Afghanistan running out of oxygen as Covid surge worsens
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Afghanistan is racing to ramp up supplies of oxygen as a deadly third wave of Covid-19 worsens, Read More
Latest Covid wave is already flattening and likely to peak within two weeks
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Reading Time: < 1 minute The recent Covid spike is already beginning to flatten, latest data show, as experts said Britain was experiencing a “mini wave” Read More
‘Zoonotic’: the Covid-19 origins theory that is not that batty
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Reading Time: < 1 minute How did Covid-19 begin? Some propose a “lab-leak” hypothesis, according to which Chinese virologists working on ways Read More
Long Covid: Vaccine cuts chances of getting condition by a third, according to major new study
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Two doses of a coronavirus vaccine reduce the chances of developing Long Covid by a third, according to a landmark new study. Read…
Up to 16,000 Covid survivors may have been re-infected, data reveals as experts warn prior infection 'may not protect against troublesome variants'
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Reading Time: < 1 minute As many as 16,000 people in England may have caught Covid twice, Public Health England said today. Read More
Africa 'in the midst of full-blown third wave' of coronavirus
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Africa is “in the midst of a full-blown third wave” of coronavirus, the World Health Organization (WHO) has warned. Read More
Cornwall sees spike of Covid cases following G7 summit and influx of holidaymakers to its resorts
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Coronavirus cases in Cornwall have skyrocketed following the G7 summit and an influx of holidaymakers. Read More
Scientists develop rapid saliva-based COVID test strips that give results in 15 minutes and can be manufactured for as little as 16 cents each
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Researchers have developed a rapid result COVID-19 test strip that could be mass manufactured at a low cost. Read More
Britain's daily Covid cases hit 9,000 for the first time since February as cases spike by a fifth in a week and hospitalisations soar by another 40% amid the rapid spread of Indian variant - but deaths stay flat
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Britain today recorded 9,000 daily Covid cases for the first time since February as the Indian variant continues to spread widely across…
Just one per cent of hospital beds are occupied by Covid patients
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Just one per cent of hospital beds are occupied by Covid patients, the head of the NHS has said, compared to one third…