JOHN NAISH: Why the UK's deadliest coronavirus threat is now complacency
4 years, 6 months ago

JOHN NAISH: Why the UK's deadliest coronavirus threat is now complacency

Daily Mail  

Are we already starting to suffer a second wave of Covid-19 before the first wave has even fully subsided? A woman wearing a face mask walks past social distance advisory signs in Leicester's North Evington neighbourhood today Matt Hancock announced non-essential shops will shut from tomorrow and schools will close from Thursday in Leicester The fear is that viral pandemic comebacks can be utterly catastrophic – and, historically, second waves have often proved far deadlier than the first. Are we already starting to suffer a second wave of Covid-19 before the first wave has even fully subsided, writes Josh Naish But, if not, infections will run like wildfire, as they did in the first wave. Soldiers from the Royal Logistics Corp operate a mobile coronavirus testing site at Evington Leisure Centre in Leicester today, with one pictured carrying a box for drivers to put their Covid-19 swabs in Our central neurological system for responding to stress, downgrades our level of fear each time we meet the same threat.

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Inquiry finds Britain was ill-prepared for COVID-19 pandemic and failed its citizens
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Inquiry finds Britain was ill-prepared for COVID-19 pandemic and failed its citizens

Associated Press  

LONDON — The U.K. government was ill-prepared for the COVID-19 pandemic and serious errors in planning failed its citizens, an inquiry found Thursday. “In reality, the U.K. was ill-prepared for dealing with the whole-system civil emergency of a pandemic, let alone the coronavirus pandemic that actually struck.” The COVID-19 pandemic has been blamed for more than 235,000 deaths in the …

Covid: Four years after first case in UK, how widespread is coronavirus now?
11 months, 1 week ago

Covid: Four years after first case in UK, how widespread is coronavirus now?

The Independent  

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The UK took action too late during COVID-19 pandemic’s first wave, its top medical officer says
1 year, 1 month ago

The UK took action too late during COVID-19 pandemic’s first wave, its top medical officer says

Associated Press  

LONDON — Britain’s government was too late in taking action against the coronavirus during the first wave of the pandemic in 2020, the U.K.'s chief medical adviser said Tuesday in testimony to the independent COVID-19 inquiry. He said he had been concerned in particular about longer-term impacts on the poorest people and those living alone, and described the difficulties in …

Fast-spreading new coronavirus strain dubbed ‘variant of interest’
1 year, 4 months ago

Fast-spreading new coronavirus strain dubbed ‘variant of interest’

The Independent  

Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Get our free Health Check email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The World Health Organisation has classified a fast-spreading coronavirus strain circulating …

The covert winter wave of Covid-19
1 year, 11 months ago

The covert winter wave of Covid-19

BBC  

The covert winter wave of Covid-19 Getty Images The coronavirus that caused the pandemic has largely vanished from public discourse – but it's still causing deaths. "We've come to really pay attention when there are very large spikes," says Denis Nash, an epidemiologist at the City University of New York. "The people we’re seeing hospitalised tend to be those who …

Why Does the U.S. Always Seem to Get Coronavirus Variants After Europe Does?
2 years, 2 months ago

Why Does the U.S. Always Seem to Get Coronavirus Variants After Europe Does?

Slate  

COVID cases have recently spiked in Europe, fueled by dropping temperatures, indoor socializing, and an unwelcome brood of antibody-dodging omicron subvariants. “In the past, what’s happened in Europe often has been a harbinger for what’s about to happen in the United States,” Michael Osterholm, director of the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy at the University of Minnesota, tells …

WHO says new COVID-19 wave emerging in Europe
2 years, 2 months ago

WHO says new COVID-19 wave emerging in Europe

Al Jazeera  

UN agency’s regional data show only Europe with an increase in coronavirus cases in the week that ended October 2 as infections rose 8 percent from the week before. “Although we are not where we were one year ago, it is clear that the COVID-19 pandemic is still not over,” the WHO’s Europe director, Hans Kluge, and the ECDC’s director, …

