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QCovid is rocket science

Hang on.

18 February 2021

GPs could offer common asthma drug as early Covid-19 intervention

A common asthma drug, Budesonide, which could be given by GP surgeries as an early community intervention, has been found to reduce Covid-19 symptoms.

15 February 2021

A global effort is the only chance of overcoming Covid

The media has been awash with talk about ‘vaccine nationalism’.

12 February 2021

Welsh Covid vaccination sites to move to second doses earlier

Wales will begin administering second doses of the Covid vaccine from Monday (15 February) – 10 weeks after the first patients were given the initial jab, the Welsh Government has said.

12 February 2021

Wider range of symptoms linked with Covid-19, shows large study

Symptoms including chills, loss of appetite, headache and muscle aches are ‘strongly linked’ with being infected with Covid-19, a study of over one million people has shown.

10 February 2021

GPs to opportunistically report patients who developed Covid after vaccination

GPs should opportunistically record confirmed Covid in patients who have been vaccinated if they see them face to face, Public Health England (PHE) has said.

10 February 2021

Review PPE guidance for GP ‘hot zones’, say Covid aerosol researchers

PPE requirements for GPs working in Covid ‘hot zones’ need to be reviewed with the consideration of recommending higher-grade face masks, scientists studying aerosol transmission have told Pulse.

10 February 2021

Children will ‘almost certainly’ get Covid vaccine later this year, says JCVI expert

The Covid vaccine will ‘almost certainly’ be rolled out to children later in the year, a Government scientific adviser has said.

09 February 2021

Mixed-race people ‘three times less likely to have Covid jab’

White people are three times as likely to have had a Covid-19 vaccination compared those of mixed race, and twice as likely compared to black people, RCGP analysis of official data has shown.

08 February 2021

Oxford vaccine offers ‘minimal’ protection against South Africa Covid variant

A new study has suggested that the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine provides ‘minimal protection’ against mild to moderate infection with the South African variant of the virus.

08 February 2021