The Project host Carrie Bickmore reveals ‘horror show’ eye infection

GRAPHIC CONTENT WARNING: The Project host Carrie Bickmore reveals ‘horror show’ eye infection that made a producer vomit By Abi Moustafa For Daily Mail Australia Published: 03:02 GMT, 18 February 2021 | Updated: 03:10 GMT, 18 February 2021 Carrie Bickmore and Tommy Little like to keep things breezy and light-hearted on their Hit Network radio show Carrie … Read more

Covid England: Infection rates triple in 0.6% of wards in a week

Coronavirus infection rates have tripled or more in 0.6 per cent of council wards across England, with a six-fold surge in one village in East Yorkshire mystifying its residents.  South Cave, a village 13 miles (21km) west of Hull and home to 5,000 people, saw its infection rate surge from 123 cases per 100,000 people in … Read more

England’s ACTUAL Covid hotspots: Infection rates have tripled in 0.6% of wards in a week

Coronavirus infection rates have tripled or more in 0.6 per cent of council wards across England, with a six-fold surge in one village in East Yorkshire mystifying its residents.  South Cave, a village 13 miles (21km) west of Hull and home to 5,000 people, saw its infection rate surge from 123 cases per 100,000 people in … Read more

High Street shops are set to reopen in WEEKS if Covid-19 infection rates keep plummeting

High Street shops are set to reopen in WEEKS if Covid-19 infection rates keep plummeting amid vaccine rollout Plans to ease lockdown boosted by figures showing dramatic vaccine impact  Growing hope that families will be able to meet outside by Easter   Prime Minister said number of new cases already dropped ‘very considerably’ By John Stevens … Read more

Coronavirus: Government scientific advisers call for a debate on allowing a ‘big wave of infection’

No10’s scientific advisers claim there may need to be a debate on whether to allow coronavirus to rip through the country once the most vulnerable Britons have been vaccinated.  Boris Johnson will reveal his roadmap out of lockdown on February 22, which could allow aspects of life and the economy to resume by the summer. … Read more

Covid-19 symptoms: Children HALF as susceptible to infection

Adults are more than twice as susceptible to coronavirus compared to children, a mathematical study has found.  Inhabitants of 637 households in the Israeli city of Bnei Brak were tested for Covid-19 in 2020’s first wave and the data was inputted into a statistical model.  It found children are 43 per cent as susceptible to Covid-19 … Read more

Only four areas saw a spike in Covid infection rates during first week of February, figures reveal

Only four areas in England saw a spike in Covid infection rates during the first week of February, official figures revealed today. All key metrics now indicate that England is well past the peak, with the number of Covid patients being admitted to hospital dropping to its lowest level so far this year and in … Read more

COVID patients treated with hepatitis drug FOUR times more likely to have cleared infection quickly

Coronavirus patients treated with a experimental hepatitis drug were FOUR times more likely to have cleared the infection within seven days, study finds Peginterferon-lambda is a man-made form of a naturally occurring protein that calls for immune cells to attack a virus and is mainly used to treat hepatitis Receptors for the drug are found … Read more

Study shows new coronavirus variants emerge during chronic infection

Critically ill Covid-19 patients with weak immune systems who spend months battling the disease are likely sources of mutant variants, a new study confirms,   Experts have previously been unable to pin down the exact way in which new strains emerge but thought them may evolve in immunocompromised patients. It was thought protracted infection applies a … Read more

Risk of Covid infection from touching surfaces is low, US study says

Risk of catching coronavirus by touching surfaces such as cash machines, petrol pumps and pedestrian crossings is low, scientists say Scientists swabbed the surfaces – which also included post boxes – 350 times But they detected it in only 29 samples, the equivalent of eight per cent The swabs were taken in Boston, home to … Read more