Zdrowie

People who receive the coronavirus vaccine will not be exempt from isolation in the UK if they come into contact with an infected person, because it is not known whether or not they prevent transmission of the virus, the Daily Telegraph reported yesterday.more

Former Presidents Barack Obama, George W. Bush and Bill Clinton are volunteering to get their Covid-19 vaccines on camera to promote public confidence in the vaccine's safety once the US Food and Drug Administration authorizes one.more

There have been more than 1.6 million confirmed cases of coronavirus in the UK and over 60,000 people have died, government figures show.more

The 'invincible' woman is believed to be the oldest person to survive two bouts of the deadly virus. When she was a baby, she lived through 1918 flu. Throughout her life she survived cancer, internal bleeding and sepsismore

Lung lesions using magnetic resonance imaging can be detected in COVID-19 patients up to three months after infection, according to preliminary studies by British specialists. However, other methods showed no damage.more

The first doses of the approved coronavirus vaccine are due to arrive in the UK today as the country battles with logistical challenges in administering it to those at the top of the priority list.more

After hours of preparation and the intervention of about fifty people, Alain Panabière, who weighs nearly 250 kg, was evacuated Tuesday by air from his apartment in Perpignan where he had been living on the ground for months.more

Very common side effects of the coronavirus vaccine developed by Pfizer and BioNTech include headaches and fever. The jab is due to be rolled-out across the UK from next week, after it was approved for clinical use by regulators.more

The Prime Minister of Norway, Erna Solberg, announced yesterday a "corona dispensation" for the Christmas and New Year period. Norwegians will be able to invite up to 10 people to their homes twice, if the table manages to keep one meter spacing.more

Vaccinations in the UK will begin next week and the first people to be vaccinated will be nursing home residents and their carers, it said.more

More than half of Britons are eager to adopt the Covid-19 vaccine developed by Pfizer and BioNTech, and more than half believe it should be mandatory, according to a Savanta ComRes survey published yesterday.more

The United Kingdom recorded 16,170 new coronavirus cases on Wednesday and 648 deaths within 28 days of a positive test for the virus, according to official data. Tuesday's data had shown 13,430 new coronavirus infections and 603 deaths.more

Lifting the pandemic restrictions ahead of Christmas could increase the number of hospital admissions in the first week of January, warned the head of the European Center for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) Andrea Ammon. "Despite the upcoming holidays, it is not the time to loosen the restrictions," she added.more

There are no plans to introduce a "vaccine passport" to give people access to places such as pubs and restaurants once a coronavirus jab becomes available, says Michael Gove.more

The UK has become the first country in the world to approve the Covid-19 Pfizer vaccine.more

Britain on Tuesday reported 13,430 new COVID-19 cases and 603 deaths within 28 days of a positive test, both up on Monday’s tallies, according to government data.more

More than one-third of kids who have COVID-19 are asymptomatic, according to a University of Alberta study that suggests youngsters diagnosed with the disease may represent just a fraction of those infected.more

England and Wales' contact-tracing app is to add a Self-Isolation Payment feature as soon as next week.more

The United Kingdom reported 12,330 new cases of COVID-19 on Monday, up from 12,155 a day earlier and taking the cumulative total since the start of the pandemic to 1,629,657 cases, government data showed.more

For three days until yesterday morning, 8,782 new laboratory-confirmed coronavirus carriers were registered in Switzerland and Liechtenstein, bringing their total number to 327,072 since the start of the pandemic on February 24, the Swiss Federal Office of Health (BAG) reported.more

Singing Christmas carols, including caroling around the house, nativity play in schools and St. Santa Claus will be allowed - there are guidelines announced by the British government for Christmas, although there will be restrictions in areas with the highest level of restrictions.more

Shoppers should not spend more than 15 minutes inside a store to lower the risk of catching coronavirus during the Christmas rush, a Government scientist has warned. more

In England, for the first time in many decades, the five-year survival rate of cancer patients will most likely decline this year - warns Prof. Mike Richards. Polish specialists have previously raised similar concerns.more

This year, Poles bought 20.7 million packages of prescription antidepressants. This is over a million more than the year before - the Polish daily "Rzeczpospolita" reports.more

The French Supreme Health Authority (HAS) issued today recommendations on vaccination against Covid-19. In the first place, residents of nursing homes and the elderly with comorbidities are to be vaccinated, as well as health care workers.more