Sorry, this video isn’t available any more. A Covid patient battling for his life on an intensive care ward has told how he feared he wouldn’t ‘make it through’ after falling ill over Christmas. There are currently 30,451 patients in hospital with the virus across the UK, with 2,645 of them requiring a ventilator, government…Continue Reading
New more contagious variants of the coronavirus are being investigated in the United States, raising questions about whether the Covid vaccines currently in use will provide protection against mutations.There are multiple more contagious variants emerging around the globe, in the United Kingdom, South Africa and Brazil. In the U.S., variants from New York City and…Continue Reading
MANILA, Philippines — The online sale of coronavirus disease test kits remains “strictly prohibited,” the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said yesterday as the Philippine Red Cross (PRC) urged the public to exercise “extraordinary diligence” in getting checked for infection. FDA director general Eric Domingo reiterated that online selling of FDA-certified test kits for COVID-19…Continue Reading
March 5, 2021 — A recent decrease in the number of Americans seeking testing for COVID-19 has experts on alert. Accurate and timely testing remains critical for treating and isolating individuals with COVID-19 infection, they stress. Widespread testing also allows for tracking the spread of the virus and any variants of concern as they arise.…Continue Reading
A sign language interpreter who helped to keep deaf people informed during Covid press conferences has herself died of the virus. Patty Sakal, 62, from Hawaii, died on Friday after contracting coronavirus during a trip to see her family in California. She was a familiar face on TV in Hawaii for the islands’ coronavirus news…Continue Reading
A pastor who is under investigation for selling oil and string as coronavirus ‘cures’ has been allowed to advertise on London buses. Climate Wiseman, who identifies as a prophet, was exposed by Southwark News in April for selling coronavirus ‘protection’ kits, consisting of oil and red string, for £91. A post on the ministry’s website…Continue Reading
Some £66,000 in fines have been handed out after two illegal coronavirus lockdown parties were busted by police in London. Officers were called to a party of 50 people in Green Street, the West End, in the early hours of Sunday morning. The organiser, a 29-year-old man, was reported for a £10,000 fine for breaking…Continue Reading
Coronavirus case rates have started to fall in most areas of the country as the effects of the third national lockdown are slowly starting to emerge. The latest Government figures of Covid-19 case rates were released yesterday for every local authority area in England. Of the 315 local areas in England, 287 (91%) have seen…Continue Reading
A frontline doctor who lost three members of her family during the pandemic has urged London’s black community to take up the vaccine. Dr Remi Odejinmi, who works for Barking, Redbridge and Havering NHS Trust, drew on her own loss as she made the appeal to the Black, Asian and minority ethnic [BAME] community. The…Continue Reading
There’s new evidence that fast-spreading variants of the coronavirus that causes COVID-19 are more resistant to antibody treatments and vaccines. Researchers assessed variants first identified in South Africa, Britain and Brazil and found that they can evade antibodies that work well against the original version of the coronavirus that triggered the pandemic. This means that…Continue Reading
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