Covid-19 UK: Coronavirus infections jump 29% in a week in England
2 years, 3 months ago

Covid-19 UK: Coronavirus infections jump 29% in a week in England

Daily Mail  

Health chiefs have started cranking up their Covid advice as the virus continues its resurgence ahead of the winter. The figure was up 29 per cent on the 857,400 thought to have the virus daily in the week before Covid was most prevalent in the over-70s, of whom 2.5 per cent tested positive for the virus in the most recent …

How a fresh Covid surge in the UK could be a warning sign for US
2 years, 3 months ago

How a fresh Covid surge in the UK could be a warning sign for US

Daily Mail  

An autumn Covid resurgence in the UK has fueled concerns that the US could be on course for another wave. The US' Covid situation has mirrored Britain's several times in the past — inthe Alpha wave it followed the surge two weeks later on October 14, and in the Omicron wave it also followed about two weeks later on December …

UK faces fresh wave of infections amid global concerns over XE strain | 5 points
2 years, 9 months ago

UK faces fresh wave of infections amid global concerns over XE strain | 5 points

Hindustan Times  

With new coronavirus strains emerging from different parts of the world, fears have grown of yet another pandemic wave approaching soon. Meanwhile, a renewed surge of Covid-19 infections was reported in Britain, led by the Omicron variant and newly discovered mutant strain XE. Covid-19 infections, due to the highly transmissible Omicron BA.2 variant, have hit a record high in Britain, …

Covid’s fifth wave shows us how to live with the virus
2 years, 9 months ago

Covid’s fifth wave shows us how to live with the virus

Live Mint  

Covid cases are on the rise in several European countries. Data from Denmark and Sweden, the two countries where BA.2 got an early foothold, suggest that waning immunity isn’t so much driving the rise in infections as BA.2’s superior ability to infect people. One factor in the U.S.’s favor is that the BA.1 omicron wave probably infected a larger proportion …

A Fourth Covid Wave Can Be Easily Defeated If These Key Lessons Are Followed
2 years, 10 months ago

A Fourth Covid Wave Can Be Easily Defeated If These Key Lessons Are Followed

News 18  

The number of active cases of covid infection has started falling across the country and we can now safely say that we are past the peak. Designated Covid hospitals can be asked to admit dummy patients and check their equipment including oxygen plants, ventilators, high-frequency nasal cannula, etc. A robust system to monitor the covid patients recuperating at home must …

Covid-19 infections above pre-Christmas levels – but falling in England
2 years, 10 months ago

Covid-19 infections above pre-Christmas levels – but falling in England

The Independent  

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. It comes as Transport for London dropped a mandatory face mask rule for buses …

People with Covid in England won't need to self-isolate
2 years, 10 months ago

People with Covid in England won't need to self-isolate

India Today  

People with Covid-19 won't be legally required to self-isolate in England starting in the coming week, the UK government has announced, as part of a plan for “living with Covid” that is also likely to see testing for coronavirus scaled back. “We’ve reached a stage where we think you can shift the balance away from state mandation, away from banning …

UK: People with COVID in England won’t need to self-isolate
2 years, 10 months ago

UK: People with COVID in England won’t need to self-isolate

Associated Press  

LONDON — People with COVID-19 won’t be legally required to self-isolate in England starting in the coming week, the U.K. government has announced, as part of a plan for “living with COVID” that is also likely to see testing for the coronavirus scaled back. “We’ve reached a stage where we think you can shift the balance away from state mandation, …

Europe considers new COVID-19 strategy: Accepting the virus
2 years, 11 months ago

Europe considers new COVID-19 strategy: Accepting the virus

Associated Press  

MADRID — When the coronavirus pandemic was first declared, Spaniards were ordered to stay home for more than three months. Speaking at a World Economic Forum panel on Monday, Dr. Anthony Fauci, the top infectious diseases doctor in the U.S., said COVID-19 could not be considered endemic until it drops to “a level that it doesn’t disrupt society.” The European …

