UK health boss won't rule out new COVID controls before Xmas
3 years, 3 months ago

UK health boss won't rule out new COVID controls before Xmas

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Britain’s health secretary has refused to rule out imposing tougher COVID-19 restrictions before Christmas amid the rapid rise of infections and continuing uncertainty about the omicron variant. “At this point we just have to keep everything under review.” Prime Minister Boris Johnson this week reinstated rules requiring face masks in shops and ordered people to show proof of vaccination or a negative coronavirus test before entering night clubs and other crowded venues. Nations across Europe are moving to reimpose tougher measures to stem a new wave of COVID-19 infections spurred by the highly transmissible omicron variant.

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Urgent ‘festive flu’ warning as NHS urges people to book pre-Christmas jab
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Urgent ‘festive flu’ warning as NHS urges people to book pre-Christmas jab

The Independent  

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Are you worried about the NHS this winter? Join The Independent Debate
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Are you worried about the NHS this winter? Join The Independent Debate

The Independent  

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Free COVID tests are back. Here's how to order a test to your home
6 months ago

Free COVID tests are back. Here's how to order a test to your home

The Independent  

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Americans can order free COVID-19 tests beginning this month
6 months, 1 week ago

Americans can order free COVID-19 tests beginning this month

The Independent  

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A new Covid vaccine is available. Here’s why some people might not want it right away
7 months ago

A new Covid vaccine is available. Here’s why some people might not want it right away

The Independent  

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Covid making worrying comeback amid summer surge and Olympics infections, WHO official warns
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Covid making worrying comeback amid summer surge and Olympics infections, WHO official warns

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. A top official said the number of people testing positive for Covid across 84 countries …

The CDC may be reconsidering its COVID isolation guidance
1 year, 1 month ago

The CDC may be reconsidering its COVID isolation guidance

NPR  

The CDC may be reconsidering its COVID isolation guidance Enlarge this image toggle caption Patrick Sison/AP Patrick Sison/AP The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention may soon drop its isolation guidance for people with COVID-19. "This could actually increase COVID and long COVID cases and, to a certain extent, probably illness among high-risk individuals and thus hospitalizations and deaths," Parekh …

World leaders to meet to discuss threat of hypothetical ‘Disease X’ in Davos
1 year, 2 months ago

World leaders to meet to discuss threat of hypothetical ‘Disease X’ in Davos

The Independent  

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More hospitals are requiring masks as flu and COVID-19 cases surge
1 year, 2 months ago

More hospitals are requiring masks as flu and COVID-19 cases surge

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — More U.S. hospitals are requiring masks and limiting visitors as health officials face an expected but still nasty post-holiday spike in flu, COVID-19 and other illnesses. “What we’re seeing right now, in the first week of January, is really an acceleration — of flu cases, in particular,” said Dr. Mandy Cohen, director of the Centers for Disease …

More hospitals are requiring masks as flu and COVID-19 cases surge
1 year, 2 months ago

More hospitals are requiring masks as flu and COVID-19 cases surge

The Independent  

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Highly contagious new Covid variant HV.1 spreading across US: All you need to know
1 year, 4 months ago

Highly contagious new Covid variant HV.1 spreading across US: All you need to know

Hindustan Times  

HV.1, the new highly contagious Covid-19 variant is sweeping through the United States. According to the data from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the variant was responsible for an estimated 25.2% of all the newly diagnosed cases during the two-week period ending on October 28. Dr. William Schaffner, professor of infectious diseases at Vanderbilt University Medical Center …

Flu and Covid warning ahead of seasonal spike in cases
1 year, 4 months ago

Flu and Covid warning ahead of seasonal spike in cases

The Independent  

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US households can now order four free Covid tests from the government: Latest guidelines
1 year, 4 months ago

US households can now order four free Covid tests from the government: Latest guidelines

The Independent  

✕ Close Jill Biden tested positive for Covid and experienced “mild symptoms”, per a 4 September statement from the White House. Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would …

How soon after Covid can I get a booster?
1 year, 5 months ago

How soon after Covid can I get a booster?

