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[ad_1] Scott Hammond / Stuff A “probable” case of coronavirus was reclassified as confirmed on Friday. A Marlborough coronavirus case previously considered ‘probable’ was reclassified as confirmed on Friday. But there were no new cases in the top of the south announced on Friday a day after a confirmed case …

[ad_1] BORIS SHARES CAPTAIN MOORE LETTER Boris Johnson shared a letter he had written to Captain Tom Moore to mark his 100th birthday. He wrote: “Captain Tom – today, on your 100th birthday, allow me to express the admiration and gratitude of a whole nation for your heroic fundraising mission. …

[ad_1] Scientists have warned against reopening schools after new findings suggested that children could be as infectious as adults. The study, by the team of leading German virologist Christian Drosten, found that although children tend to have much milder symptoms, those infected appear to have the same levels of circulating …

[ad_1] © 2020 EPFL Alain Herzog / Xavier Fernandez Cassi took samples from the end of February Scientists around the world are studying the new coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) from many different perspectives in an effort to better understand how it infects the body and spreads from person to person. The goal …

[ad_1] AstraZeneca and the University of Oxford are teaming up to develop and manufacture a coronavirus vaccine with the goal of building capacity to produce 100m doses by the end of the year if it is shown to be effective. Under the agreement, the company would be responsible for the …

[ad_1] Researchers from the Kiwi scientific alliance addressing COVID-19 with new research projects A global pandemic like COVID-19 was a “when not if” question according to a diverse group of kiwi scientists who formed an alliance almost a decade ago in anticipation of such an eventuality. Many of the group, …

[ad_1] COMMENTARY: When the notification appeared on my phone this morning from an expert saying that 10 percent of New Zealanders would likely be depressed as a result of Covid-19, my first thought was: is that all? Unfortunately, I am concerned that the number may be much higher. New Zealand’s …

[ad_1] There are urgent calls for the government to develop a national vaccine strategy, and someone to lead it, amid fears that New Zealand may be at the end of the line for any possible Covid-19 vaccine. Most infectious disease experts agree that any Covid-19 vaccine is at best 12 …

[ad_1] Telephones are ideal places for growing microbes, he said. “They have temperature control, we keep them in our pockets, we are addicted to them. We talk to them and deposit drops that can be full of viruses, bacteria, whatever. We eat with them, so we give nutrients to the …

[ad_1] CORONAVIRUS deaths in the UK soared to 26,097 today when Dominic Raab warned that the risk of a second confinement is “very real”, while hospices may be left without personal protective equipment “in days.” The foreign minister warned against loosening the closure restrictions, adding that the government should not …