As we attempt to live with Covid, a class of vulnerable people is emerging: the new excluded
2 years, 11 months ago

As we attempt to live with Covid, a class of vulnerable people is emerging: the new excluded

The Independent  

The best of Voices delivered to your inbox every week - from controversial columns to expert analysis Sign up for our free weekly Voices newsletter for expert opinion and columns Sign up to our free weekly Voices newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Rejoice again, I tell you, for …

As Europe virus cases surge, UK plows on with its new normal
3 years, 1 month ago

As Europe virus cases surge, UK plows on with its new normal

Associated Press  

LONDON — The bars are shut in Vienna, and the Christmas market is empty in Munich, as several European nations tighten up or even lock down to combat a spike in coronavirus infections. But while Prime Minister Boris Johnson has warned that a “blizzard from the east” could still ruin Britain’s Christmas, many scientists say the wind is now blowing …

United Kingdom counts on vaccines, ‘common sense’ to keep coronavirus at bay
3 years, 3 months ago

United Kingdom counts on vaccines, ‘common sense’ to keep coronavirus at bay

India TV News  

Britons are encouraged these days- though in most cases not required- to wear face coverings in crowded indoor spaces. For critics, that image encapsulates the flaw in the government’s strategy, which has abandoned most pandemic restrictions and is banking on voluntary restraint and a high vaccination rate to curb the spread of the coronavirus. “The story of this government in …

11,000 more deaths than expected in 2nd Covid-19 wave
3 years, 6 months ago

11,000 more deaths than expected in 2nd Covid-19 wave

NL Times  

Between mid-September 2020 and end June 2021, during the second wave of coronavirus infections in the Netherlands, the country saw 11 thousand more deaths than expected for the period. The fact that the number of Covid-19 deaths was higher than the excess mortality until end-March, has to do with the absence of a flue epidemic this past winter. In the …

Learn from the second wave, be cautious and get vaccinated
3 years, 6 months ago

Learn from the second wave, be cautious and get vaccinated

Hindustan Times  

Caution holds the key in the long and steady march to normalcy as we continue our collective fight against Covid-19, with the government driving the vaccination programme with urgency on a mission mode. Simultaneously, the vaccination drive has to be backed up by the other four proven elements in the strategy to stem the spread of the virus: Testing, Tracing, …

Covid-19 third wave unlikely to be as severe as second wave: Study
3 years, 6 months ago

Covid-19 third wave unlikely to be as severe as second wave: Study

Live Mint  

New Delhi, Jun 25 A third wave of COVID-19 -- if it occurs -- is unlikely to be as severe as the second wave given the extent of spread of coronavirus infections that has already taken place in the country, according to a study. Presenting a vaccine ramp-up scenario where 40 percent of the population has received two doses within …

Third-wave seems unlikely to be as severe as the second wave: ICMR
3 years, 6 months ago

Third-wave seems unlikely to be as severe as the second wave: ICMR

Live Mint  

The third wave of covid-19 seems unlikely to be as severe as the second wave, concluded a study done by the Indian Council of Medical Research in association with Imperial College London, London. Using simple mathematical models of the transmission dynamics of SARS-CoV-2, the ICMR study examined the conditions under which a serious third wave could occur. Using a deterministic, …

Third Wave of Covid-19 Unlikely to Be as Severe as Second Wave: Study
3 years, 6 months ago

Third Wave of Covid-19 Unlikely to Be as Severe as Second Wave: Study

News 18  

A third wave of Covid-19 — if it occurs — is unlikely to be as severe as the second wave given the extent of spread of coronavirus infections that has already taken place in the country, according to a study. Presenting a vaccine ramp-up scenario where 40 percent of the population has received two doses within three months of the …

Over 10,000 Covid cases reported in UK for first time since February
3 years, 6 months ago

Over 10,000 Covid cases reported in UK for first time since February

India Today  

The UK's latest surge in coronavirus infections gathered pace on Thursday with new confirmed cases rising above 10,000 for the first time in nearly four months as a result of the spread of the more contagious delta variant. The government's chief medical adviser, Professor Chris Whitty, said the height of the current surge is “still uncertain” but that it “will …

