For those who have already been infected with Covid-19, the idea of having an immunity certificate to allow a return to normal life sounds like an attractive prospect. The proposal, put forward by Health Secretary Matt Hancock earlier this month, is based on the theory that having the virus and beating it means we have … Read more
Professor Sung-Il Cho said if new infections dipped below 50 for a fortnight it would be possible to move to ‘gradual recovery’ Britain’s draconian coronavirus lockdown could be eased when fewer than 50 new cases are recorded each day, a top scientist has suggested. Professor Sung-Il Cho, from South Korea, said if new infections dipped … Read more
What is the coronavirus? A coronavirus is a type of virus which can cause illness in animals and people. Viruses break into cells inside their host and use them to reproduce itself and disrupt the body’s normal functions. Coronaviruses are named after the Latin word ‘corona’, which means crown, because they are encased by a … Read more
Business owners have started issuing face masks to their employees amid anger over the Government’s stance after it emerged that countries where wearing one is advised have lower rates of coronavirus infections. Advice from Public Health England and the World Health Organisation currently states that face masks are not an effective way to protect against … Read more
Countries advising its people to wear face masks to stop the spread of coronavirus have had lower rates of infection, data shows. While other measures will affect results such as testing and social distancing, it is clear that many Asian countries where face masks have been widely worn are suffering fewer cases of Covid-19. Hong … Read more
The worldwide coronavirus pandemic has led to a shortage of protective face masks, leading to a deluge of online tutorials ion how to make your own using a t-shirt or pillowcase. Homemade masks offer significantly less protection than the N95 medical masks, which are made of a thick, tightly woven material that fits over the … Read more
Wearing surgical face masks in public may have helped slow the coronavirus crisis – despite Britons being repeatedly told they were pointless. Experts say a full-scale outbreak in the UK could have been prevented if millions of masks had been issued – which has been the case in South Korea and Japan. The British Government … Read more
The UK gave up on containing the coronavirus outbreak ‘too soon’ because scientists assumed most people would become infected anyway, a leading expert has claimed. Devi Sridhar, professor of global public health at the Edinburgh University, said the assumption led officials to abandon measures that could help slow the pandemic. Those measures include mass testing and stringent contact … Read more
The UK gave up on containing the coronavirus outbreak ‘too soon’ because scientists assumed most people would become infected anyway, a leading expert has claimed. Devi Sridhar, professor of global public health at the Edinburgh University, said the assumption led officials to abandon measures that could help slow the pandemic. Those measures include mass testing and stringent contact … Read more
Hundreds return to old-fashioned movie drive-ins for socially distanced entertainment in Germany during the coronavirus pandemic, as the country announces it will test 200,000 people a day for the virus. Angela Merkel’s government plans to replicate South Korea’s success in slowing the outbreak by testing all suspected cases and the entire circle of people who have come … Read more