Tag: coronavirus update
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What Are The New Tier 4 Restrictions?
Once again the UK has been forced into a time of uncertainty which has prevented Christmas celebration for many and has left many wondering what are the new Tier 4 restrictions? On Saturday night, Boris Johnson, announced new tier 4 restrictions for London, the south-east and east of England, amid a surge in Covid-19 cases and alarm…
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Could A Coronavirus Vaccine Be Ready By The End Of The Year?
Matt Hancock, the Health Secretary, said “a vaccine is not there yet” but when asked if some people could receive a vaccine this year he replied: “I don’t rule that out but that is not my central expectation.” Mr Hancock further clarified that the Government was preparing to roll out the vaccine with his expectation…
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Covid-19 Experimental Vaccine Hopes Are Increased
A Chinese state-owned enterprise, Sinopharm, published results in the Lancet that suggest the jab they developed is safe and can produce an immune response. 600 healthy adults were given Sinopharm’s jab, dubbed BBIBP, and none suffered an adverse reaction. Every volunteer given a double-dose of Sinopharm’s vaccine made antibodies against SARS-CoV-2, the coronavirus that causes Covid-19. It was…
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Scientists To Infect 24 People With A Weakened Version Of The Coronavirus To Develop Vaccine
Up to two dozen people in Britain could be deliberately infected with a weakened form of coronavirus as part of a trial to develop a vaccine against Covid-19. Codagenix, a New York based company, plans to begin experiments of its vaccine in London by the end of the year. The vaccine is likely to be trialled at a 24-bed…
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Government U-turn On Beauty Services, As Coronvirus Cases Double In Manchester
Close contact services including facials and eyebrow threading will now not be able to resume until August 15 at the earliest. This news comes just a few days before the number of suspected coronovirus cases doubled in the North West of England.
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Epidemiology Explained
Why is COVID-19 a pandemic and what happens now?