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Covid 19
UK lateral flow tests can spot up to 90% cases, says study
January 21, 2021 08:50 PM AEDT| By Team Kalkine MediaSummary Researchers at the University of Oxford spotted 90 per cent of the cases with the rapid lateral flow test. But these results stood true only when devices were used by trained medical sta.....
England’s lockdown has failed to lower the virus transmission rate
January 21, 2021 06:52 PM AEDT| By Team Kalkine MediaSummary PM Boris Johnson had imposed the third lockdown in England beginning 5 January. A study conducted by the Imperial College shows no evidence of a decline in the R rate during the first 10 days of the lockdown. The R rate was .....
UK sets a new record of 1,610 Covid-19 deaths in a day
January 20, 2021 09:01 PM AEDT| By Team Kalkine MediaThe daily number of deaths reported in the UK touched a new high of 1,610 on Tuesday, 19 January, even though the number of new cases dropped to 33,355 for the day from a high of 55,761 on 16 January. This has taken the total death toll to 91,470 a.....
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Sunak under pressure to extend pandemic support measures
January 15, 2021 07:30 PM AEDT| By Team Kalkine MediaRishi Sunak, chancellor, British exchequer has come under pressure from various lobby groups to offer more Covid support to the UK businesses. Government figures are likely to confirm that the nation is under a double-dip recession with many busine.....
Past COVID-19 infection can provide immunity for at least five months, shows study
January 14, 2021 10:41 PM AEDT| By Kunal SawhneySummary Most number of people with prior Covid-19 infection are likely to develop protection against reinfection, says study The study is further examining the extent and range of protection Tens of thousands of health workers from the NHS, v.....
England’s crowded hospitals raised risk of dying in 2020
January 14, 2021 06:38 PM AEDT| By Team Kalkine MediaSummary Research has found that packed hospitals raised the risk of death by 20 per cent Stricter lockdown restrictions needed to prevent hospitals from being over-packed with Covid-19 patients A research from the University College .....
Critical care staff suffers trauma and severe anxiety, says UK study
January 13, 2021 09:46 PM AEDT| By Team Kalkine MediaSummary A study on the healthcare workers serving the patients in the ICUs of the United Kingdom was carried out in June and July The result of the study indicates that almost half of them are under mental stress and have shown tendency of depr.....
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British retailers call for police help to ensure people adhere to mask guidelines
January 12, 2021 07:01 PM AEDT| By Team Kalkine MediaSummary People are flouting rules by declining to wear face masks while shopping at the stores Retail staff is subjected to violence and abuse while ensuring that the distancing and face mask rules are being followed BRC said enforcing that pe.....
UK third lockdown: Tougher restrictions likely to be implemented
January 12, 2021 03:34 AM AEDT| By Hina ChowdharySummary Tighter Covid-19 restrictions were reportedly considered by Prime Minister Boris Johnson after he met his ministers on 10 January to evaluate the lockdown measures Heathrow Airport observed a 73 per cent fall in the number of passengers.....
Coronavirus update: new mass vaccination sites open in England
January 11, 2021 06:12 PM AEDT| By Team Kalkine MediaSummary Ambulances under ‘unprecedented pressure’, says the College of Paramedics’ chief executive More GP sites and pharmacy centers to be used for vaccination this week, taking the total number of mass inoculation sites to n.....
AstraZeneca (LON: AZN) vaccine rollout gets extended to general practitioners
January 07, 2021 06:26 PM AEDT| By Team Kalkine MediaSummary Government aims to vaccinate all the four most vulnerable groups within the next one and a half months’ period The UK’s National Health Service (NHS) has informed that some doctors’ practices would be able to offer.....
Approval of AstraZeneca’s (LON: AZN) vaccine paves way for mass rollout in Mexico
January 05, 2021 08:39 PM AEDT| By Team Kalkine MediaSummary The Covid-19 vaccine developed by AstraZeneca PLC and Oxford University has received Emergency Use Approval (EUA) from the health regulator of Mexico, Cofepris The availability of the vaccine could be expected in March. .....
England and Scotland: What are the new lockdown rules?
January 05, 2021 06:29 PM AEDT| By Kunal SawhneySummary New stay at home rules to last till 15 February in England and 31 January in Scotland A complete shutdown of schools and businesses to contain the coronavirus spread The British prime minister Boris Johnson announced last night tha.....
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Britain begins mass vaccination of AstraZeneca shots
January 04, 2021 06:56 PM AEDT| By Team Kalkine MediaSummary More than 500,000 doses to be available from today, being delivered at 730 established sites to begin with Vaccination sites to be increased to more than 1,000 within few day The first set of doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine.....
Regeneron terms Covid-19 antibody therapy data ‘encouraging’
December 31, 2020 02:47 AM AEDT| By Kunal SawhneyRegeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ: REGN), the New York-headquartered biotechnology firm, has said that the company has garnered “encouraging data” from the Phase 1/2/3 clinical trials of the Regeneron Covid-19 antibody cocktail. The t...
Study: New variant spreads easily than before but no severe illness seen
December 30, 2020 08:02 PM AEDT| By Kunal SawhneySummary The PHE had identified a new variant -VUI – 202012/01 in mid-December, when there was a rapid increase in cases A new PHE study has shown that no severe illness is caused by the new coronavirus variant as compared to other strains.....
Moderna to offer its new Covid-19 vaccine to its own employees, contractors, and board members
December 30, 2020 07:29 PM AEDT| By Kunal SawhneySummary Moderna was granted emergency use authorization by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on 18 December Moderna’s vaccine has 95 per cent efficacy Canada, South Korea will be procuring 40 million doses of Covid-19 vaccine eac.....
New virus strain: EU starts to ease bans, WHO to meet
December 23, 2020 10:48 PM AEDT| By Hina ChowdharySummary Europe began to lift travel bans that were put in place to curb the virus from 23 December The EU has insisted virus tests be carried out on passengers within 72 hours before travel Just as the first doses of vaccines sparked .....
WHO calls for a meeting to discuss new coronavirus variant and its spread
December 23, 2020 02:25 AM AEDT| By Team Kalkine MediaThe World Health Organization (WHO) is all set to hold a meeting of its members to discuss the next steps that will help in countering the new coronavirus strain that has emerged in Britain last week, said Hans Kluge, Regional Director of WHO. The .....
Cut off: UK requests France to lift freight curbs
December 22, 2020 10:04 PM AEDT| By Kunal SawhneySummary PM Boris Johnson has requested French President Emmanuel Macron to lift the ban on freight and passengers from the UK The measures agreed between both the parties will be announced today, which will come into effect from 23 December .....
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