Former Glasgow Uni scientist passes away in Mexico following friend s fundraiser
Hector Diaz Albiteris had been in a medically induced coma after falling seriously ill last month, with a fundraiser underway to pay for his medical costs
Hector Diaz Albiteris passed away at the weekend in his native Mexico.
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Covid-19: Sports equipment presents low risk
By Laura Scott
The risk of coronavirus transmission from sharing sports equipment is lower than once thought , a study suggests.
Researchers, led by Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, applied live virus particles to nine types of sports equipment and a control material.
They concluded it seems unlikely that sports balls and accessories are a major cause for transmission.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson said last June that cricket balls are a natural vector of coronavirus.
The Strike study found the virus was least transferrable on absorbent materials like cricket gloves and tennis balls, compared with non-porous equipment like racing saddles and rugby balls.
This was the first time that South Africa has undertaken a population survey for TB, and the study followed the guidelines of the World Health Organization.
World first study on mixing covid vaccines begins in Liverpool
The study will also examine the effects of time intervals between first and second doses
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At a time when tensions have erupted over vaccines supplies, Europe s Centre for Disease Control took an important step on Monday with the launch of tracker for inocolation around the continent.
The move to improve transparency showed patchy distribution so far, something that tallied with the anger over constraints on the programme which resulted in about eight million doses being administered so far among a population of almost 400 million. Britain with a population of almost 70 million has also administered eight million vaccines.
French President Emmanuel Macron on Monday demanded greater efforts in production and said German Chancellor Angela Merkel and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen were keen to see progress too. It is a speed race that we are leading against the virus, he said. We Europeans must therefore be even more effective on this subject.