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. Healthcare providers may consider how Covid is currently affecting a person’s community – for instance, …

5 Things COVID Experts Personally Won't Do Right Now In This Latest Surge
1 year, 6 months ago

5 Things COVID Experts Personally Won't Do Right Now In This Latest Surge

Huff Post  

andreswd via Getty Images Here's how infectious disease experts are managing their COVID-19 risk. “As I have gray hair, I’m in a higher-risk group just on the basis of age, so I’ve been wearing my mask at indoor events continuously,” Schaffner said. “My wife and I are major caregivers for a family member who is receiving cancer chemotherapy, so we’re …

Covid Eris: Everything we know about variant EG. 5, the strain dominating the US
1 year, 6 months ago

Covid Eris: Everything we know about variant EG. 5, the strain dominating the US

The Independent  

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The EG5 strain’s emergence comes at a time …

CBS News poll finds less concern about new COVID variants now than with Omicron
1 year, 6 months ago

CBS News poll finds less concern about new COVID variants now than with Omicron

CBS News  

Despite a recent rise in COVID cases and new variants, most Americans aren't concerned about getting COVID. There is less concern specifically about new variants today than there was about the Omicron variant as it was emerging in late 2021. As has long been the case with the coronavirus, concern, attention and action are all connected: 40% report following news …

Deborah Birx warns Americans are dangerously underestimating Covid surge
1 year, 7 months ago

Deborah Birx warns Americans are dangerously underestimating Covid surge

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. Dr Deborah Birx, who served as White House coronavirus response coordinator under then-president Donald Trump, …

Conspiracy theorist spreads false information about the return of COVID-19 mandates
55 years, 3 months ago

Conspiracy theorist spreads false information about the return of COVID-19 mandates

Associated Press  

CLAIM: Transportation Security Administration managers were told on Aug. 15 that by mid-September they, along with airport employees, will again be required to wear face masks and by mid-October the policy will apply to travelers as well. A spokesperson for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which issued a now-expired travel mask mandate in 2021, confirmed that such rumors …

WHO tracking new Covid variant BA. X amid fears it could lead to new explosion of cases
1 year, 7 months ago

WHO tracking new Covid variant BA. X amid fears it could lead to new explosion of cases

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 Organization is monitoring a new coronavirus variant that …

New Covid wave has begun in UK and masks should be worn again, warn scientists
1 year, 7 months ago

New Covid wave has begun in UK and masks should be worn again, warn scientists

The Independent  

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NHS flu jabs and Covid boosters to be scrapped for millions
1 year, 7 months ago

NHS flu jabs and Covid boosters to be scrapped for millions

The Independent  

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COVID-19 hospitalizations in the US are on the rise again, but not like before
1 year, 7 months ago

COVID-19 hospitalizations in the US are on the rise again, but not like before

Associated Press  

Here we go again: COVID-19 hospital admissions have inched upward in the United States since early July in a small-scale echo of the three previous summers. But it’s a far cry from past peaks, like the 44,000 weekly hospital admissions in early January, the nearly 45,000 in late July 2022, or the 150,000 admissions during the omicron surge of January …

Now there's ANOTHER new Covid variant! Health chiefs claim Eris is starting to sweep UK amid spike in cases blamed on Barbenheimer and bad weather
1 year, 7 months ago

Now there's ANOTHER new Covid variant! Health chiefs claim Eris is starting to sweep UK amid spike in cases blamed on Barbenheimer and bad weather

Daily Mail  

Another Covid variant is taking off in Britain — but experts have today insisted there is nothing to panic about. UKHSA data also shows the Covid weekly hospital admission rate increased to 1.97 per 100,000, as of July 30 — rising from the 1.47 per 100,000 recorded in the previous week. The South West recorded the largest number of admissions …

World must prepare for disease more deadlier than Covid, WHO chief warns
1 year, 10 months ago

World must prepare for disease more deadlier than Covid, WHO chief warns

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 head of the World Health Organisation warned on Tuesday that …

WHO downgrades COVID pandemic, says it’s no longer emergency
1 year, 10 months ago

WHO downgrades COVID pandemic, says it’s no longer emergency

Associated Press  

GENEVA — The World Health Organization said Friday that COVID-19 no longer qualifies as a global emergency, marking a symbolic end to the devastating coronavirus pandemic that triggered once-unthinkable lockdowns, upended economies and killed millions of people worldwide. The U.N. health agency’s officials said that even though the emergency phase was over, the pandemic hasn’t finished, noting recent spikes in …

World Health Organisation downgrades Covid pandemic: 'No longer global emergency'
1 year, 10 months ago

