Other suggestions are that the widespread BCG vaccination (against tuberculosis) boosted Japanese people’s immunity, while it is also possible that the genes of Asian people are more resistant to the virus than Caucasians, he said. Another hypothesis is that Japan was hit by an early, weaker strain of the virus before it was able to […]
The organisations cited case studies, including that of Nigel, to illustrate the point. Nigel, identified as at risk of malnutrition, has no food in his house and is scared to leave home and go to the shops because of coronavirus. He is also not online and was...
Another member of the cluster is an 89-year-old man with a history of hypertension and cerebral infraction, who began experiencing symptoms such as a fever and chills on March 17. State media reported that he stayed home, didn’t seek medical attention and...
Overall rates of respiratory infections fell from 20.4 to 3.3 per 10,000 after the lockdown was introduced. “Rates of upper respiratory tract infections and lower respiratory tract infections have fallen significantly since March when social distancing measures...
The ‘R’ value refers to the number of people who can expect to catch the virus from an infected person. If it is greater than one, the infection will spread exponentially, but if it is lower then it will spread slowly and eventually die out. Earlier this...
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