Tag: covid19
Hospital under ‘extra pressure’ as absences double
Services at major NHS hospital are under "extra pressure" after Covid-related staff absences doubled in a month, its governing trust has said, report [...]
Infection in US would be 7 times higher
Official Covid 19 case metrics severely undercount the true number of infections, leaving the United States with a critical blind spot as the most tr [...]
Face masks compulsory again
The NHS in Sussex has reintroduced mandatory mask-wearing in response to rising Covid-19 rates, reported BBC. Patients and staff across multiple trus [...]
Zero Covid, a danger for Xi
Strict imposing and observance of measures are part of China's uncompromising "zero Covid" strategy and president Xi Jinping has repeatedly warned th [...]
WHO analyzing monkeypox outbreak
As monkeypox cases continue to rise globally, the World Health Organization plans to reassess whether the outbreak constitutes a public health emerge [...]
More mass testing, control in China
China is dealing with a new wave of Covid 19 cases, reported DW. Residents of Shanghai, Beijing and Xi'an were ordered to undergo rounds of tests in [...]
New variant BA.2.75 a cause for concern
Cases of the new coronavirus variant BA.2.75 have recently been detected in Japan, Germany, the UK, Canada, the US, Australia and New Zealand, report [...]
Should you isolate if you have Covid?
Covid infections are up sharply across the United Kingdom, largely due to fast-spreading variants of Omicron called BA.4 and BA.5, reported BBC. Peop [...]
Health Staff at great risk of infection
NHS staffing is being impacted by people with Covid passing it on before they realise they are infected, a health trust boss has warned, reported BBC [...]
‘You do not want this’ virus
Matt Ford edits videos for a living but his latest post on Tik Tok wasn't a crazy dance, instead it's based on his own experience with monkeypox, rep [...]