Alcohol, COVID-19 and Lockdown Data from the Office for National Statistics has shown that sales in alcohol stores during March increased on a month-on-month volume by 31.4%. Alcohol consumption patterns also altered. According to a survey by the charity Alcohol...
The antibody response to SARS-CoV-2 in patients with COVID19 An interesting article by Quan-Xin Long and others looked at the antibody response to SARS-CoV-2 in 285 patients with COVID-19. They found that within 19 days following symptom onset, 100% of patients...
Who shows evidence of past SARS-CoV-2 infection? An interesting article by Silvia Stringhini and others published in The Lancet June 2020 assessed the burden of COVID-19 within a population of Geneva. They found that children between the age of 5 and 9 and those...
Advance in Treatment as Confirmed by Boris Johnson for COVID-19 Infection Last Week Dexamethasone This is a cheap, accessible steroid which has been available for many years. The real breakthrough was that the recovery trial undertaken by the University of...
How much of the World’s population is at an increased risk of severe COVID-19 disease? A study published by Andrew Clark and others in The Lancet tried to answer this question. The risk of severe COVID-19 disease is known to be higher in older individuals and those...
How does the SARS-CoV-2 virus enter the human body? Ludovico Cantuti-Castelvetri and others have identified a new possible pathway through which the SARS-CoV-2 enters into the central nervous system. SARS-CoV-2 uses angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 as a host...
