COVID-19
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Study finds lasting fatigue common after COVID-19 infection
Nov 15, 2020More than half of people with acute COVID-19 infection continue to have persistent fatigue 10 weeks after their initial illness, according to a new study published November 9 in the open-access journal PLOS ONE by Liam... -
Could SARS-CoV-2 evolve resistance to COVID-19 vaccines?
Nov 12, 2020Just as bacteria can evolve resistance to antibiotics, viruses can evolve resistance to vaccines — and the evolution of SARS-CoV-2 could undermine the effectiveness of vaccines that are currently under development, according to a paper published... -
Is the COVID-19 pandemic affecting dengue virus case numbers?
Nov 2, 2020The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in dramatic changes to human mobility, which has the potential to change the transmission dynamics of other infectious diseases. Now, researchers reporting in PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases have found that... -
Melbourne to exit lockdown from Wednesday after recording no new Covid-19 cases
Oct 26, 2020The Australian city of Melbourne will exit lockdown from Wednesday after recording no new Covid-19 cases for the first time since June. Victoria state was the epicentre of Australia’s second wave, accounting for more than 90%... -
Spain imposed a night-time curfew to control a new spike in Covid-19 infections
Oct 26, 2020Spain has declared a national state of emergency and imposed a night-time curfew in an effort to help control a new spike in Covid-19 infections. Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez said the curfew, which came into force... -
Brief, frequent exposures may have led to COVID-19 in Correctional Officer
Oct 24, 2020Even short, frequent exposures to people who have COVID-19 could lead to transmission, new CDC data in MMWR suggest. Researchers detail the case of a Vermont corrections officer who had 22 brief encounters with six asymptomatic... -
UK to impose stricter COVID-19 social restrictions in London
Oct 15, 2020The British government will impose stricter COVID-19 social restrictions on London, Health Secretary Matt Hancock announced in parliament on Thursday. The capital will be moved into the “tier 2” or “high risk” level in the government’s... -
MSF organizes a webinar on the impact on mental health on women and children during COVID-19 in Bangladesh
Oct 15, 2020International medical organization Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) has organized a webinar for the first time in Bangladesh, on the impact of mental health on women and children of COVID-19. The webinar was broadcast live... -
Herd immunity approaches to COVID-19 control are a ‘dangerous fallacy’, say authors of open letter
Oct 15, 2020A group of 80 researchers warn that a so-called herd immunity approach to managing COVID-19 by allowing immunity to develop in low-risk populations while protecting the most vulnerable is “a dangerous fallacy unsupported by the scientific... -
Covid-19 virus remains infectious on some surfaces like banknotes, phone screens for 28 days
Oct 11, 2020The virus responsible for Covid-19 can remain infectious on surfaces such as banknotes, phone screens and stainless steel for 28 days, researchers say. The findings from Australia’s national science agency suggest SARS-Cov-2 can survive for far...
