinations will not be a condition of employment for … Read more
New research gives a stark warning to richer nations that have been hoarding their supplies of COVID-19 vaccines: Doing so only has a short-term local benefit, and in the longer term leaves everyone more vulnerable to infection. Across a five-year model, scientists found that when rich countries gave away 46 percent of their COVID-19 … Read more
By Michael Le Page, Clare Wilson, Jessica Hamzelou, Sam Wong, Graham Lawton, Adam Vaughan, Conrad Quilty-Harper, Jason Arunn Murugesu and Layal Liverpool A police officer stands guard inside the closed-loop bubble to protect against the spread of covid-19 at the Beijing Winter Olympics Kevin Frayer/Getty Images Latest coronavirus news as of 12.30pm on 31 January … Read more