One in five US states reported record high levels of Covid-19 hospitalisations during August. By late August, the number of patients hospitalised in the US with coronavirus topped 100,000 for the first time since January. Although that figure continued to edge higher, to 104,178 on August 31 — more than double the level at the end of July — there are signs the national pace of admissions is easing.
About 500,000 people in the UK with severely weakened immune systems will be offered a third jab in an effort to protect them from the virus ahead of the winter months, UK health secretary Sajid Javid said on Wednesday. He said the decision was based on the recommendations of the UK’s Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation, but stressed it was not the beginning of the long-awaited booster campaign.
The degenerative effect on the brain of coronavirus will add fuel to the “pandemic of dementia”, which will affect an estimated 80m by the end of the…
