British Council hosts virtual event for those applying to UK varsities Students preparing for September 2021 admission to benefit most Our Correspondent | | Published 12.03.21, 04:53 PM
If you are planning to study in the UK in 2021, you can find answers to all your questions at a virtual event being hosted by the British Council from March 8 to March 19.
Study UK Student Connect promises to be a one-stop solution for Indian students and professionals who want to pursue undergraduate or postgraduate courses in the UK in 2021. Those interested can book exclusive appointments with 10 UK universities, attend live sessions by subject experts and get information about courses, admission process, scholarships, modes of study and more.
Researchers reviewed data from more than 100,000 doctors, nurses and other healthcare workers from 21 countries including Britain to study the impact on mental health from the pandemic.
Queen Mary University of London
Lead author Dr Deepti Gurdasani from Queen Mary University of London said: “It’s important to acknowledge the key role schools play in transmission of SARS-CoV-2, and make them safer so as to protect the wellbeing of children, staff, families, and the wider community.”
In the letter, the authors write: “While returning to school as soon as possible is imperative for the education, social development, and mental and physical welfare of children, not enough has been done to make schools safer for students and staff.
“Without additional mitigations, increases in transmission are likely, this time with more infectious and possibly more virulent variants, resulting in further lockdowns, school closures, and absenteeism.”
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Pregnant women remain at increased risk of severe COVID-19, and their risk of being admitted to intensive care or needing invasive ventilation is higher than non-pregnant reproductive aged women with the virus, an ongoing global study has found.
Pregnant women with COVID-19 are at increased risk of severe COVID-19, particularly if they are from ethnic minority backgrounds, or if they have pre-existing conditions like obesity, high blood pressure and diabetes, concludes the research led by the University of Birmingham and World Health Organization (WHO).
Their research, published today (March 11) in the
BMJ, is part of a unique and ongoing living systematic review and meta-analysis of data, which began in April 2020, and follows the researchers first publication in the
Having an Unhealthy Heart Could Raise Risk of COVID-19 by Angela Mohan on March 11, 2021 at 9:26 AM
Unhealthy heart structures and poorer functioning can raise the risk of being diagnosed with COVID-19 infection, according to research by Queen Mary University of London, in collaboration with the Medical Research Council Lifecourse Epidemiology Unit.
The researchers made use of the comprehensive and internationally unique UK Biobank database, which includes health and genetic information from over half a million participants from across the UK, including detailed magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of their hearts as well as linkages to COVID-19 test results from Public Health England.