A man from Magdeburg in northeastern Germany says he has been vaccinated against the coronavirus 217 times in nearly two and a half years, with eight different vaccines. According to scientists, it had no negative impact on his immune system, German media report.more
There is circumstantial evidence that SARS-CoV-2 infections have emerged in Europe even before the official start date of the pandemic, 2019-2020, as evidenced by a Polish study of the incidence of excess mortality in more than 900 regions of the continent in 2019.more
Nicola Sturgeon called Boris Johnson a "clown" in an expletive-laden text conversation with her chief of staff, the UK Covid Inquiry has heard.
The inquiry was shown messages in which the former first minister described as "excruciating" a Downing Street announcement about a second Covid lockdown in England.more
The JN.1 variant, which currently dominates the world, is the mildest variant of Covid-19 so far. Meanwhile, Chinese scientists reported that they had obtained a variant that kills 100%. infected mice with a genome similar to that of humans.more
The UK could soon see its highest-ever rate of Covid infections thanks to the new variant JN.1, according to experts. Professor Christina Pagel, of University College London, said the rapid spread of the strain means we have yet to reach the peak of infection while Professor Steve Griffin said it could outstrip previous waves of infection.more
The reported increase in hospital admissions of people infected with the new coronavirus variants shows that they are not at all as benign as often thought and extreme consequences still occur, stressed Dr Maciej Tarkowski from the Department of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences at the University of Milan.more
London has the highest rate of Covid in England amid the rapid spread of the JN.1 variant, analysis revealed on Thursday. The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) estimate that around 6.1% of Londoners had the virus as of December 14, by far the highest proportion of any region. more
Specific changes in the white matter of the brain in people after COVID-19 - observed by scientists from Sweden. In their opinion, they may explain the persistent neurological symptoms in patients after this infection. An article on this topic is published in the magazine "Brain Communications".more
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak yesterday defended the actions of the government - in which he was Finance Minister at the time - in response to the coronavirus pandemic. He denied that the ministry he heads is more concerned about the economy than the number of deaths due to Covid-19.more
Former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson insisted that during the Covid-19 pandemic he never supported a strategy to allow the coronavirus to spread in order to protect the economy. He also rejected suggestions that he was slow to act when cases began to rise again in the fall of 2020.more
Boris Johnson yesterday admitted that his government had made mistakes in its response to the Covid-19 pandemic and apologized for the pain, loss and suffering this had caused. He admitted that in the initial phase the scale of the coronavirus threat was underestimated.
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Former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, who led the government during the Covid-19 pandemic, will testify today and tomorrow at an ongoing public inquiry into the overall government response to it and - as the media suggests - apologize for the mistakes made.more
U.S. pharmaceutical company Moderna has hired a former FBI agent to track celebrities who criticize vaccinations, including Elon Musk, Serbian tennis player Novak Djokovic and actor Russell Brand, the New York Post reported.more
Data provided by China's health service show that "no unusual or new pathogens" of lung diseases have been detected, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Thursday, after it demanded explanations from Beijing on the rise in lung infection cases in northern China. especially among children.more
People who stuck by Covid lockdown rules the most strictly have the worst mental health today, research has found. Those who followed the restrictions most closely when the pandemic hit are the most likely to be suffering from stress, anxiety and depression, academics at Bangor University have found.more
The government has agreed to fund a one-off bonus for health workers who missed out previously because they worked for non-NHS organisations.
A payment of at least £1,655 was agreed as part of the NHS pay deal in England this year, to recognise the pressure of the Covid pandemic on staff.more
The Covid-19 pandemic had a lasting negative impact on the brain function of people over 50, rapidly accelerating cognitive decline, whether they were ill or not, according to a study published by British researchers.more
The so-called long Covid caused suffering for a significant group of patients - according to a study conducted on over 250,000 people. British. Across the UK, 70% of people have had Covid-19. inhabitants. The study results were published in Nature Communications.more
This is the latest information on local infection rates in your neighbourhood from Covid this winter. Concerns have been rising over the new Pirola and Eris strains of the virus which are sweeping through the UK and have been described as highly mutated and also very transmissible.
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A submission from the British Medical Association said the UK Government failed to ‘provide clear, consistent and visible public health messaging’.more
