On Earth Day’s 50th Anniversary – Next Generation Health Professionals Call For “Sustainable” COVID-19 Recovery 22/04/2020 Elaine Ruth Fletcher Will the blue skies and rainbows seen in Delhi and other heavily polluted cities of the world be a fleeting image of the COVID-19 lockdown – or can it signal a change in trends around the world about how countries treat their environments? Save the shot – it may not recur soon. “This drop of […] Continue reading -> Europe’s COVID-19 Pandemic In Data – Case Counts, Mortality & Testing Rates 22/04/2020 Svĕt Lustig Vijay & Elaine Ruth Fletcher With COVID-19 pandemic curves beginning to flatten out in many parts of the Europe, Health Policy Watch presents a snapshot of infection and death trends in WHO’s European region through graphs that tell the story, using up-to-date data from the COVID-19 tracker of the Geneva-based Foundation for Innovative New Diagnostics (FIND). Notably, some striking, but […] Continue reading -> Leave Politics Out Of Pandemic: WHO Rebuts United States Criticism Over COVID-19 Early Warnings 20/04/2020 Elaine Ruth Fletcher & Grace Ren In characteristically soft-spoken tones, World Health Organization Director General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus issued his strongest rebuttal yet to the recent allegations by United States President Donald Trump that the WHO had hidden information in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, or failed to inform WHO member states rapidly enough. Calling upon his own […] Continue reading -> WHO Experts Urge Caution In Use of Antibody Tests To Determine COVID-19 Exit Strategies; Evidence Points Against Herd Immunity 17/04/2020 Elaine Ruth Fletcher World Health Organization experts are urging countries to use caution when determining whether to use large scale serological testing as part of their exit strategies from lockdowns. Serological testing identifies whether a person’s blood has antibodies for SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, indicating that they were exposed to the virus at some point and […] Continue reading -> African Health Leaders, Scientists Protest US Decision To Suspend WHO’s Funding; Gates Announces $150 Million More For COVID-19 Emergency 16/04/2020 Elaine Ruth Fletcher & Svĕt Lustig Vijay The impacts on Africa of United States President Trump’s decision to withhold funding to the WHO will be ‘quite significant’ as the US is the “number one contributor” of the WHO African Region budget, said Matshidiso Moeti, WHO Regional Director for Africa, at a joint press conference hosted by the WHO and the World Economic […] Continue reading -> Experts Warn COVID-19 Pandemic In Northern Hemisphere May Not Wane With Warmer Weather 09/04/2020 Elaine Ruth Fletcher Although there have been suggestions that warmer weather might lead to the waning of the COVID-19 pandemic in the Northern Hemisphere, a new study published by the United States National Academy of Sciences has dashed some cold water on that hypothesis, saying that available data on diease spread has so far failed to show strong […] Continue reading -> Significantly More COVID-19 Deaths Are Occuring In US Communities With Higher Air Pollution Levels 07/04/2020 Elaine Ruth Fletcher & Grace Ren People with COVID-19 are dying at significantly higher rates in communities in the United States with higher air pollution levels, according to a new Harvard University study – the first such study to systematically examine links between air pollution and higher COVID-19 mortality. For every 1 microgram/ cubic meter (µg/m3) increase in average annual levels […] Continue reading -> WHO Refrains From Public Mask Recommendation – Health Workers Need Them First; Intensity of Virus Exposure May Drive More Serious COVID-19 Disease 06/04/2020 Elaine Ruth Fletcher WHO deferred any broad recommendation to the public on the use of face masks, even as more countries were recommending some kind of a face cover or protective mask to reduce COVID-19 transmission. World Health Organization Director General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus stressed that health workers need to remain the key priority for the use […] Continue reading -> UN Climate Conference Postponed Until 2021 Due To COVID-19; Experts Debate Pandemic’s Impact On Climate Action 02/04/2020 Elaine Ruth Fletcher & Svĕt Lustig Vijay The critical UN Climate Conference of Parties (COP26) that was scheduled to take place in Glasgow, in November, has been postponed until 2021 as a result of the COVID-19 emergency. “The COP26 UN climate change conference set to take place in Glasgow in November has been postponed due to COVID-19,” stated an official message by […] Continue reading -> Strong Age-Linked COVID-19 Death Risk Confirmed By Largest-Ever Study Of Chinese Population Infected 31/03/2020 Grace Ren, Svĕt