UK News: The strain, known as B.1.1.7, was identified in Britain late last year and has become the most common strain in the United States. However, the resear
B.1.1.7 Variant Wonât Cause More Severe COVID: Study
The Lancet Infectious Diseases on Monday.
Among a group of COVID-19 patients hospitalized in Britain, there appeared to be no difference in the risks of severe disease, death or other outcomes in patients with B.1.1.7 as compared to other variants.
âOur data, within the context and limitations of a real-world study, provide initial reassurance that severity in hospitalized patients with B.1.1.7 is not markedly different from severity in those without,â the researchers wrote.
The research team analyzed a group of 496 COVID-19 patients who were admitted to British hospitals in November and December 2020, including 198 patients with the B.1.1.7 variant. Among those, 72 patients had severe disease, and 53 of 141 patients with a different variant had severe disease. In addition, 31 patients with B.1.1.7 died, and 24 patients in the non-B.1.1.7 group died. Those who had severe disease or died were older and more likely
As Michigan COVID cases surge, local leaders focus on getting residents vaccinated
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DETROIT – For the seventh week in a row, the state of Michigan is the worst in the nation in terms of coronavirus cases.
“In the last couple of months, we have seen a rise in hospitalizations and cases in out percent positivity and frankly, we are right back where we were a year ago,” said, Detroit Chief Health Officer Denise Fair. “Right now, the virus is winning and the only way for us to fight back is to make sure that we are following those safety precautions and we’re limiting all our interactions so we can get back to normal.”
Pandemic tests Thai-Cambodian relations as new cases surge
Neighboring countries scramble to combat the latest outbreaks amid dire forecasts
A health worker puts on full personal protective equipment before going inside a Covid-19 field hospital, recently set up to combat the spread of the contagion, in Bangkok on April 10. (Photo: AFP)
Relations between Cambodia and Thailand are being sorely tested by the pandemic after the number of confirmed Covid-19 cases in both countries dramatically surged, driven almost exclusively by an outbreak of the UK variant.
Thailand has been quick to implicate Cambodia, which traced its third local outbreak known here as the February 20 Community Event to two young Chinese women who breached quarantine and went out partying in Phnom Penh nightclubs.