A top scientist at the World Health Organization (WHO) warned on Monday that the world is shifting further away from the end of the COVID-19 pandemic, owing to factors like viral variants, social mixing, the flouting of public health measures and vaccine inequities. Dr. Maria Van Kerkhove, epidemiologist and WHO COVID-19 technical lead, noted an… Read More »
England will press ahead with plans to ease COVID-19 restrictions further on May 17, including allowing people to meet indoors, thanks to favourable data on infections and vaccines. The country is in the process of gradually lifting its latest lockdown over a period of months, in line with a four-step plan unveiled in February. Under… Read More »
As a first-year medical student, the transition to an online curriculum has posed a unique set of challenges. I am often asked, “How exactly can you become a doctor without having seen a patient, without having put a stethoscope on another human being?” I’ve been told many times already by my professors that to listen… Read More »
The UK must go “further, faster” to ramp up coronavirus testing capacity, Cabinet Office minister Michael Gove has said. The government has set a target of carrying out 25,000 tests a day – but that will not be met until the end of April. Mr Gove said there was a global shortage of the chemicals… Read More »