COVID-19: Fire service to assist with antigen testing, transportation of NHS outpatients to appointments or to receive urgent care and with providing instruction to others on non-blue light ambulance driving. Following the unprecedented Agreement reached on 26 March between the Fire Service National Employers, National Fire Chiefs Council and Fire Brigades Union, it has today […]
Physiology experts respond to questions from coronavirus frontline on new forum. Frontline clinicians treating coronavirus patients can now gain access to up-to-the-minute advice from human physiology experts thanks to a new initiative hosted by The Physiological Society. ‘Questions from the frontline‘ puts some of the world’s best physiologists at easy and immediate distance from frontline […]
A new clinical trial led by the University of Warwick and Queen’s University Belfast seeks to find alternatives to ventilators to treat patients who are critically ill with COVID-19. Researchers will deliver a clinical trial that aims to recruit approximately 4,000 patients in order to find effective alternative solutions for patients with COVID-19 to reduce […]
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Giving CPR during the pandemic – Resuscitation Council UK Statement on COVID-19 in relation to CPR and resuscitation in first aid and community settings. This statement is for anyone who is performing CPR/defibrillation in an out-of-hospital setting. Whenever CPR is carried out, particularly on an unknown victim, there is some risk of cross infection, associated […]
Labs at the University of Birmingham have been re-purposed to support the testing of frontline NHS staff in the city from this week, supporting University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust to upscale their testing capacity during the COVID-19 outbreak. Enabling same-day testing for staff at UHB, the West Midlands Ambulance Service (WMAS) and Birmingham Women’s […]
Brazzaville/ Cairo, 7 April 2019 – The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Africa has risen to more than 10 000 and caused more than 500 deaths. While the virus was slow to reach the continent compared to other parts of the world, infection has grown exponentially in recent weeks and continues to spread. Reaching […]
The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control ECDC has reviewed the criteria to be considered when deciding whether a confirmed COVID-19 case can be safely (i.e. without being infectious) discharged from hospital or released from home isolation. Their report answers the following working questions: What is the duration of SARS-CoV-2 virus shedding in bodily […]
Monash University researchers are developing a Covid-19 test to rapidly diagnose active virus infection within an hour: The pilot study is up and running. Despite reports of a new finger prick blood test being available soon – which tests whether a person has been infected with COVID 19 and therefore may have immunity – the […]
I should probably be writing this saying that I have said good-bye to Covid-19, but I have to admit that the virus and I seem to have come to an understanding – it lurks in the back of my throat and my nose while I stay rested but roars back into life when I feel […]
Wearing a face mask in shared public spaces could protect vulnerable people against Coronavirus. Due to the rapid-response nature of this research, this research is not peer reviewed. Wearing a face mask while out-and-about on public transport, in shops and in crowded places could help protect vulnerable people from COVID-19 – according to a new […]
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