Coronavirus

New research suggests that antibodies the immune system makes to fight the new coronavirus may only last a few months in people with mild illness, but that doesn't mean protection also is gone or that it won't be possible to develop an effective vaccine."Infection with this coronavirus does not necessarily generate lifetime immunity," but antibodies…

By Clare Wilson , Jessica Hamzelou , Adam Vaughan , Conrad Quilty-Harper and Layal Liverpool Shoppers wearing face coverings on Oxford Street, London.Dominic Lipinski/PA Wire/PA Images Latest coronavirus news as of 5 pm on 21 July Humanity will be living with the coronavirus for “many years,” says health charity chief “Things will not be done…

data released Tuesday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.The findings suggest that large numbers of people who did not have symptoms or did not seek medical care may have kept the virus circulating in their communities.The study indicates that even the hardest-hit area in the study — New York City, where nearly one…

The spread of the coronavirus in Spain has tripled in the last three weeks following the easing of lockdown measures, health officials say.The virus, which infected residents there at a rate of eight per every 100,000 at the end of June, is now infecting 27 per 100,000, Reuters quoted Deputy Health Emergency Chief Maria Sierra as saying Monday.“Where measures have been relaxed is where these…

A senior British official has called the latest news on an Oxford University team's potential coronavirus vaccine "extremely encouraging." The results of the Phase I/II trial of the vaccine being developed by Oxford's Jenner Institute, in conjunction with pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca, showed that it is safe and "produced strong immune results," according to the research…