MOSCOW, October 29. /TASS/. The time frames surrounding coronavirus becoming a seasonal disease are impossible to predict, Deputy Director of the Russian Central Research Institute of Epidemiology Alexander Gorelov said on Friday. “It is impossible to set any clear <…> deadlines that we can fight this infection by this date and it becomes seasonal. The process is multifactorial. <…> From my point of view, it is impossible to say in a specific time frame that tomorrow or a day after tomorrow, or in the foreseeable future the infection will be seasonal,” he said at the Eurasian Economic Forum. Gorelov added that there is no antiviral treatment in the world that can regulate the infection process. “On the other hand, if there is a vaccine, only 10% of the population has been vaccinated against the coronavirus infection. Do not forget about the phenomenon of the virus transmission to a nonimmune organism. The changes most often occur in the non-immune organism, as well as all its mutations that humanity faces over and over again,” he said. Earlier, chief of Russia’s sanitary watchdog, Anna Popova, said that the coronavirus would become a seasonal infection, like the flu.
Low vitamin D and increased mortality
Lower levels of vitamin D, higher rates of death Association of Serum 25-Hydroxyvitamin D Concentrations With All-Cause and Cause-Specific Mortality Among Adult Patients With Existing Cardiovascular DiseaseObservational study, non-interventional
COVID boosters available to all Japanese citizens – report
Japan’s Ministry of Health has decided to offer COVID-19 vaccine boosters to all individuals who have already received two doses, after initially prioritizing frontline health workers and high-risk individuals, the Japanese press agency Jiji reported on Thursday. According to previous reports by Japanese media, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s plan involves administering the booster shots starting from December, in order to prevent the re-emergence of the virus as the country slowly goes back to pre-pandemic levels of activity. The Health Ministry’s timeline, which originally predicted distributing the third shot among those who have gone at least eight months since receiving their second dose and individuals at a higher risk of infection, is now altered to include all citizens.
Germany’s COVID caseload makes biggest leap in two weeks
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Number of COVID-19 infections in Spain hits 5 million, Russia, Portugal, England all report a surge in infections
UK’s Javid: Daily COVID cases could reach 100,000 German daily COVID cases hit five-month high Russia record daily COVID cases, deaths Ukraine adds record 614 daily COVID deaths
British Health Secretary Sajid Javid warned on Wednesday that the number of daily registered COVID-19 cases across the United Kingdom could soon hit as much as 100,000. However, Javid told reporters that the government “won’t be implementing its plan B of contingency measures at this point, but will be staying vigilant, preparing for all eventualities.” The minister noted that health authorities have identified a new version of the Delta coronavirus variant that is currently spreading in the country, but that it likely doesn’t pose a more significant threat.
Colorado Springs Student Says She Was Forced To Tape Mask To Face At School
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. A student in Academy School District 20 said she was forced to tape her mask to her face at school in Colorado Springs. The student’s mother said it happened after the student’s face mask kept falling off in class. The school district said it started getting reports about this happening at Chinook Trail Middle School last week. It’s still not clear what happened leading up to the mask taping. “Because of social media, we now have so many other voices in the mix that may not have been involved and so now there’s misinformation that’s mingled in with actual facts,” said Allison Cortez, Chief Communications Officer for District 20. The district, which encompasses the northern part of Colorado Springs and the area surrounding the Air Force Academy, is asking for patience as the investigation continues. NN: Do not let this happen to your loved one. We have proper fitting KIDS SIZE N95 masks. These are the proper 5 layer NOISH certified filters… And we have the fun masks that the kids love to wear… Cheaper than a pizza… Link below
You may get a lot more than indigestion from Thanksgiving… Try a death sentence!!!! Mutant strain out of Africa
ASARS–CoV–2 lineage A variant (A.23.1) with altered spike has emerged and is dominating the current Uganda epidemic and has spread to 25 other countries.
The Mutated covid19 virus known as A.23.1 virus sequences have 4 or 5 amino acid changes in the spike protein (now defining lineage A.23.1) plus additional protein changes in nsp3, nsp6, ORF8 and ORF9. The P681R spike change encoded by all recent genomes adds a basic amino acid adjacent to the spike furin cleavage site. This same change has been shown in vitro to enhance the fusion activity of the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein, likely due to increased cleavage by the cellular furin protease importantly, a similar change (P681H) is encoded by the recently emerging VOC B.1.1.7 that is now spreading globally across 75 countries.
Bring back Covid regulations’, urge health experts… Warning Warning new variant coming DO NOT LET YOUR GUARD DOWN
Health care workers warn the UK is stumbling into a crises…… Bring back Covid regulations’, urge experts as cases in UK rise again
As the UK observes another increase in Covid cases around the country, health experts are urging the Boris Johnson government to reintroduce curbs.
On Wednesday, the healthcare leaders urged the British government to reintroduce Covid-related curbs in the country to make sure that the cases do not increase in the upcoming winter season. Continue reading “Bring back Covid regulations’, urge health experts… Warning Warning new variant coming DO NOT LET YOUR GUARD DOWN”