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As much as 56 percent. people infected with the variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus Omikron did not know about this fact - it was announced in the journal "JAMA Network Open".more

The cost of a public inquiry into the UK government's response to the coronavirus pandemic is already £85m, although hearings won't start until next year, local media reported.more

The administration of new booster doses of the Covid-19 vaccine will begin in England on 5 September, the NHS announced yesterday. Around 26 million people will be eligible to receive them.more

According to the order of local authorities in the city of Xiamen on the east coast of China, not only fishermen returning from catch are tested for coronavirus, but also fish and seafood caught by them, the Chinese media reported.more

The president of the pharmaceutical company Pfizer, Albert Bourla, received a positive test for the presence of the coronavirus, which he announced on Twitter.more

The UK has become the first country to approve a dual vaccine which tackles both the original Covid virus and the newer Omicron variant. more

In the publication in Nature, researchers identified 11 key areas in the human genome that are important in the context of susceptibility to coronavirus infection and the course of COVID-19. Among the authors of the publication is a researcher from Poland.more

Harmful levels of drinking were normalised through the Covid pandemic, charities and medical staff have said. more

The so-called long Covid comes in three varieties, each associated with different symptoms, say researchers from King's College London (KCL), the findings of which are described by the British Sky News portal. This discovery means that an individual approach is required to treat each type of long Covid.more

54.1 percent Poles do not want the coronavirus restrictions to return - according to the United Surveys poll prepared for RMF FM and "Dziennik Gazeta Prawna". This idea, in turn, supports 39.5 percent. people.more

1 in 8 Dutch people who have had Covid-19 suffer from long-term health problems, according to a report by the University Medical Center (UMC) in Groningen in the north of the Netherlands. Scientists conducted many months of research on a group of 13 thousand. Dutch residents. The results were published by The Lancet magazine.more

Covid infections are continuing to fall in the UK, dropping by more than half a million in a week, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS). more

People who have not taken two vaccines and booster doses against coronavirus will get into trouble, warns President Joe Biden's chief medical advisor Dr Anthony Fauci. This will be a problem especially in autumn and winter.more

One in 20 people in the UK who are not in work and not looking for paid work are suffering from long Covid, new figures suggest. more

Almost one in three German adults has gained weight by an average of 6.5 kg since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic. The so-called coronacillos gained over two years of the pandemic are now hard to shed. Scientists from the Technical University of Munich (TUM) noticed that in some cases the weight gain was significant - describes the website of the weekly "Der Spiegel".more

The bacteriophage-based Covid-19 vaccine - administered into the nose - triggered a broad immune response in studies in mice and provided complete protection, according to US researchers. It also works against various variants of the coronavirus.more

Everything indicates that the fourth dose for the wider population, at least for people over 18, will be available at the beginning of September - said Polish Minister of Health Adam Niedzielski.more

Covid infections are on the way down in the UK, dropping by more than half a million in a week, according to Office for National Statistics (ONS) figures. more

The so-called long COVID is associated with a wider range of disorders than previously thought, UK researchers report. Among the dozens of symptoms, there is a decline in sexual performance or hair loss.more

Two studies, published on Tuesday in the prestigious journal Science, confirm that the Covid-19 pandemic started at a market in Wuhan, China, pointing to a very likely animal origin of the virus.more

The government "doesn't know" if its Covid travel restrictions worked, MPs have said. The UK's traffic light system - which saw travellers from 'red' countries pay to quarantine in hotels - caused "confusion and disruption", the Public Accounts Committee said.more

A leading professor has warned people to assume they have Covid if they wake up with two telltale symptoms.more

Almost complete lifting of anti-pandemic restrictions and the clear difference of the Omikron BA.5 coronavirus sub-variant - these are the reasons for the current high number of infections, as indicated by Dr. Maciej Tarkowski from the Laboratory of Medical and Clinical Sciences at the University of Milan.more

The European Medicines Agency (EMA) has recommended a full marketing authorization for Veklury (remdesivir), an antiviral medicine used to treat Covid-19.more

At least 3.1 million people in England contracted the virus in the week to July 13.more