Row erupts as Pfizer slaps down Matt Hancock’s claim that supply issues are to blame for slowest ever vaccination day on Sunday after the Health Secretary warns of a quieter week because of ‘ups and downs’ in deliveries Health Secretary says a vaccine dip this week is because of ‘supply schedules’ He says there will… Read More »
NHS hospitals are now treating FEWER Covid patients than they were during darkest days of outbreak last Spring as statistics show hospitalisations have halved since January There were 20,156 Covid patients in hospital compared to 39,242 in January Those on ventilation beds plunged from 4,077 in January to 2,614 on Wednesday Data shows Covid cases plummeted… Read More »
THURSDAY, Feb. 18, 2021 — Diabetes is a big risk factor for a severe bout of COVID-19, and a new European study bears that out: It finds that 1 in every 5 hospitalized COVID-19 patients with diabetes die within 28 days of admission. One U.S. expert wasn’t surprised by that grim finding. “Diabetic patients are… Read More »
It’s a disturbing sight now occurring outside major British hospitals – queues of ambulances filled with patients unable to access the wards amid a surge in coronavirus cases as a new, more contagious, strain sweeps through the country. Britain’s new peak in cases has been labelled an emerging “catastrophe”. The strain is not more deadly… Read More »
Medical experts called the idea that a coronavirus vaccine would allow life to immediately return to normal “magical thinking,” describing instead a slow process of inoculating the public during which public health measures like masking and distancing would still be needed. Anthony Fauci, the nation’s top infectious disease expert and a leader of America’s coronavirus… Read More »