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Nicola Sturgeon was asked in a Covid-19 briefing on Tuesday if the time had come to stop publishing daily case rates, which can create a sense of panic not always justified.
The most common symptom of long covid is severe fatigue.
But the First Minister said while there may come a time, it has not arrived yet.
While high case numbers are not nearly so concerning as during previous points of the pandemic, they are not consequence-free.
Hospital numbers are still rising, even if at a slower rate than before. Around 5 per cent of Covid cases are now ending up in hospital, half the rate during the second wave, but 5 per cent of a large number can still put pressure on the NHS.
No plans to reintroduce Covid restrictions or cancel easing as cases soar
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Researchers at virology lab allegedly fell ill with covid-like symptoms in November 2019
Three researchers from China’s Wuhan Institute of Virology sought hospital care in November 2019 with symptoms consistent with covid-19,
The Wall Street Journal has reported citing a US intelligence report. China’s Foreign Ministry and the director of the Wuhan National Biosafety Lab have denied the report, which has ignited further speculation about the origin of the covid-19 pandemic. The emergence of a novel coronavirus was first reported in Wuhan in December 2019. A World Health Organization investigation previously found that workers at the lab showed no evidence of having been infected with the virus and concluded that a laboratory origin was highly unlikely.