Connecting the dots to mitigate a third wave
3 years, 7 months ago

Connecting the dots to mitigate a third wave

The Hindu  

After a long and painful month-and-a-half, confirmed cases of COVID-19 in India have been declining steadily for more than a month. ‘R’ and determinants A simple epidemiologic concept can be used to better understand the second wave and help plan for a potential third wave. R depends on four factors, summarised by the acronym DOTS: the Duration a person is …

Fourth coronavirus wave is unlikely, says chief government advisor
3 years, 7 months ago

Fourth coronavirus wave is unlikely, says chief government advisor

Dutch News  

While a fourth coronavirus wave is now unlikely, the Netherlands is not yet out of the woods when it comes to coping with the pandemic, government advisor Jaap van Dissel told the NRC in an interview. Van Dissel, who chairs the government’s Outbreak Management Team, told the paper that the crisis is not yet over, even though vaccination is a …

75% of UK's new Covid cases due to variant prevalent in India; strain found in 53 nations
3 years, 7 months ago

75% of UK's new Covid cases due to variant prevalent in India; strain found in 53 nations

India Today  

The B.1.617.2 coronavirus variant, which has caused large-scale devastation in India and was first detected in the country, is now responsible for a majority of the fresh Covid cases reported in Britain. Britain has seen a total of nearly 7,000 Covid cases caused by the B.1.617.2 coronavirus variant of concern first identified in India, more than double the previous total, …

Coronavirus waves inevitable without appropriate protocol: experts
3 years, 8 months ago

Coronavirus waves inevitable without appropriate protocol: experts

The Hindu  

Recurring waves of coronavirus infections are inevitable if existing practices such as expanding India's vaccination drive and following COVID protocol are not adhered to, say experts. Earlier last week, Principal Scientific Advisor K. VijayRaghavan had said, “A phase three is inevitable, given the higher levels of circulating virus.” “There is, however, no clear time-line on when this third phase will …

May 4, 2021 coronavirus news
3 years, 8 months ago

May 4, 2021 coronavirus news

CNN  

M Vidyasagar, chair of the Covid-19 Modeling Committee CNN India should see a downturn in the number of cases “within a matter of a week or two, possibly within days” according to their latest model, M Vidyasagar, chair of the Covid-19 Modeling Committee, told CNN on Tuesday. “We underestimated the number of cases at the start of April but subsequent …

UK's 2nd Covid wave started by young people, same scenario in India: Oxford Professor
3 years, 9 months ago

UK's 2nd Covid wave started by young people, same scenario in India: Oxford Professor

India TV News  

In the UK, the second wave of the coronavirus was started by young people and it seems very likely that in India too, youngsters, who have been infected with the new strains of the virus, are spreading to more than one person, said Zhengming Chen, Professor of Epidemiology, Nuffield Department of Population Health, University of Oxford. In the UK, the …

Covid-19 second wave: 5 reasons why coronavirus cases are rising
3 years, 9 months ago

Covid-19 second wave: 5 reasons why coronavirus cases are rising

India Today  

On September 16 last year, India recorded its highest daily Covid-19 cases at 97,860. In the first Covid-19 wave, the biggest jump in the active caseload was recorded on September 10 last year when it increased by 24,610. Here are five possible explanations: Protocol fatigue According to experts at the John Hopkins Medicine, human behaviour is the major factor for …

2nd wave of Covid-19 in India could last up to 100 days, peak in April: Report says vaccination more effective
3 years, 9 months ago

2nd wave of Covid-19 in India could last up to 100 days, peak in April: Report says vaccination more effective

India Today  

India is in the midst of a second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic. The report argued that if one considers the number of days taken to reach the current level from the lowest level of daily new cases witnessed on February 21, the time it took for the second Covid-19 wave to hit India is similar to what happened in …

