Government experts fear the Indian B.1.617.2 variant may be more transmissible than dominant Kent strain
KU Leuven biologist Professor Tom Wenseleers said it appeared to be 60% more transmissible in early data
SAGE advisers admitted in a meeting last week that early indications are that it spreads faster
Kent variant was devastating when it first emerged because outbreaks exploded before lockdown could hit
But vaccines still appear to work against the virus for most people, researchers say
Last month, the CDC said less than 10% of all coronavirus transmission is occurring outdoors
Health experts
argue that the true risk is believed to be below 1%, and may even be as low as 0.1%
New York Times David Leonhardt criticized the agency for publishing guidelines partially based on mischaracterized data
Among the research the CDC cited in defense was a study that found 95 of more than 10,000 cases in Singapore occurred outdoors
However, the Singapore Ministry of Health did not classify them as outdoors and many of the cases occurred in enclosed outdoor places
UK will be back to normal by end of 2021 says SAGE expert
The comments from a SAGE expert have offered major hope after Prime Minister Boris Johnson s boost to the nation last night
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The UK will be back to normal by the end of the year - but only if the country sorts a third booster jab in the autumn.
Research Article
Effect of community-led delivery of HIV self-testing on HIV testing and antiretroviral therapy initiation in Malawi: A cluster-randomised trial
Pitchaya P. Indravudh , Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – original draft Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing
Affiliations Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom, School of Public Health, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
Affiliation Malawi-Liverpool-Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Programme, Blantyre, Malawi
Affiliation Malawi-Liverpool-Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Programme, Blantyre, Malawi
Coronavirus Disease Weekly News 09May 2021
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Major coronavirus metrics continue to head lower in the US, and now also globally. New cases in the US during the week ending May 8th were down 18.6% from new cases during the week ending May 1st, and are now down 83.3% from the January peak; this week also saw fewer new cases than any week since September. This week s US deaths attributed to Covid were 6.8% lower than the prior week s, and down 80.5% from the January hig