A Berlin court has said that halving the duration of the Covid “recovered” status to three months was in breach of the law A decision by Germany’s federal disease-control agency, the Robert Koch Institute (RKI), to reduce the period of time during which a person is considered “recovered” from Covid-19 to three months, was deemed […]
Etichetă: infection
Scientists reveal how long Covid-busting cells can last after infection
T-cell immune responses, induced by an infection, seem to provide long-lasting protection against Covid-19 On Wednesday, the University of Zurich published the findings of their recent study into long-lasting immunity against Covid-19. The research highlights the important role T-cells play in fighting off Covid-19; the scientists found that the virus-busting immune cells can remain in […]
Lab monkeys on the loose present potential infection risk
Police are searching for several macaques that escaped a truck after a crash A truck carrying some 100 monkeys was involved in a crash with a dump trailer in Montour County, Pennsylvania on Friday afternoon. The animals were being transported to a laboratory, local media reported, citing police. While it is unclear whether any animals […]
New Zealand refuses to give up its zero-case Covid-19 strategy as infection numbers rise in Auckland
With new cases being reported in locked-down Auckland daily, New Zealand’s Covid-19 response minister has said the government will not abandon its zero-infections strategy, even as it is becoming increasingly unrealistic. “We are not giving up on getting back down to zero. That is absolutely what we are striving for,” Chris Hipkins told a press […]
Israeli study claims Covid vaccine boosters reduce infection risk TENFOLD… day before FDA to decide on 3rd jab
A third dose of Pfizer’s vaccine could cut the risk of Covid infection by more than 10 times in elderly patients, according to an Israeli study, which was peer-reviewed just ahead of a key FDA meeting on boosters for Americans. Published in the New England Journal of Medicine on Wednesday night, the newly peer-reviewed study […]


