Covid cases rise 12% in a week – as experts fear Indian variant ‘spreads 60% faster than Kent’
12 May 2021, 9:40
Updated: 12 May 2021, 10:41
UK COVID cases are on the rise and a “third wave” may have already started ahead of the next stage of unlocking.
Scientists fear the new variant from India is to blame and it s predicted to be up to 60 per cent more transmissible than the dominant Kent strain.
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UK Covid cases are on the rise, data suggests, ahead of the next stage of unlocking. Pictured, two friends in Finsbury Park, north London, 10 MayCredit: LNP
Professor Paul Hunter, from the Norwich School of Medicine at the University of East Anglia, said: “Today [May 11] 2,427 new cases of Covid have been reported in the UK.
Covid-19 linked to NEW set of common symptoms, docs warn
10 Feb 2021, 11:35
Updated: 10 Feb 2021, 15:14
COVID causes more than just three symptoms, more research has shown.
A study of more than one million people in England has revealed it s not just a cough, fever, and loss of taste or smell that people should watch out for.
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People who have tested positive for Covid also suffer chills, loss of appetite, headache and muscle achesCredit: Getty Images - Getty
Chills, loss of appetite, headache and muscle aches were together most strongly linked with being infected.
Having any of these other symptoms alone was associated with Covid, or in combination with the classic signs.
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New coronavirus closely linked to Sars-Cov-2 discovered in bats in Thailand, experts say
10 Feb 2021, 13:36
Updated: 10 Feb 2021, 15:00
A NEW coronavirus closely linked to Sars-Cov-2 has been discovered in bats living in Thailand, a study has revealed.
The virus is not thought to be able to infect humans as it is unable to bind to cells in the body, which is how Sars-Cov-2 infects people.
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Scientists examined bats at a wildlife sanctuary in Eastern ThailandCredit: Alamy
Published in the Nature Communications journal, the experts have warned “cross-border surveillance is urgently needed” in order to find where the virus originated from.
Sars-Cov-2 shares 91.5 per cent of its genetic code with the virus discovered in the bats in Thailand.
‘Super-fit’ surfer dies after freak neck infection caused him to drop 5 STONE in six weeks
Updated: 9 Feb 2021, 19:42
A SUPER-fit surfer died after a freak neck infection caused him to drop five stone in just six weeks.
Brad Masters, 41, reportedly weighed a healthy 90kg last year but his weight plummeted to 58kg as he fought for his life in Siloam Hospital, Bali.
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Brad Masters went to hospital in Bali on Christmas DayCredit: Instagram
The dad-of-one from Perth, Australia, went to hospital on Christmas Day after noticing a swollen gland in his jaw.
He was using antibiotics to treat pneumonia just weeks earlier but his partner Trish Kincaid said his neck was scarlet and bigger than his head by the time he got further medical help.