“Although we’re still learning about the virus, what’s clear is that this is not just a virus that kills people. To a significant number of people, this virus poses a range of serious long-term effects,” said WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, speaking in Geneva on Friday during the UN agency’s latest virtual press conference. The situation also underscores […]
The head of the World Health Organisation says he hopes the world can end the coronavirus pandemic in less than two years – less time than it took for the 1918 flu pandemic to be stopped. LONDON: The head of the World Health Organisation says he hopes the world can end the coronavirus pandemic in […]
Study found extremely high levels of SARS-CoV-2 in children’s airways In the most comprehensive study of COVID-19 pediatric patients to date, researchers provide critical data showing that children play a larger role in the community spread of COVID-19 than previously thought. In a study of 192 children ages 0-22, 49 children tested positive for SARS-CoV-2, […]
Moscow to begin vaccine trials; Trump backs plasma treatment; survey finds 30% of Delhi has antibodies The World Health Organization is in discussions with Russia to obtain more information about its experimental Covid-19 vaccine – named Sputnik V – even as Russia plans to give it to some 40,000 people next week for further testing. Last week, Russia […]
JOBURG – The region includes Randburg, Rosebank, Emmarentia, Greenside, Melville, Mayfair, Northcliff, Parktown and Parktown North. The Gauteng Department of Health has confirmed that Johannesburg’s suburbs of Region E have reached 10 936 Covid-19 recoveries as of 18 August. The region, which includes Alexandra, Wynberg, Sandton, Orange Grove and Houghton, has a confirmed total of 13 179 […]
Subscribe President Cyril Ramaphosa has announced that a number of South Africa’s lockdown regulations will be relaxed as the country moves to a level 2 lockdown from midnight on Monday (17 August). In a national address on Saturday evening (15 August), the president said that the country is making progress in its fight against the […]
0 South Africa will look at the use of the drug, dexamethasone, as a means of the treatment for severe Covid-19 cases in the country. Minister of Health Dr Zweli Mkhize said in a statement early on Wednesday morning (17 June), that the drug had seen a successful trial in the UK. Dexamethasone is a steroid that […]
In a clinical trial, it was found that Dexamethasone – a steroid drug available worldwide typically used to reduce inflammation – reduced deaths by up to one-third in severely ill-ventilated COVID patients. New Delhi | Jagran Lifestyle Desk: With over eight million confirmed COVID infections recorded worldwide till now alongside more than 4,41,000 fatalities, the struggle […]
It should also be noted that people who already have any kind of heart or blood vessel disease may be at greater risk for not only contracting Covid-19 but also more severe illness. People who develop serious complications arising from the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 infection do not necessarily experience the symptoms most commonly associated with […]
24 May 2020