Coronavirus: Fears Europe’s latest surge will strike UK within weeks
3 years, 9 months ago

Coronavirus: Fears Europe’s latest surge will strike UK within weeks

The Independent  

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy A third coronavirus wave feared to be emerging currently Europe …

Coronavirus: Europe has missed its chance to stop the third wave. The US could be next
3 years, 9 months ago

Coronavirus: Europe has missed its chance to stop the third wave. The US could be next

CNN  

CNN — Europe has missed its chance to stop the third wave of the coronavirus epidemic before it got out of control. Alessandro Grimaldi, the director of infectious diseases at Salvatore Hospital in the Italian town of L’Aquila, told CNN the new more contagious variant had “changed the game,” adding that “inevitably, the measures taken to prevent the infection have …

COVID: UK variant up to 100 percent more deadly, study finds
3 years, 9 months ago

COVID: UK variant up to 100 percent more deadly, study finds

Al Jazeera  

Research reveals the B.1.1.7 strain of the novel coronavirus is significantly more lethal than earlier variants. In a study that compared death rates among people in the UK infected with the variant known as B.1.1.7 with those infected with other strains, scientists said the new strain had “significantly higher” mortality. Published in the British Medical Journal on Wednesday, the UK …

UK coronavirus variant spreading rapidly around the world likely emerged from a single infection
3 years, 10 months ago

UK coronavirus variant spreading rapidly around the world likely emerged from a single infection

ABC  

Like every other virus before it, SARS-CoV-2 has only one goal: to survive. "We were really surprised, actually, we looked at this and said, 'Wow, look, look how many mutations this virus has got, and look where they are, there's so many in the spike protein'." "That's the protein that we're most interested in, in terms of understanding the efficacy …

Are coronavirus variants spreading less quickly than feared?
3 years, 10 months ago

Are coronavirus variants spreading less quickly than feared?

Dutch News  

The coronavirus variant identified in Britain is spreading across the Netherlands less fast than was feared, claims the AD. On February 2, caretaker prime minister Mark Rutte said that it was thought the B117 variant represented ‘two thirds of infections in the Netherlands’, while the most recent trials by public health institute the RIVM suggest it has only now reached …

UK launches global 'assessment platform' to track new coronavirus variants as they emerge
3 years, 11 months ago

UK launches global 'assessment platform' to track new coronavirus variants as they emerge

Firstpost  

The UK launched a New Variant Assessment Platform on Tuesday, which it says will offer the country’s world-leading genomics expertise to identify new variants of the virus that causes COVID-19 to countries who do not have the resources to do so. As part of the UK’s Presidency of the G7 this year, UK Health Secretary Matt Hancock outlined the plans …

Why Scientists Think UK Variant of Coronavirus Could be Deadlier, More Transmissible
3 years, 11 months ago

Why Scientists Think UK Variant of Coronavirus Could be Deadlier, More Transmissible

News 18  

The announcement that the coronavirus strain sweeping Britain could be more deadly as well as more transmissible has raised fresh concerns about the variant that has spread to dozens of countries. Based on these analyses, NERVTAG said there was “a realistic possibility” that infection with the new variant is associated with an increased risk of death compared with previously circulating …

Anatomy of our battle against COVID-19
3 years, 11 months ago

Anatomy of our battle against COVID-19

ABC  

It began with a trickle that many feared would become a tsunami. "That means that during the Victorian second wave, at any one time they might have had 200,000 to 500,000 people in quarantine who needed to be monitored daily," Professor MacIntyre says. Australia's second-wave clusters Victoria's second wave, however, "was all community transmission", Professor MacIntyre says. NSW's coronavirus cases …

Covid news: Latest updates as R number falls across UK
3 years, 11 months ago

Covid news: Latest updates as R number falls across UK

The Independent  

People with Covid could be paid £500 Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Boris Johnson has …

CDC Warns New U.K. Coronavirus Variant Is Spreading Fast In The U.S.
3 years, 11 months ago

CDC Warns New U.K. Coronavirus Variant Is Spreading Fast In The U.S.