Lustig Vijay & Elaine Ruth Fletcher A new study examining data from nearly 90% of mainland China’s confirmed COVID-19 cases found that the death rate among people older than 80 was 13.4%, as compared to only .32% for people under the age of 60. Almost one in five patients over the age of 80 were likely to require hospitalisation, as compared […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Europe’s COVID-19 Pandemic In Data – Case Counts, Mortality & Testing Rates 22/04/2020 Svĕt Lustig Vijay & Elaine Ruth Fletcher With COVID-19 pandemic curves beginning to flatten out in many parts of the Europe, Health Policy Watch presents a snapshot of infection and death trends in WHO’s European region through graphs that tell the story, using up-to-date data from the COVID-19 tracker of the Geneva-based Foundation for Innovative New Diagnostics (FIND). Notably, some striking, but […] Continue reading -> Leave Politics Out Of Pandemic: WHO Rebuts United States Criticism Over COVID-19 Early Warnings 20/04/2020 Elaine Ruth Fletcher & Grace Ren In characteristically soft-spoken tones, World Health Organization Director General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus issued his strongest rebuttal yet to the recent allegations by United States President Donald Trump that the WHO had hidden information in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, or failed to inform WHO member states rapidly enough. Calling upon his own […] Continue reading -> WHO Experts Urge Caution In Use of Antibody Tests To Determine COVID-19 Exit Strategies; Evidence Points Against Herd Immunity 17/04/2020 Elaine Ruth Fletcher World Health Organization experts are urging countries to use caution when determining whether to use large scale serological testing as part of their exit strategies from lockdowns. Serological testing identifies whether a person’s blood has antibodies for SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, indicating that they were exposed to the virus at some point and […] Continue reading -> African Health Leaders, Scientists Protest US Decision To Suspend WHO’s Funding; Gates Announces $150 Million More For COVID-19 Emergency 16/04/2020 Elaine Ruth Fletcher & Svĕt Lustig Vijay The impacts on Africa of United States President Trump’s decision to withhold funding to the WHO will be ‘quite significant’ as the US is the “number one contributor” of the WHO African Region budget, said Matshidiso Moeti, WHO Regional Director for Africa, at a joint press conference hosted by the WHO and the World Economic […] Continue reading -> Experts Warn COVID-19 Pandemic In Northern Hemisphere May Not Wane With Warmer Weather 09/04/2020 Elaine Ruth Fletcher Although there have been suggestions that warmer weather might lead to the waning of the COVID-19 pandemic in the Northern Hemisphere, a new study published by the United States National Academy of Sciences has dashed some cold water on that hypothesis, saying that available data on diease spread has so far failed to show strong […] Continue reading -> Significantly More COVID-19 Deaths Are Occuring In US Communities With Higher Air Pollution Levels 07/04/2020 Elaine Ruth Fletcher & Grace Ren People with COVID-19 are dying at significantly higher rates in communities in the United States with higher air pollution levels, according to a new Harvard University study – the first such study to systematically examine links between air pollution and higher COVID-19 mortality. For every 1 microgram/ cubic meter (µg/m3) increase in average annual levels […] Continue reading -> WHO Refrains From Public Mask Recommendation – Health Workers Need Them First; Intensity of Virus Exposure May Drive More Serious COVID-19 Disease 06/04/2020 Elaine Ruth Fletcher WHO deferred any broad recommendation to the public on the use of face masks, even as more countries were recommending some kind of a face cover or protective mask to reduce COVID-19 transmission. World Health Organization Director General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus stressed that health workers need to remain the key priority for the use […] Continue reading -> UN Climate Conference Postponed Until 2021 Due To COVID-19; Experts Debate Pandemic’s Impact On Climate Action 02/04/2020 Elaine Ruth Fletcher & Svĕt Lustig Vijay The critical UN Climate Conference of Parties (COP26) that was scheduled to take place in Glasgow, in November, has been postponed until 2021 as a result of the COVID-19 emergency. “The COP26 UN climate change conference set to take place in Glasgow in November has been postponed due to COVID-19,” stated an official message by […] Continue reading -> Strong Age-Linked COVID-19 Death Risk Confirmed By Largest-Ever Study Of Chinese Population Infected 31/03/2020 Grace Ren, Svĕt Lustig Vijay & Elaine Ruth Fletcher A new study examining