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The scientist who led the WHO’s Covid fact-finding mission to Wuhan has revealed the first evidence that the virus was circulating widely in China before Beijing alerted the world to its existence. Peter Embarek said his team have discovered there were at least 13 Covid variants in Wuhan in December last year, suggesting the virus … Read more
A scientist who led the WHO’s Covid fact-finding mission to Wuhan has revealed the first evidence that the virus was circulating widely in China before Beijing alerted the world. Peter Embarek said his team have discovered there were at least 13 Covid variants in Wuhan in December last year, suggesting the virus had been in … Read more
The first person to administer a Covid-19 vaccination has warned that the virus ‘does not discriminate’, and that it’s a ‘lottery’ how each body will react. Matron at University Hospital Coventry, May Parsons, became the first person to administer a Covid jab to a patient outside of clinical trials after injeting Margaret Keenan, 91, with Pfizer’s vaccine … Read more
Elizabeth Day: I can’t stand these virus VIPs By Elizabeth Day for You Magazine Published: 00:02 GMT, 14 February 2021 | Updated: 00:02 GMT, 14 February 2021 Styling: Holly Elgeti. Make-up: Nicky Weir using Hourglass Beauty. Hair: Alex Szabo at Carol Hayes using T3 Haircare. Dress, Mulberry. Jewellery, Daisy jewellery Perhaps it’s because there’s so … Read more
The South African variant of coronavirus, known as B.1.351, has mutations on its outer spike proteins that change the shape of the virus in a way that makes it look different to the body than older versions of the virus. Because the immune system’s antibodies are so specific, any change in the part of the … Read more
Covid will be with us long-term: Matt Hancock hopes ‘treatable’ virus will become a disease we can ‘live with, like we do flu’ within 12 months as he says all adults will likely be offered a vaccine ‘a bit before’ September Matt Hancock says he expects every adult to be offered vaccine by September The … Read more
The Pfizer and Oxford jabs provide two-thirds protection against Covid after just one injection, new data is set to reveal. The Pfizer vaccine starts to immunise in as little as two weeks and is just as effective in the elderly as it is in the young, official findings will reveal in the coming days according … Read more
Love Island star Rachel Fenton confirmed she received the Covid-19 vaccine on Friday after previously contracting the virus twice. The Orthopaedic Clinical Nurse Specialist, 27, shared a selfie receiving the injection to Instagram as she thanked the medical field and hoped that ‘it’s the beginning of the end’. She revealed she tested positive for the … Read more
‘I would not wish this on anyone’: Pregnant Covid conspiracy theorist, 28, admits virus is ‘real’ after she tested positive and was left struggling to breathe as she pleads with people to stay at home Tori Howell adamantly believed pandemic was a hoax before getting symptoms She then tested positive and is now at home struggling … Read more
Coughing Covid patients put frontline NHS staff at far higher risk of catching the virus than thought and PPE plans may need a complete rethink, study finds Researchers found that coughing produces 10 times more infectious ‘aerosol’ There are now calls for healthcare workers to be given FFP3 respirator masks Dr James Dodd’s research suggests … Read more