World Health Organisation downgrades Covid pandemic: 'No longer global emergency'

Hindustan Times  

The World Health Organization said Friday that COVID-19 no longer qualifies as a global emergency, marking a symbolic end to the devastating coronavirus pandemic that triggered once-unthinkable lockdowns, upended economies worldwide and killed at least 7 million people worldwide. “It’s with great hope that I declare COVID-19 over as a global health emergency,” WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said. “That …

CDC to stop reporting new COVID infections as public health emergency winds down
1 year, 10 months ago

CDC to stop reporting new COVID infections as public health emergency winds down

NPR  

CDC to stop reporting new COVID infections as public health emergency winds down Enlarge this image toggle caption Spencer Platt/Getty Images Spencer Platt/Getty Images In the latest sign that the pandemic is receding, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Friday announced plans to scale back the data the agency will regularly report about COVID-19. "This comes as no surprise …

New cases of Covid-19 in Noida are of Omicron variant, says CMO
1 year, 11 months ago

New cases of Covid-19 in Noida are of Omicron variant, says CMO

Hindustan Times  

Gautam Budh Nagar’s chief medical officer on Monday said genome sequencing at random of new Covid-19 cases in the district has shown that the outbreak at present is being caused by a sub-lineage of the Omicron variant, as has been the case nationally, where the mutations have not triggered any concern. According to CMO Dr Sunil Kumar Sharma, 16 randomly …

England rolls out spring Covid-19 booster shots for vulnerable groups
2 years ago

England rolls out spring Covid-19 booster shots for vulnerable groups

Firstpost  

The National Health Service said others eligible can book in on the UK’s National Booking Service or the NHS App from next Wednesday, with the first appointments available from April 17 London: Around five million people in England will be eligible for a spring Covid-19 booster vaccine, including over 75-year-olds, those with a weakened immune system, and care home residents, …

Official Covid infection stats axed as cases reach highest level this year
2 years ago

Official Covid infection stats axed as cases reach highest level this year

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 Experts have criticised the government’s decision to axe the Covid ONS …

‘Jewel in the crown’ Covid-19 infection survey bows out
2 years ago

‘Jewel in the crown’ Covid-19 infection survey bows out

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. The long-running coronavirus infection survey, dubbed the “envy of the world” for its success …

Ex-UK health chief defends record after COVID messages leak
2 years, 1 month ago

Ex-UK health chief defends record after COVID messages leak

The Independent  

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Covid-19 | Lurking presence
2 years, 1 month ago

Covid-19 | Lurking presence

India Today  

On January 23, 2023, India logged just 92 fresh Covid-19 infections and no deaths. China, on the other hand, which is grappling with a major Covid wave triggered by Omicron sub-variant BF.7 and lifting of restrictions, saw record hospitalisations—the highest since the onset of the pandemic, per World Health Organization reports. Since August 2022, a whole bouquet of Omicron sub-variants—BA.2.12.1, …

COVID-19: United Kingdom not banning vaccines for people under 50 | KNOW DETAILS
2 years, 2 months ago

COVID-19: United Kingdom not banning vaccines for people under 50 | KNOW DETAILS

India TV News  

COVID-19: United Kingdom not banning vaccines for people under 50 | KNOW DETAILS UK COVID-19 vaccine: Social media users are claiming the UK is prohibiting any and all people under the age of 50 from getting inoculated against COVID-19. Becomes Latest Country to Ban Covid Boosters for Under-50s.” Several posts suggest the alleged ban is motivated by concerns about the …

Lessons From COVID: What The World Needs to Learn to Tackle Future Pandemics
2 years, 2 months ago

Lessons From COVID: What The World Needs to Learn to Tackle Future Pandemics

The Quint  

The costly lesson from COVID: why elimination should be the default global strategy for future pandemics Getty Images Imagine it is 2030. An upgraded pandemic response to eliminate at source The process by which the WHO currently decides whether to declare a public health emergency of international concern has drawn criticism for being too slow. Elimination makes sense for other …

US extends Covid public health emergency as Omicron subvariant XBB.1.5 spreads; how will it benefit Americans?
2 years, 2 months ago

US extends Covid public health emergency as Omicron subvariant XBB.1.5 spreads; how will it benefit Americans?

Firstpost  

The Covid-19 public health emergency was first declared during the Trump administration in January 2020 when the coronavirus pandemic began Washington: The highly transmissible XBB.1.5 Omicron sub-variant has stoked concern that the US may face another wave of hospitalisation from the disease this winter. The Covid-19 public health emergency was first declared during the Trump administration in January 2020 when …

Christmas Covid infections spiked to highest level since summer
2 years, 2 months ago

Christmas Covid infections spiked to highest level since summer

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. Just shy of 6,000 people entered English hospitals with coronavirus in the week to 2 …

Doctors: Ignore all Covid \'news\' on social media
2 years, 3 months ago

Doctors: Ignore all Covid \'news\' on social media

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: Several fake and misleading pieces of information regarding Covid-19 pandemic have been making their way to people’s social media handles for over a week now. The messages started after an alert was issued in the country following a rise in Covid cases in China, South Korea, Japan, Brazil and the United States. Such messages had been rampant even during …

COVID-19: no need for scaremongering, precautions needed, say health experts
2 years, 3 months ago

COVID-19: no need for scaremongering, precautions needed, say health experts

The Hindu  

Even as the Central and State governments have called for a general alert over a possible rise in COVID-19 cases, public health experts have warned against scaremongering over COVID-19. Public health experts point out that as the new virus variants coming into circulation are the sub variants of Omicron, which in itself was less lethal than Delta, there was no …

Health minister reviews Covid situation amid sudden spurt in cases worldwide
2 years, 3 months ago

Health minister reviews Covid situation amid sudden spurt in cases worldwide

Hindustan Times  

Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya on Wednesday reviewed the COVID-19 situation in the country in view of a sudden spurt in cases in some parts of the world, and directed officials to be alert and strengthen surveillance. Union minister for health and family welfare Mansukh Mandaviya chairs a meeting with senior officials and experts on the COVID-19 situation, in Delhi, …

Next Covid strain ‘could be more dangerous than Omicron’
2 years, 4 months ago

Next Covid strain ‘could be more dangerous than Omicron’

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 next strain of coronavirus could be more dangerous than the …

Twitter bans enforcement of Covid misinformation policy, experts raise concerns
2 years, 4 months ago

Twitter bans enforcement of Covid misinformation policy, experts raise concerns

India Today  

Twitter has stopped its Covid misinformation policy enforcement, raising concerns among health and media experts over the move’s effect on efforts to combat the still-spreading virus, like vaccination. Alert users spotted the change Monday night, figuring out that a one-sentence update had been made to Twitter’s online rules, “Effective November 23, 2022, Twitter is no longer enforcing the Covid-19 misleading …

German regions plan to end mandatory COVID isolation
2 years, 4 months ago

German regions plan to end mandatory COVID isolation

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Four German regions plan to …

Do you have to isolate with Covid? What are the self-isolation rules in UK
2 years, 5 months ago

Do you have to isolate with Covid? What are the self-isolation rules in UK

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. Trailing the decision in the House of Commons in January, the prime minister said that …

Scientists fear the US faces a ‘twindemic’ this winter. Here’s what that means
2 years, 5 months ago

Scientists fear the US faces a ‘twindemic’ this winter. Here’s what that means

The Independent  

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Op-Ed: New COVID strains are coming. It’s no time to let down our guard
2 years, 5 months ago

Op-Ed: New COVID strains are coming. It’s no time to let down our guard

LA Times  

Simple measures such as masking in shared spaces, as in this barber shop in Palo Alto last fall, have dropped out of favor. Highly transmissible new COVID variants such as BQ.1.1 and XBB are capable of overcoming immunity from prior Omicron infections and are resistant to antibody-based treatments, rendering two of our best defenses far less effective. New estimates by …

Omicron’s ‘grandchildren’ could dominate Covid cases this winter, experts warn
2 years, 5 months ago

Omicron’s ‘grandchildren’ could dominate Covid cases this winter, experts warn

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. Multiple subvariants of the highly transmissible strain, which experts have dubbed Omicron’s “grandchildren” will likely …

What to do if you test positive for Covid now restrictions have been scrapped
2 years, 5 months ago

What to do if you test positive for Covid now restrictions have been scrapped

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. The UK government was not sufficiently worried to to impose any new restrictions or reinstate …

WHO says new COVID-19 wave emerging in Europe
2 years, 5 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, …

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