data from nearly 90% of mainland China’s confirmed COVID-19 cases found that the death rate among people older than 80 was 13.4%, as compared to only .32% for people under the age of 60. Almost one in five patients over the age of 80 were likely to require hospitalisation, as compared […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Leave Politics Out Of Pandemic: WHO Rebuts United States Criticism Over COVID-19 Early Warnings 20/04/2020 Elaine Ruth Fletcher & Grace Ren In characteristically soft-spoken tones, World Health Organization Director General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus issued his strongest rebuttal yet to the recent allegations by United States President Donald Trump that the WHO had hidden information in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, or failed to inform WHO member states rapidly enough. Calling upon his own […] Continue reading -> WHO Experts Urge Caution In Use of Antibody Tests To Determine COVID-19 Exit Strategies; Evidence Points Against Herd Immunity 17/04/2020 Elaine Ruth Fletcher World Health Organization experts are urging countries to use caution when determining whether to use large scale serological testing as part of their exit strategies from lockdowns. Serological testing identifies whether a person’s blood has antibodies for SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, indicating that they were exposed to the virus at some point and […] Continue reading -> African Health Leaders, Scientists Protest US Decision To Suspend WHO’s Funding; Gates Announces $150 Million More For COVID-19 Emergency 16/04/2020 Elaine Ruth Fletcher & Svĕt Lustig Vijay The impacts on Africa of United States President Trump’s decision to withhold funding to the WHO will be ‘quite significant’ as the US is the “number one contributor” of the WHO African Region budget, said Matshidiso Moeti, WHO Regional Director for Africa, at a joint press conference hosted by the WHO and the World Economic […] Continue reading -> Experts Warn COVID-19 Pandemic In Northern Hemisphere May Not Wane With Warmer Weather 09/04/2020 Elaine Ruth Fletcher Although there have been suggestions that warmer weather might lead to the waning of the COVID-19 pandemic in the Northern Hemisphere, a new study published by the United States National Academy of Sciences has dashed some cold water on that hypothesis, saying that available data on diease spread has so far failed to show strong […] Continue reading -> Significantly More COVID-19 Deaths Are Occuring In US Communities With Higher Air Pollution Levels 07/04/2020 Elaine Ruth Fletcher & Grace Ren People with COVID-19 are dying at significantly higher rates in communities in the United States with higher air pollution levels, according to a new Harvard University study – the first such study to systematically examine links between air pollution and higher COVID-19 mortality. For every 1 microgram/ cubic meter (µg/m3) increase in average annual levels […] Continue reading -> WHO Refrains From Public Mask Recommendation – Health Workers Need Them First; Intensity of Virus Exposure May Drive More Serious COVID-19 Disease 06/04/2020 Elaine Ruth Fletcher WHO deferred any broad recommendation to the public on the use of face masks, even as more countries were recommending some kind of a face cover or protective mask to reduce COVID-19 transmission. World Health Organization Director General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus stressed that health workers need to remain the key priority for the use […] Continue reading -> UN Climate Conference Postponed Until 2021 Due To COVID-19; Experts Debate Pandemic’s Impact On Climate Action 02/04/2020 Elaine Ruth Fletcher & Svĕt Lustig Vijay The critical UN Climate Conference of Parties (COP26) that was scheduled to take place in Glasgow, in November, has been postponed until 2021 as a result of the COVID-19 emergency. “The COP26 UN climate change conference set to take place in Glasgow in November has been postponed due to COVID-19,” stated an official message by […] Continue reading -> Strong Age-Linked COVID-19 Death Risk Confirmed By Largest-Ever Study Of Chinese Population Infected 31/03/2020 Grace Ren, Svĕt Lustig Vijay & Elaine Ruth Fletcher A new study examining data from nearly 90% of mainland China’s confirmed COVID-19 cases found that the death rate among people older than 80 was 13.4%, as compared to only .32% for people under the age of 60. Almost one in five patients over the age of 80 were likely to require hospitalisation, as compared […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
