Sep 25, 2020
James Naismith, the director of the Rosalind Franklin Institute and professor of structural biology at the University of Oxford, said it was clear the pandemic was trending upwards but warned: “The sudden jump is likely to reflect issues in the testing system reporting. “It seems very unlikely that we are back to a doubling of […]
Sep 21, 2020
Improved care, new treatments and a change in the demographics of those infected mean the survival rate is now far higher than it was at the start of the pandemic. Flu is currently far more deadly. The briefing also appeared to back this up. Sir Patrick warned...
Sep 21, 2020
Blood cancer diagnoses could be missed during the pandemic because the symptoms are similar to coronavirus, the Duke of Kent has warned. Coughing, a fever, tiredness or breathlessness are all symptoms of new cases of blood cancer, but could be dismissed as coronavirus...
Sep 12, 2020
The estimates came from modelling, based on four papers which have examined timings of transmission and onset of symptoms. The research concluded that around 35 per cent of all transmissions occurred on the day symptoms emerged, or on the following day. The research...
Sep 8, 2020
Last month, two European patients were confirmed to have been reinfected with coronavirus, raising questions over how long immunity to the virus lasts. The cases, in Belgium and the Netherlands, came a day after researchers in Hong Kong revealed that a 33-year-old...
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