The UK government has announced deals for Covid-19 antivirals molnupiravir (from Merck) and PF-07321332 /ritonavir (from Pfizer). Richard Torbett, … read more
The NHS confederation has called to enact ‘Plan B plus’ to avoid ‘stumbling into winter crisis’. Prof Paul Moss, … read more
A comment from Dr Jason Oke and Dr Julian Tang on the latest daily COVID-19 death statistic, as published on … read more
There have been reports in the media of a new Delta descendant designated as AY.4.2, here are some general comments … read more
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) have released provisional counts of the number of deaths registered in England and Wales in the … read more
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) have released a technical article looking at the impact of vaccination on testing positive in … read more
The press release from Valneva reports positive phase 3 results for inactivated, adjuvanted COVID-19 Vaccine Candidate VLA2001. This Roundup accompanied … read more
Valneva has just announced the top line results of its phase 3 trial, Cov-Compare, of its inactivated, adjuvanted COVID-19 vaccine … read more
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) have released the latest data from their COVID-19 Infection Survey. Dr Simon Clarke, Associate Professor … read more
The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) has announced that testing at a private lab has been suspended following reports of people … read more
A study published in PLOS Medicine looks at statins and COVID-19 mortality in Stockholm, Sweden. Prof Tim Chico, Professor … read more
The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) has published its latest weekly national influenza and COVID-19 surveillance report. Dr Simon … read more
The REACT-1 team from Imperial College London has now completed round 14 of their study looking at virus prevalence across … read more
A preprint, an unpublished non-peer reviewed study, reports on the latest data from the REACT-1 study on COVID-19 spread across … read more
A study published in Clinical Epidemiology looks at lateral flow test (LFT) sensitivity. Dr Thomas House, Reader in Mathematical … read more
A news feature from Nature looks at abuse received by scientists who have spoken to the media during the COVID-19 … read more
A systematic review published in JAMA Network Open looks at short-term and long-term rates of postacute sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 infection. … read more
There have been several media reports about an increased number of school children receiving false positive lateral flow tests. … read more
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) have released provisional counts of the number of deaths registered in England and Wales in the … read more
The House of Commons Science and Technology Committee and Health and Social Care Committee have today published their report examining the initial UK response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Dr Julian Tang, Honorary … read more
