UK in ‘leading position’ to track Covid variants, says Dido Harding

Dido Harding today said the UK is in one of the ‘leading positions worldwide’ to recognise and deal with new variants of the coronavirus. And the NHS Test and Trace boss admitted to MPs that her biggest fear about Covid-19 is ‘what we don’t know’, saying she was certain it would present new, unknown problems … Read more

New coronavirus variants may make reinfection MORE common for COVID-19 survivors

New coronavirus variants across the global could interrupt the progress being made in the battle against the pandemic. Over the past few weeks, a number of new strains have been found, including in the UK, South Africa and Brazil. Scientists warn that these new variants could easily reinfect people who have survived COVID-19 because there … Read more

Entire UK could be vaccinated against new Covid variants within four months by factory

The entire population of the UK could be vaccinated against new Covid variants within four months when a new £158million state-of-the-art vaccine production hub opens in Oxfordshire later this year, say experts The Vaccines Manufacturing Innovation Centre (VMIC) will launch this year It will add significant firepower to Britain’s immunisation infrastructure  Dr Matthew Duchars said … Read more

Entire UK could be vaccinated against new Covid variants within four months by factory

The entire population of the UK could be vaccinated against new Covid variants within four months when a new £158million state-of-the-art vaccine production hub opens in Oxfordshire later this year, say experts The Vaccines Manufacturing Innovation Centre (VMIC) will launch this year It will add significant firepower to Britain’s immunisation infrastructure  Dr Matthew Duchars said … Read more

BOTH Brazilian Covid variants are ‘likely’ already in the UK, expert warns

Both Brazilian Covid variants are ‘likely’ already in the UK, a Sage expert has warned after Boris Johnson declared that all arrivals to the UK will have to have tested negative for coronavirus from Monday. Two variants of interest have been identified in South America; the first has a small number of mutations and eight … Read more

BOTH Brazilian Covid variants are ‘likely’ already in the UK, expert warns

Both Brazilian Covid variants are ‘likely’ already in the UK, a Sage expert has warned after Boris Johnson declared that all arrivals to the UK will have to have tested negative for coronavirus from Monday. Two variants of interest have been identified in South America; the first has a small number of mutations and eight … Read more

Brown University’s Dr Jha warns new covid variants could make pandemic up to FIVE TIMES deadlier

Dr Ashish K Jha (pictured), dean of the Brown University School of Public Health, has issued a warning about the new ‘super-covid’ variants A top public health expert says the new ‘super-covid’ variants could make the coronavirus pandemic in the U.S. up to five times deadlier. The new strain, known as B.1.1.7 – which was … Read more

Galaxy S21 variants confirmed, Ultra may feature S-Pen support

Over the weekend, more details and rendered images of the upcoming Galaxy S21 phone series have surfaced on the web. The mid-January launch appears to be really happening. That is earlier than usual as we’ve been saying the past few weeks. Much has been said about the three Galaxy S21 variants. The most interesting we’ve … Read more