Tagged: Covid-19

My senior year at West Point I decided to go after one of the items on my bucket list: Climb Mount Everest. Some would call it crazy to juggle a demanding school like West Point and pursue such an aspirational goal, and it probably was....

“Mission Impossible 7” is set to restart filming in September, positioning itself as a test for Hollywood to get back to producing major blockbusters following the COVID-19 pandemic. Production on the Tom Cruise-led franchise’s seventh installment halted months ago as a precaution to protect cast...

Doctors have observed a strange trend in more COVID-19 patients: people with blood oxygen saturation levels that are very low but who aren’t gasping for breath. Although often quite ill, these patients are not presenting symptoms like most acute respiratory distress syndromes, which is a...

DOMINIC RAAB has confirmed that the “variations” in coronavirus infection rate across the country could lead to particular regions or cities being forced into isolated lockdown in order to contain the spread of the virus. The BBC host posed a scenario to the minister where...

The questions that need to be answered about government’s response to outbreak Why did so many people die in care homes? That may be the most urgent question of the likely public inquiry into the UK’s Covid-19 response. The NHS wasn’t overwhelmed, but 16,000 residents...

Covid-19 has spread around the planet, sending billions of people into lockdown as health services struggle to cope. Find out where the virus has spread, and where it has been most deadly Since first being recorded late last year in China, the Covid-19 coronavirus has...

Why is the Covid-19 virus worse than normal influenza, and how worried are the experts? Find all our coronavirus coverage here Coronavirus – latest updates How to protect yourself and others from infection What is Covid-19? It is caused by a member of the coronavirus...

Hassan N’Dam, former middleweight boxing champion of the world, wanted to repay the French hospital that cared for his father-in-law through his bout with COVID-19. Perhaps with Champagne? Or chocolate? No, N’Dam thought: “These are things that won’t last. I wanted to leave something quite...

THE R rate, also known as the reproduction number, has been crucial to the government’s understanding of the threat of coronavirus. Scientists and government officials have been using the R value to help them determine how to tackle the spread of Covid-19 and easing of...

THE infamous “R” rate is currently guiding the Government’s coronavirus response, as each of the planned phases depend on how infectious Covid-19 is. The rate has emerged during several Downing Street briefings, with both officials and the Prime Minister. ⚠️ Read our coronavirus live blog...