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COVID in Shanghai – What’s Happening Shanghai, China recently became the center of media attention due to its alarming increase of new COVID-19 cases by the end of February. By March, authorities had started to impose lockdowns in an attempt to contain the outbreak. The restrictions initially included several neighborhoods but it eventually reached all …

Everything We Know About Long COVID Long-COVID – yet another fear instilled in us all. COVID-19 has been looming over us like a great dark cloud for more than two years now – and despite global spending on extensive research on COVID-19 reaching 5 billion dollars (according to OECD), there is still so much about …

Omicron Sub-variant Mutation ‘XE Variant’ Sweeps Across The UK – Here’s What We Know News of the rise of yet another Omicron variant, titled ‘XE’, has emerged from the UK this week – after first having been detected there on January 19th earlier this year. This ‘recombinant’ variant has been formed from one infected patient …

‘Deltacron’, the ominous name leaves no questions unanswered about where this SARS-CoV-2 variant has emerged from: a hybrid fusion of the Delta variant and Omicron, that have merged to create an entirely new mutation of Coronavirus – but should we be worried? A cause for concern To understand the potential that this strain may have, …

New Omicron variant wreaks havoc in Hong Kong, creating panic in China It’s mid March 2022, over 2 years since COVID-19 began its reign of terror across the world. The majority of countries are now learning to “live with the virus”, with almost 5 billion people worldwide already having received their first COVID-19 vaccination, which …

Can Omicron’s sub-variant, ‘BA.2’, also known as the ‘Stealth Variant’ evade RT-PCR testing?   A new coronavirus variant has been discovered, sparking concern amongst the scientific community. Omicron’s sub-variant BA.2 was first detected in Europe in late January and has since spread across the world, becoming the dominant strain of all new COVID-19 infections in …

It’s been almost two years since the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the COVID-19 virus a Public Health Emergency of International Concern. This was ascribed to the number of fatalities attributed to the COVID-19 virus, which had risen to 171 by January 30, 2020. Fast forward to today, the number of fatalities has ballooned to …

Some people who remain hesitant about getting inoculated against COVID-19 argue that their actions are justified because of the speed at which the vaccines were created and made available to the public. They claim scientists, pharmaceutical companies, and government agencies may have cut corners in order to develop, approve, and distribute vaccines at such a …

Are the current vaccines safe? What are the approved Covid-19 vaccines? How were they developed so quickly? Why are other vaccines not authorized for use in the United States? In the United States, three vaccine-makers (Pfizer, Moderna, and Johnson & Johnson) have been approved for emergency use authorization by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) …

When you or someone you know tests positive for the COVID-19 virus, it can feel frightening, especially if you’re unvaccinated, have underlying medical conditions, and come down with symptoms.  You probably already know that the first thing you need to do is isolate yourself at home to avoid spreading the virus to others. However, what …