How to manage post-viral fatigue syndrome – Covid 19
Fatigue is a common symptom of COVID-19 infection so it is likely that some people will continue to experience fatigue for some time after the infection hascleared... Read More..
WHO against mandatory COVID-19 vaccines
"The vaccine story is a good news story. It is the victory of human endeavour, potentially, over a microbial adversary..We need to convince people and we need to persuade..."
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…
University of Hong Kong study finds eyes are ‘important route’ for coronavirus, up to 100 times more infectious than Sars
Researchers from HKU’s school of public health reveal the coronavirus is up to 100 times more infectious through the eyes and airways than Sars Study in The Lancet Respiratory Medicine…
UK Covid-19 survivors’ plasma being trialled to treat critically ill
Blood plasma from recovered patients may hold antibodies produced to fight virus. A trial has begun in the UK to test if blood plasma from Covid-19 survivors could help treat…
Sequence for Donning and Doffing of PPE: What you need to know!
The demands on healthcare personnel (HCP) are extraordinary, but the importance of attention to personal protection cannot be underestimated. By way of example, a cluster of 17 SARS (severe acute…
COVID-19 Considerations for Optimum Surgeon Protection Before, During, and After Operation
There are presently increasing amounts of information concerning protecting the health care worker, including in the operation room. This section brings together the latest information, data, and recommendations for personnel…
HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE TREATMENT FOR COVID-19 PATIENT OVER MAJOR CARDIAC RISK STOPPED IN A FRENCH HOSPITAL
French Hospital Stops Hydroxychloroquine Treatment for COVID-19 Patient Over Major Cardiac Risknewsweek.com A hospital in France has had to stop an experimental treatment using hydroxychloroquine on at least one coronavirus…
Covid-19 in Children: What you need to know!
Based on available evidence, children do not appear to be at higher risk for COVID-19 than adults. While some children and infants have been sick with COVID-19, adults make up…
Overarching Principles for Delaying Elective Surgeries During a Pandemic
Delaying elective surgery during the COVID-19 pandemic increases hospital bed capacity as well as boosts supplies of personal protective gear and ventilators. KEY TAKEAWAYS Both the Centers for Disease Control…
A piece of research from Hong Kong found ‘a significant level of infectious virus could still be detected on the outer layer of a surgical mask’ after seven days.
Scientists have been assessing how long coronavirus can survive on surfaces Found the virus is stable on the outer later of a surgical face mask for 7 days But the…
Coronavirus: pathogen could have been spreading in humans for years, study says
Virus may have jumped from animal to humans long before the first detection in Wuhan, according to research by an international team of scientists Findings significantly reduce the possibility of…
Why Surgeons Don’t Want to Operate Right Now
A rising death toll among doctors in Italy provides a warning about the dangers of poor protection and testing. Last week, the Italian government began publishing a new dataset related…
‘It Feels Like a War Zone’: Doctors and Nurses Plead for Masks on Social Media
As supplies have dwindled, doctors and nurses have improvised ways to make their stock last. Now they’re urging leaders to help. An intensive-care nurse in Illinois was told to make…
Questions and Answers on Covid-19
1. What is SARS-CoV-2? What is COVID-19? Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) is the name given to the 2019 novel coronavirus. COVID-19 is the name given to the disease…
What you should know about hand sanitizer..
Concerns about the spread of coronavirus have increased demand for hand sanitizer to the point that people are considering making it at home. But hand sanitizer isn’t a panacea, and…
Volunteers to be infected with coronavirus for £3,500 in bid to find vaccine
SCIENTISTS racing to find a coronavirus vaccine will infect volunteers with a strain of the deadly bug – for £3,500. Up to 24 people at a time will be paid…
In the race for coronavirus vaccines, don’t leave pregnant women behind
As several thousand people become newly infected each day with the novel coronavirus Covid-19, and some die of it, there are accelerated efforts to develop new coronavirus vaccines. The World…
Coronavirus: seven dead in Italy and more than 220 infected – the highest number outside Asia
Venice Carnival cancelled, landmarks like Milan’s Duomo cathedral shut, and schools, museums and universities closed in much of northern Italy All deaths, including four announced on Monday, concerned elderly people,…
China’s coronavirus death toll surpasses 1,400, but new fatalities half that of previous day
The death toll from China’s coronavirus epidemic rose to 1,483 on Friday but the number of new infections in hard-hit Hubei province fell after a change in case definitions caused…
The deadly coronavirus from China: What you need to know!
A newly identified coronavirus has been spreading in China, and has now reached several other countries. As the number of confirmed cases and deaths continue to rise, health officials are…
E-cigarettes are NOT safe and Vaping harms, W.H.O. warns
Countries vindicate cautious stance on e-cigarettes Armando Peruga has spent the last two decades working in tobacco control. At the World Health Organization (WHO) in Geneva, since 2006, and before…