Coronavirus

Health 23 September 2020 By Clare Wilson QR codes are used to scan in samples at a new testing centre in GlasgowAndrew Milligan/Pool/AFP via Getty images THIS month, UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced an ambition to increase the country’s capacity for coronavirus testing to several million tests a day. Billed as Operation Moonshot, the…

People walk on Stranvagen in Stockholm on September 19, 2020.JONATHAN NACKSTRAND | AFP | Getty ImagesSweden's chief epidemiologist has partly blamed the country's high coronavirus death toll on mild flu outbreaks in recent winters."When many people die of the flu in the winter, fewer die in heat waves the following summer. In this case, it…

Image copyright EPA Image caption Prof Chris Whitty and Sir Patrick Vallance came under fire at the start of the pandemic As the UK introduces fresh restrictions on social contact to curb the spread of coronavirus, controversy continues to rage about whether the government had initially considered trying a very different approach.At the start of…

On Monday, the state totals were 117,406 cases and 6,665 deaths.New COVID-19 cases and deaths remain flat in Michigan. Testing has remained steady, with an average of more than 30,000 per day, with the positive rate between 2.5 and 3.5 percent. The state reported its highest one-day testing total with more than 41,000 diagnostic tests…

JASON: WELCOME BACK. 1100 NEW CORONAVIRUS CASES IN OKLAHOMA REPORTED ON MONDAY. THE STATE’S ACTIVE CASE COUNT NOW MOVES BEYOND 12,00 HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE LATEST TRENDS IN OUR STATE AND BEYOND IS DR. DALE BRATZL , THINK YOU FOR JOINING US. LET’S START WITH WHAT IS GOI ON OU’S CAMPUS. HE TALKED ABOUT…