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COVID-19 and Who It Effects Severely Although some of those patients who are severely affected by Coronavirus are of an increased age and people with pre-existing health conditions such as high blood pressure, diabetes and obesity, this is not always the case. ...

Why Are Travel Restrictions Imposed and What Is The Evidence Behind Them During This COVID-19 Crisis? This is a fundamental question and requires an evidence based answer, particularly when trade is vital to our economy. An article by Kelly Leigh and others in The...

COVID-19 and the Use of Antihypertensive Drugs Known As the ACE2 Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme 2 and Angiotensin Receptor Blockers Known As Arbs  This has become a highly contentious topic during this COVID-19 pandemic.  Initially there existed no evidence...

COVID-19 came from China; Can We Use Chinese Herbal Medicines to Treat COVID-19? An interesting correspondence from The Lancet expands further on this.  Chinese officials announced at a press conference on April 14, 2020 that three patent herbal drugs had been...

So What Are The Risk Factors and Identifying Demographics for Testing Positive to SARS-CoV-2?  A study published in the Lancet Infectious Diseases by the Oxford Royal College of General Practitioners Research and Surveillance Centre looked at patients who were...

Children and COVID-19 Infection A review of papers published in Nature Journal looks at how children are affected by the SARS-CoV-2 virus and their resulting symptoms with COVID-19.  The role of children in spreading the coronavirus has been a key...

COVID-19, A Complex Multisystem Clinical Syndrome A review of the COVID-19 infection and a look at presentation and complications.  A helpful article in The BMJ of 1 May 2020 by Dr Michael Roberts and others helps us to assess this complex clinical syndrome. The...

Paediatric Multi-Symptom Inflammatory Syndrome This is a syndrome which is believed to be linked to COVID-19.  A 5-year-old boy in New York became the first child in the United States to die from this condition.  A 14-year-old boy in the United Kingdom has...

Has New Zealand Eliminated COVID-19? This came from a world report in The Lancet dated May 9, 2020.  An aggressive approach has enabled New Zealand to end community transmission of SARS-CoV-2.  New Zealand recorded its first day of no new cases of...

COVID-19, A Complex Multisystem Clinical Syndrome A review and understand the COVID-19 infection and to look at presentation and complications.  A helpful article in The BMJ of 1 May 2020 by Dr Michael Roberts and others helps us to assess this complex clinical...

DOES THE UNITED KINGDOM REALLY HAVE THE MOST CORONAVIRUS DEATHS IN EUROPE?  BUT IS IT A FAIR COMPARISON? An interesting article in the Huffington Post contested that the UK has now paid the highest price in Europe for coronavirus, overtaking Italy as the European...

The London General Practice is pleased to announce the launch of it's COVID-19 Antibody Test which sits alongside it's existing PCR Swab test for the virus itself. The Practice has chosen the Abbott Antibody test, a blood test undertaken in the Laboratory, based on...

THE TWO METRE RULE, SOCIAL DISTANCING, WHERE DOES IT COME FROM? Government ministers are considering whether to relax the two metre rule social distancing in workplaces.  Clearly, this would make it easier for people to get back to jobs where it is not always...

COVID-19 immunity passports and vaccination certificates; scientific, equitable and legal challenges This was a comment by Alexandra Phelan published May 4, 2020 in the Lancet.  There is clearly urgency for relaxing social distancing and isolation measures which...

Safeguarding cancer care in the post COVID-19 world From an interesting editorial in the Lancet Oncology Journal May 2020.  During this COVID-19 pandemic it would appear that cancer care has been de-prioritised, delayed and even discontinued.  This decision will...

Diabetes and COVID-19 A helpful article published in the Lancet Diabetes and Endocrinology Journal on April 23 by a 19-member panel led by Stefan R. Bornstein from Dresden University. Diabetes is known to be a major risk factor for the development of severe pneumonia...

Our Coronavirus Return to Work Service helps companies and organisations plan for their workforce under the "New Normal". The service includes testing as well as practical measures. We've listed below some thoughts but our approach is to work proactively with you to...

From an interesting review in the BMJ: COVID-19, what do we know so far about a vaccine.  The World Health Organisation announced that there are 83 potential COVID-19 vaccines being assessed. 7 are now approved for human testing through clinical trials. So, what...