WHO Experts Urge Caution In Use of Antibody Tests To Determine COVID-19 Exit Strategies; Evidence Points Against Herd Immunity 17/04/2020 Elaine Ruth Fletcher World Health Organization experts are urging countries to use caution when determining whether to use large scale serological testing as part of their exit strategies from lockdowns. Serological testing identifies whether a person’s blood has antibodies for SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, indicating that they were exposed to the virus at some point and […] Continue reading -> African Health Leaders, Scientists Protest US Decision To Suspend WHO’s Funding; Gates Announces $150 Million More For COVID-19 Emergency 16/04/2020 Elaine Ruth Fletcher & Svĕt Lustig Vijay The impacts on Africa of United States President Trump’s decision to withhold funding to the WHO will be ‘quite significant’ as the US is the “number one contributor” of the WHO African Region budget, said Matshidiso Moeti, WHO Regional Director for Africa, at a joint press conference hosted by the WHO and the World Economic […] Continue reading -> Experts Warn COVID-19 Pandemic In Northern Hemisphere May Not Wane With Warmer Weather 09/04/2020 Elaine Ruth Fletcher Although there have been suggestions that warmer weather might lead to the waning of the COVID-19 pandemic in the Northern Hemisphere, a new study published by the United States National Academy of Sciences has dashed some cold water on that hypothesis, saying that available data on diease spread has so far failed to show strong […] Continue reading -> Significantly More COVID-19 Deaths Are Occuring In US Communities With Higher Air Pollution Levels 07/04/2020 Elaine Ruth Fletcher & Grace Ren People with COVID-19 are dying at significantly higher rates in communities in the United States with higher air pollution levels, according to a new Harvard University study – the first such study to systematically examine links between air pollution and higher COVID-19 mortality. For every 1 microgram/ cubic meter (µg/m3) increase in average annual levels […] Continue reading -> WHO Refrains From Public Mask Recommendation – Health Workers Need Them First; Intensity of Virus Exposure May Drive More Serious COVID-19 Disease 06/04/2020 Elaine Ruth Fletcher WHO deferred any broad recommendation to the public on the use of face masks, even as more countries were recommending some kind of a face cover or protective mask to reduce COVID-19 transmission. World Health Organization Director General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus stressed that health workers need to remain the key priority for the use […] Continue reading -> UN Climate Conference Postponed Until 2021 Due To COVID-19; Experts Debate Pandemic’s Impact On Climate Action 02/04/2020 Elaine Ruth Fletcher & Svĕt Lustig Vijay The critical UN Climate Conference of Parties (COP26) that was scheduled to take place in Glasgow, in November, has been postponed until 2021 as a result of the COVID-19 emergency. “The COP26 UN climate change conference set to take place in Glasgow in November has been postponed due to COVID-19,” stated an official message by […] Continue reading -> Strong Age-Linked COVID-19 Death Risk Confirmed By Largest-Ever Study Of Chinese Population Infected 31/03/2020 Grace Ren, Svĕt Lustig Vijay & Elaine Ruth Fletcher A new study examining data from nearly 90% of mainland China’s confirmed COVID-19 cases found that the death rate among people older than 80 was 13.4%, as compared to only .32% for people under the age of 60. Almost one in five patients over the age of 80 were likely to require hospitalisation, as compared […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
African Health Leaders, Scientists Protest US Decision To Suspend WHO’s Funding; Gates Announces $150 Million More For COVID-19 Emergency 16/04/2020 Elaine Ruth Fletcher & Svĕt Lustig Vijay The impacts on Africa of United States President Trump’s decision to withhold funding to the WHO will be ‘quite significant’ as the US is the “number one contributor” of the WHO African Region budget, said Matshidiso Moeti, WHO Regional Director for Africa, at a joint press conference hosted by the WHO and the World Economic […] Continue reading -> Experts Warn COVID-19 Pandemic In Northern Hemisphere May Not Wane With Warmer Weather 09/04/2020 Elaine Ruth Fletcher Although there have been suggestions that warmer weather might lead to the waning of the COVID-19 pandemic in the Northern Hemisphere, a new study published by the United States National Academy of Sciences has dashed some cold water on that hypothesis, saying that available data on diease spread has so far failed to show strong […] Continue reading -> Significantly More COVID-19 Deaths Are Occuring In US Communities With Higher Air Pollution Levels 07/04/2020 Elaine Ruth Fletcher & Grace Ren People with COVID-19 are dying at significantly higher rates in communities in the United States with higher air pollution levels, according to a new Harvard University study – the first such study to systematically