The pandemic has had a big impact on Afghanistan. There have been 177,000 confirmed COVID cases and 7,600 deaths up to March 28 2022, though this is probably a significant under-count. Modelling by the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation – although also unlikely to be highly accurate given theContinue Reading
DAILY Covid infections in the UK have dropped by 17 per cent in a week. Another 80,830 new cases have been reported today, last Tuesday there were 94,524. It comes ahead of major testing rule changes on Friday – where Brits will have to pay to check if they haveContinue Reading
A BRAVE single mum who felt exhausted running after her two children during lockdown was devastated to learn she had a 12cm tumour. Tianna Campbell, 24, believed her tiredness was caused by caring for her young sons, Riley and Logan, as the UK shut down in early 2020. NCJ MEDIAContinue Reading
ilze kalve/Shutterstock We are all tired of COVID. But even though the news has moved on to other concerning geopolitical issues, it is a fact that COVID is still very much with us. Vaccines have certainly helped drive down its worst effects, but the disease is here to stay, andContinue Reading
NHS budgets are set to be slashed by £500million to help cover the cost of Covid testing. Health chiefs say the Treasury has demanded eye-watering savings as the cost of the pandemic bites. Alamy Health chiefs are warning that NHS budgets could be slashed by £500million to cover the costsContinue Reading
cktravels.com/Shutterstock Since the UK first entered lockdown on March 23 2020, little in the pandemic has attracted so much attention and controversy as this decision to grind social and economic life to a halt. Was it the right thing to do? Properly evaluating the effectiveness of any health-oriented treatment, beContinue Reading
It may not feel like it when you’re swabbing your throat, but improving how we test for diseases is one of the big positives of COVID. Applying methods developed for COVID to other diseases could revolutionise how we detect the causes of disease over the next decade. When thinking ofContinue Reading
THE UK has seen a dip of 14 per cent in daily Covid cases compared to a week ago – with 94,524 new infections reported today. Omicron is a milder strain, with studies showing vaccines slash the risk of hospitalisation or severe illness even further. Most people who catch itContinue Reading
On the second anniversary of Britain first going into lockdown, and with the country now opening up, this is a good opportunity to make sense of what happened in the pandemic, what it meant, and what needs to be done next. Some of the pandemic’s patterns are now all tooContinue Reading
Naeblys/Shutterstock In many countries, as restrictions lift and freedoms are restored, there’s a general feeling that the pandemic is over. There is, however, still the significant concern that a dangerous new variant could emerge. This happened when omicron arrived, but we got lucky with that one. Omicron turned out toContinue Reading
