Covid 19 coronavirus: Worldwide cases surge past 100 million
26 Jan, 2021 07:39 PM
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The world has officially surpassed 100 million cases of Covid 19, according to new official figures from John Hopkins University.
The global death toll has now surpassed 2.1 million.
A quarter of the cases have been in the United States - where the death toll has exceeded 420,000.
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Meanwhile people who get vaccinated may believe they can t spread the coronavirus and could prove to be the next super-spreaders, Harvard University public health student Rushabh Doshi has warned.
Writing on KevinMD, a platform founded by Dr Kevin Pho, Doshi noted that it was still unclear whether vaccinated people could still spread the virus.
People who receive one of the Covid-19 vaccines may become the next super-spreaders because they could believe they are safe from transmitting the virus.
Harvard University public health student Rushabh Doshi made the warning on KevinMD - a platform founded by Dr Kevin Pho for medical professionals to share their insight.
While the various vaccines against Covid-19 and its variants do prevent most from developing serious symptoms and dying, the main products may not prevent the virus continuing to spread. The Covid-19 vaccinations prevent disease, but we know little about if it prevents reinfection and further viral transmission, Mr Doshi wrote.
Health by Ally Foster and Charis Chang 27th Jan 2021 6:26 AM People who get vaccinated may believe they can t spread the coronavirus and could prove to be the next super-spreaders, Harvard University public health student Rushabh Doshi has warned. Writing on KevinMD, a platform founded by Dr Kevin Pho, Doshi noted that it was still unclear whether vaccinated people could still spread the virus. With a slower than expected vaccination rollout to the general public, people who are vaccinated and fail to understand that they can still be carriers of the virus pose an immediate threat to the unvaccinated, Doshi wrote last week.