examine links between air pollution and higher COVID-19 mortality. For every 1 microgram/ cubic meter (µg/m3) increase in average annual levels […] Continue reading -> WHO Refrains From Public Mask Recommendation – Health Workers Need Them First; Intensity of Virus Exposure May Drive More Serious COVID-19 Disease 06/04/2020 Elaine Ruth Fletcher WHO deferred any broad recommendation to the public on the use of face masks, even as more countries were recommending some kind of a face cover or protective mask to reduce COVID-19 transmission. World Health Organization Director General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus stressed that health workers need to remain the key priority for the use […] Continue reading -> UN Climate Conference Postponed Until 2021 Due To COVID-19; Experts Debate Pandemic’s Impact On Climate Action 02/04/2020 Elaine Ruth Fletcher & Svĕt Lustig Vijay The critical UN Climate Conference of Parties (COP26) that was scheduled to take place in Glasgow, in November, has been postponed until 2021 as a result of the COVID-19 emergency. “The COP26 UN climate change conference set to take place in Glasgow in November has been postponed due to COVID-19,” stated an official message by […] Continue reading -> Strong Age-Linked COVID-19 Death Risk Confirmed By Largest-Ever Study Of Chinese Population Infected 31/03/2020 Grace Ren, Svĕt Lustig Vijay & Elaine Ruth Fletcher A new study examining data from nearly 90% of mainland China’s confirmed COVID-19 cases found that the death rate among people older than 80 was 13.4%, as compared to only .32% for people under the age of 60. Almost one in five patients over the age of 80 were likely to require hospitalisation, as compared […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Experts Warn COVID-19 Pandemic In Northern Hemisphere May Not Wane With Warmer Weather 09/04/2020 Elaine Ruth Fletcher Although there have been suggestions that warmer weather might lead to the waning of the COVID-19 pandemic in the Northern Hemisphere, a new study published by the United States National Academy of Sciences has dashed some cold water on that hypothesis, saying that available data on diease spread has so far failed to show strong […] Continue reading -> Significantly More COVID-19 Deaths Are Occuring In US Communities With Higher Air Pollution Levels 07/04/2020 Elaine Ruth Fletcher & Grace Ren People with COVID-19 are dying at significantly higher rates in communities in the United States with higher air pollution levels, according to a new Harvard University study – the first such study to systematically examine links between air pollution and higher COVID-19 mortality. For every 1 microgram/ cubic meter (µg/m3) increase in average annual levels […] Continue reading -> WHO Refrains From Public Mask Recommendation – Health Workers Need Them First; Intensity of Virus Exposure May Drive More Serious COVID-19 Disease 06/04/2020 Elaine Ruth Fletcher WHO deferred any broad recommendation to the public on the use of face masks, even as more countries were recommending some kind of a face cover or protective mask to reduce COVID-19 transmission. World Health Organization Director General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus stressed that health workers need to remain the key priority for the use […] Continue reading -> UN Climate Conference Postponed Until 2021 Due To COVID-19; Experts Debate Pandemic’s Impact On Climate Action 02/04/2020 Elaine Ruth Fletcher & Svĕt Lustig Vijay The critical UN Climate Conference of Parties (COP26) that was scheduled to take place in Glasgow, in November, has been postponed until 2021 as a result of the COVID-19 emergency. “The COP26 UN climate change conference set to take place in Glasgow in November has been postponed due to COVID-19,” stated an official message by […] Continue reading -> Strong Age-Linked COVID-19 Death Risk Confirmed By Largest-Ever Study Of Chinese Population Infected 31/03/2020 Grace Ren, Svĕt Lustig Vijay & Elaine Ruth Fletcher A new study examining data from nearly 90% of mainland China’s confirmed COVID-19 cases found that the death rate among people older than 80 was 13.4%, as compared to only .32% for people under the age of 60. Almost one in five patients over the age of 80 were likely to require hospitalisation, as compared […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Significantly More COVID-19 Deaths Are Occuring In US Communities With Higher Air Pollution Levels 07/04/2020 Elaine Ruth Fletcher & Grace Ren People with COVID-19 are dying at significantly higher rates in communities in the United States with higher air pollution levels, according to a new Harvard University study – the first such study to systematically examine links between air pollution and higher COVID-19 mortality. For every 1 microgram/ cubic meter (µg/m3) increase in average annual levels […] Continue reading -> WHO Refrains From Public Mask Recommendation – Health Workers Need Them First; Intensity of Virus Exposure May Drive More Serious COVID-19 Disease 06/04/2020 Elaine Ruth Fletcher WHO deferred any broad recommendation to the public on the use of face masks, even as more countries were recommending some kind of a face cover or protective mask to reduce COVID-19 transmission. World Health Organization Director General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus stressed that health workers need to remain the key priority for the use […] Continue reading -> UN Climate Conference Postponed Until 2021 Due To COVID-19; Experts Debate Pandemic’s Impact On Climate Action 02/04/2020 Elaine Ruth Fletcher & Svĕt Lustig Vijay The critical UN Climate Conference of Parties (COP26) that was scheduled to take place in Glasgow, in November, has been postponed until 2021 as a result of the COVID-19 emergency. “The COP26 UN climate change conference set to take place in Glasgow in November has been postponed due to COVID-19,” stated an official message by […] Continue reading -> Strong Age-Linked COVID-19 Death Risk Confirmed By Largest-Ever Study Of Chinese Population Infected 31/03/2020 Grace Ren, Svĕt Lustig Vijay & Elaine Ruth Fletcher A new study examining data from nearly 90% of mainland China’s confirmed COVID-19 cases found that the death rate among people older than 80 was 13.4%, as compared to only .32% for people under the age of 60. Almost one in five patients over the age of 80 were likely to require hospitalisation, as compared […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
WHO Refrains From Public Mask Recommendation – Health Workers Need Them First; Intensity of Virus Exposure May Drive More Serious COVID-19 Disease 06/04/2020 Elaine Ruth Fletcher WHO deferred any broad recommendation to the public on the use of face masks, even as more countries were recommending some kind of a face cover or protective mask to reduce COVID-19 transmission. World Health Organization Director General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus stressed that health workers need to remain the key priority for the use […] Continue reading -> UN Climate Conference Postponed Until 2021 Due To COVID-19; Experts Debate Pandemic’s Impact On Climate Action 02/04/2020 Elaine Ruth Fletcher & Svĕt Lustig Vijay The critical UN Climate Conference of Parties (COP26) that was scheduled to take place in Glasgow, in November, has been postponed until 2021 as a result of the COVID-19 emergency. “The COP26 UN climate change conference set to take place in Glasgow in November has been postponed due to COVID-19,” stated an official message by […] Continue reading -> Strong Age-Linked COVID-19 Death Risk Confirmed By Largest-Ever Study Of Chinese Population Infected 31/03/2020 Grace Ren, Svĕt Lustig Vijay & Elaine Ruth Fletcher A new study examining data from nearly 90% of mainland China’s confirmed COVID-19 cases found that the death rate among people older than 80 was 13.4%, as compared to only .32% for people under the age of 60. Almost one in five patients over the age of 80 were likely to require hospitalisation, as compared […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
UN Climate Conference Postponed Until 2021 Due To COVID-19; Experts Debate Pandemic’s Impact On Climate Action 02/04/2020 Elaine Ruth Fletcher & Svĕt Lustig Vijay The critical UN Climate Conference of Parties (COP26) that was scheduled to take place in Glasgow, in November, has been postponed until 2021 as a result of the COVID-19 emergency. “The COP26 UN climate change conference set to take place in Glasgow in November has been postponed due to COVID-19,” stated an official message by […] Continue reading -> Strong Age-Linked COVID-19 Death Risk Confirmed By Largest-Ever Study Of Chinese Population Infected 31/03/2020 Grace Ren, Svĕt Lustig Vijay & Elaine Ruth Fletcher A new study examining data from nearly 90% of mainland China’s confirmed COVID-19 cases found that the death rate among people older than 80 was 13.4%, as compared to only .32% for people under the age of 60. Almost one in five patients over the age of 80 were likely to require hospitalisation, as compared […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Strong Age-Linked COVID-19 Death Risk Confirmed By Largest-Ever Study Of Chinese Population Infected 31/03/2020 Grace Ren, Svĕt Lustig Vijay & Elaine Ruth Fletcher A new study examining data from nearly 90% of mainland China’s confirmed COVID-19 cases found that the death rate among people older than 80 was 13.4%, as compared to only .32% for people under the age of 60. Almost one in five patients over the age of 80 were likely to require hospitalisation, as compared […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts