The variant, known as 501Y.V2, was identified by South African genomics experts late a year ago and is thought to be more contagious than older variants. The study is not being seen as definitive scientific evidence about how the vaccine will perform. However, experts aren't so sure the new strains will have no impact at all. [Full Article...]
Then it will move on to those in their 70s, then their 60s, and so on. I'm not going to fault it, but it's not our decision to make. There could potentially be up to 6,000 vaccinations per day by next week, according to county Supervisor Otto Lee. [Full Article...]
The UK has recorded its highest number of COVID-19 deaths reported on a single day since the pandemic began, with 1325 people dead. "Stay at home to protect yourself, your family, friends and other Londoners and to protect our NHS ". On Friday a spokesman for President-elect Joe Biden said he will aim to release more available doses of coronavirus vaccine when he takes office, a departure fro... [Full Article...]
Stewart remains CEO at St. Joseph's Health System, which operates St. Mary's Hospital in Kitchener. It was confirmed on Tuesday that Stewart, who helms multiple hospitals through St. During that time frame, the province of Ontario went under lockdown on December 26 and despite COVID-19 cases continuing to surpass 3,000 daily, more Canadian politicians have also been found to have had travelled d... [Full Article...]
Through Jan. 6: 1577,229 doses of the vaccine have been administered. He also said Covid-19 hospitalisations across England are "rising very rapidly and, of course, we are still in the middle of winter". that we should be stepping up our prevention", she said. According to BBC , Matt Hancock, UK health secretary, said doctors could be forced to ration treatment without a new lockdown . [Full Article...]
Interior Health says it is seeing increased COVID-19 cases in the Revelstoke area. In today's update, the province reported 761 new cases, including 23 on Vancouver Island and 94 in Vancouver Coastal Health, which includes Powell River. Nationally, the number of flu cases is much lower than is typical, the federal public health agency's website says. Henry and Health Minister Adrian Dix said t... [Full Article...]
And, I understand it. "It's been a long time, you know, people are sick and exhausted of the whole thing, they may not know anyone who has become ill", said Jaffe of the pandemic. This will include an assessment of how and when it is safe to exit the Provincewide Shutdown and move public health unit regions back into the COVID-19 Response Framework: Keeping Ontario Safe and Open, including h... [Full Article...]
The researchers said, "We conclude that a large amount of asymptomatic carriers of SARS-CoV-2 existed after elimination of clinical cases of COVID-19 in Wuhan City". "Avirulent SARS-CoV-2 strains may still cause symptoms in extremely susceptible individuals and it may also revert to a highly virulent strain to reignite the epidemic of COVID-19 in China", they added. [Full Article...]