UK
Cases, + 7143 + 7,108 + 6, 914
Cases, + 19, 777
230,966 people currently have symptomatic COVID
nearly 50% of cases are coming from the under 30s
Not allowed to socialise outside their household or support bubble
Table service only, 10pm curfew
Only essential travel
Residents in Northumberland, North Tyneside, South Tyneside, Newcastle upon Tyne, Gateshead, Sunderland. County Durham
Merseyside, Warrington, Halton, Lancashire.
Wolverhampton and Oadby & Wigston, Bradford, Kirklees and Calderdale in West Yorkshire
British trial of vitamin D ineffective
Mr Hancock claimed Government experts ran unsuccessful trials of vitamin D
But officials since admitted this wasn’t true, misspoke
Experts have for months been calling for ministers to look into vitamin’s effect
Mr Hancock has now agreed to meet experts to hear the growing case for the vitamin
Paris
France’s health minister, (Olivier Véran)
If no improvement over the weekend
Maximum alert
All bars and restaurants may be ordered to close from Monday
Lille, Lyon, Grenoble, Toulouse, Saint Etienne
Neanderthal genes increase risk of serious Covid-19
The COVID-19 Host Genetics Initiative, a global initiative to elucidate the role of host genetic factors in susceptibility and severity of the SARS-CoV-2 virus pandemic
The major genetic risk factor for severe COVID-19 is inherited from Neanderthals
Genetic association study
Gene cluster on chromosome 3
A risk locus for respiratory failure upon SARS-CoV-2 infection
N = 3,199 hospitalized patients
Risk factor for severe SARS-CoV-2 infection and hospitalization
Conferred by a genomic segment of ~50 kb
Inherited from Neanderthals
Carried by ~50% of people in South Asia
~16% of people in Europe
Germans embrace fresh air to ward off coronavirus
Angela Merkel says ventilation may be one of cheapest and most effective ways of containing virus
it may be one of the cheapest and most effective ways of containing the spread of the virus (AM)
Regular impact ventilation in all private and public rooms can considerably reduce the danger of infection (Government)
Stosslüften, ventilation
Querlüften, cross ventilation
90% of Covid-19 patients pick up the virus indoors
Martin Kriegel, (Technical University, Berlin)
Even before coronavirus
there is clear evidence that air quality in offices correlates with the number of days workers are off sick
Airing classrooms every 20 minutes
‘I’d still prefer to sit outside’: restaurants open indoor dining to hesitant New Yorkers
NYC restaurants
Plexiglas partitions
UV lights
Improved ventilation
25% capacity
Positive Covid-19 test rates up to 1.93%
