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Is Covid-19 on the run in the UK?
Aug 03, 2021 03:55A recent fall in coronavirus case numbers raised hopes that Britain may be reaching herd immunity, but experts warn against complacency, given uncertainty about new variants and autumn’s return to school.
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'A very serious threat': CDC document warns Delta variant is as contagious as chickenpox
Aug 01, 2021 04:55An internal slide presentation assembled by officials at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warns that the Delta variant of the coronavirus—now the dominant strain in the U.S. and across much of the world—is as transmissible as chickenpox, could lead to more extreme illness than earlier mutations, and can likely be spread by people who are fully vaccinated.
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CDC advises vaccinated people to wear masks indoors in Delta surge areas
Jul 30, 2021 14:13The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommends that fully vaccinated people living with vulnerable household members wear masks in indoor public spaces. The revision of mask guidelines comes amid a surge in COVID cases as Delta variant in the US becomes more prevalent.
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Italian blood samples revive debate over first signs of COVID in Europe
Jul 29, 2021 14:36Renewed tests of blood samples collected in Italy as early as October 2019 have revived a debate over whether coronavirus was circulating in Europe before Chinese authorities confirmed the first case in Wuhan.
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Will COVID become a disease of the young? The world is watching developed countries to find out
Jul 29, 2021 04:42The UK government has decided to let the coronavirus spread among young people. Paediatricians are split over how much harm it will cause.
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COVID cases in US may have been undercounted by 60%, study shows
Jul 28, 2021 14:17The number of COVID-19 cases across the US may have been undercounted by as much as 60%, researchers at the University of Washington have found. The study builds on research which has found the number of reported cases “represents only a fraction of the estimated total number of infections”.
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How the Delta variant upends assumptions about the coronavirus?
Jul 28, 2021 10:07According to interviews with 10 leading COVID-19 experts, vaccine protection remains very strong against severe infections and hospitalizations caused by any version of the coronavirus, and those most at risk are still the unvaccinated.
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UK doctors warn over increasing number of young people with COVID in ICU
Jul 28, 2021 09:58The latest data from the UK Office for National Statistics shows that coronavirus in England is now largely an infection among young adults, with cases in 16- to 24-year-olds almost six times more common than in 50- to 69-year-olds.
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‘It’s not going to be good.’ Fauci sounds alarm over low vaccination rates fueling COVID surge
Jul 27, 2021 14:27With only about half of Americans vaccinated, Dr. Anthony Fauci and other current and former health officials vigorously pressed the case on Sunday (25 Jul 2021) that inoculations were the best way to stem a tide of new COVID cases.
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‘Heart-wrenching’: Inside a US hospital grappling with Delta and vaccine hesitancy
Jul 25, 2021 04:41COVID-19 hospitalizations in US State of Tennessee have more than doubled in the recent days, from 195 to 579. Data shared with the Guardian shows that officials in Memphis believe almost 80% of new cases are now tied to the highly transmissible Delta variant with the transmission rate, or R number, at 1.53 and climbing, close to the highest it has ever been in the city.