Poland's health system faces collapse amid COVID-19 crisis ...
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2020/10/31 — Poland's health system faces collapse amid COVID-19 crisis. On Thursday, October 29, the number of new coronavirus cases in Poland broke the threshold of 20,000. Epidemiologist and government adviser Andrzej Horban ...
Osaka to request stronger anti-virus measures as prefecture enters 'fourth wave'
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UK Covid: R value below 1 for first time since July as number ...
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2021/02/12 — The reproduction number, or R value, of coronavirus transmission across the UK is between 0.7 and 0.9, according to the latest government figures, falling below 1 for the since July last year. The UK reported a further 758 ...
How is R calculated?
You can't capture the moment people are infected. Instead, scientists work backwards.
Data - such as the number of people dying, admitted to hospital or testing positive for the virus over time - is used to estimate how easily the virus is spreading.
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打完疫苗有沒有效、體內是否有抗體?現在已有快速且正確的得知方法。長庚醫院團隊及長庚大學宣布,共同研發的「新冠肺炎病毒有效中和抗體檢測試劑」,已製出成品並取得食藥署EUA證書認證完成,可正式量產上市使用,能協助已染疫或施打疫苗後民眾,自我檢測體內是否確實具有中和病毒抗體,可免於擔憂被感染或感染他人的危險。
Northwestern University
A new and minimally invasive COVID-19 antibody blood test, developed by Northwestern scientists, requires only a single drop of blood self-collected at home. This test could help estimate herd immunity, measure vaccine effectiveness and model the course of future waves of infection. http://spr.ly/6187HQLdZ
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Home blood test for COVID-19 antibodies can measure vaccine effectiveness and progress toward herd immunity
A new COVID-19 antibody blood test developed by Northwestern Un