NPR  

CDC Warns New U.K. Coronavirus Variant Is Spreading Fast In The U.S. Enlarge this image toggle caption Michael Ciaglo/Getty Images Michael Ciaglo/Getty Images Updated Friday Jan. 15, 7:35 p.m. A highly contagious version of the coronavirus is rapidly spreading across the U.S., the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports Friday. Sponsor Message The new variant, called B.1.1.7, spread quickly …

Australian authorities say we need to assume the UK COVID-19 variant will become the dominant strain. This is where the virus has spread so far
3 years, 11 months ago

Australian authorities say we need to assume the UK COVID-19 variant will become the dominant strain. This is where the virus has spread so far

ABC  

It's been about five weeks since the UK Health Minister announced a new strain of the coronavirus. So far, 45 countries have detected the UK coronavirus variant, according to cov-lineages.org, which, among other things, tracks the global spread of the new COVID-19 strains. Prime Minister Scott Morrison said, "this strain is likely to become more dominant strain of the virus …

New evidence that U.K. coronavirus variant spreads more easily has scientists really worried
3 years, 11 months ago

New evidence that U.K. coronavirus variant spreads more easily has scientists really worried

LA Times  

The coronavirus variant that emerged in the United Kingdom belongs to the world now, and mounting evidence is confirming some scientists’ early suspicions: It is a super spreader capable of turbocharging the pandemic and muscling less transmissible strains of the virus into oblivion. Using many distinct methods to track the U.K. variant and compare it to its predecessors, two groups …

As the death toll soars, will a lockdown be enough to stop the UK's mutant COVID-19 strain?
3 years, 11 months ago

As the death toll soars, will a lockdown be enough to stop the UK's mutant COVID-19 strain?

ABC  

On an evening shift in a busy London hospital last week, intensive care nurse Dave Carr came across a senior doctor standing next to a vending machine. "It's constant and it's relentless and we have been doing this since March and now, with the way the pandemic has been handled, we just don't know where it is going to end." …

Surges in new Covid-19 cases worldwide dim hopes for speedy end to the pandemic
4 years ago

Surges in new Covid-19 cases worldwide dim hopes for speedy end to the pandemic

Firstpost  

The United States reported a daily record of Covid-19 deaths and Brazil’s toll passed the bleak milestone of 200,000 Thursday as new surges of the coronavirus dimmed hopes for respite from the pandemic anytime soon. “The nature of this virus means that the world can only be as strong as the weakest health system.” The global outbreak shows no signs …

New coronavirus strain leads to 58,000 fresh coronavirus cases in UK's biggest spike
4 years ago

New coronavirus strain leads to 58,000 fresh coronavirus cases in UK's biggest spike

India Today  

UK has reported another 58,784 new coronavirus cases, which is the highest daily spike in the nation since the beginning of the pandemic. UK has imposed a nationwide lockdown amid the massive spike in coronavirus cases after the emergence of new mutant coronavirus strain. On Monday night, UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson imposed a new stay-at-home lockdown until at least …

UK records another 53,285 coronavirus cases, 613 deaths
4 years ago

UK records another 53,285 coronavirus cases, 613 deaths

India TV News  

Another 53,285 people in Britain have tested positive for Covid-19, bringing the total number of coronavirus cases in the country to 2,542,065, according to official figures released on Friday. Another 613 have died within 28 days of a positive test, bringing the total number of coronavirus-related deaths in Britain to 74,125, the data showed, Xinhua news agency reported. The latest …

Covid-19 not necessarily the big one, it’s a wake-up call: WHO warns crisis may get worse
4 years ago

Covid-19 not necessarily the big one, it’s a wake-up call: WHO warns crisis may get worse

India TV News  

The World Health Organisation have warned that the Coronavirus is not necessarily the big one, and that there is a real chance of another, more serious pandemic spreading across the world and urged the world to get "serious" about preparedness. "It has spread around the world extremely quickly and it has affected every corner of this planet, but this is …

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