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Biegowelove: R increases to between 1 and 1.2

Polish news. Dr Mike Tildesley, a member of the government's Pandemic Influenza Advisory Committee for the Modeling Group (Spi-M), said lifting all restrictions on June 21 could be at risk if ministers “worried” about the increase in hospitalizations and deaths as a result of the Indian alternative.

 

Fri 11 Jun 2021, 14:00 | Tags: COVID19, Coverage, Expert comment

SwissInfo: what is known of the first human case of H10N3 avian flu?

International Swiss news. 'What is bird flu? It is a type of illness "caused by influenza viruses that are very easily transmitted between birds, but very rarely cause illness in humans", explains Dr. Nicole Robb (University of Warwick), cited by the British Science Media Center (SMC)'.

 

Fri 04 Jun 2021, 15:38 | Tags: COVID19, Coverage, Expert comment

DW Portuguese: Little by little, Europe frees itself from the lockdown

German broadcaster in Portuguese. "If we've learned anything about this virus, it's that once it starts to spread beyond a few cases, it becomes very difficult to control," says Lawrence Young, a virologist at the University of Warwick, to the AP news agency. "Only extremely strict local lockdowns after a few cases will stop the virus from spreading." See also AP News (Spanish)

 

Fri 04 Jun 2021, 15:23 | Tags: COVID19, Coverage, Expert comment

L'Etudiant: In this time of the health crisis, where are the European universities?

French education news. Luciana Radut-Gaghi of EUTOPIA says: "We already had a strong relationship with the University of Warwick (England), added that of Brussels (Belgium) and three others, a Swedish, Barcelona and Slovenian, details Luciana Radut-Gaghi, vice-president in charge of the European alliance Eutopia in Cergy-Pontoise. Our universities are quite similar: young and with a comparable number of students.

Fri 04 Jun 2021, 15:07 | Tags: COVID19, EUTOPIA, Coverage

Ouest France: retirees teach French to students

French news. "We call each other every week on Wednesdays with Suzanne," says the University of Warwick student. "We talk for at least an hour. The conversation starts very naturally. I like the familiarity that has developed between us."

Wed 26 May 2021, 13:07 | Tags: Coverage

Deutsche Welle Portuguese: Dogs can detect covid with up to 94% accuracy

"This proof-of-concept study suggests that dogs trained for detection can be used in places like airports, stadiums and venues," said Lawrence Young, a virologist and professor at the University of Warwick. "The big question is, will this approach work in the real world on people, rather than on t-shirt and sock samples?" See also CNN Espagnol (Spanish)

Wed 26 May 2021, 12:47 | Tags: COVID19, Coverage, Expert comment

Merca2.0: Hackers invaded your internet while working from home?

Spanish news. According to a study led by the University of Warwick , the number of attacks in 2020 was seen to increase more than 50 percent from the previous year. And as many of the remote working systems will continue to be used into 2021 and beyond, the threat of hackers will remain around for a long time to come. In this sense, it is important to detect if there are malicious agents in the internet networks at home.

Tue 18 May 2021, 15:39 | Tags: Coverage

Biegowelove: Brits have to work from home indefinitely, government officials say

Polish news. Mike Tildesley of the University of Warwick, who is also a member of the Sage Spi-M Modeling Committee, said: “People who work from home reduce the risk of infection, but at some point we also need some kind of recovery from a mental health perspective and luxury."

Tue 11 May 2021, 15:19 | Tags: COVID19, Coverage, Expert comment

Il Meteo: Covid vaccine, one dose is able to halve the infection in the family.

Italian news. Mike Tildesley, epidemiologist at the University of Warwick , also clarifies: "The results confirm that the path of vaccination is the right one, on the other hand, however, remember that vaccines do not give 100% immunization [...] There is no doubt however that immunizations are providing at least some level of protection from virus transmission if you get infected [...] it is further evidence that as many people as possible need to be vaccinated to achieve levels of protection. much higher among the population and reduce the number of victims"

Tue 11 May 2021, 14:35 | Tags: COVID19, Coverage, Expert comment

Deutsche Welle: "Attitudes towards spontaneous abortion need to change"

German broadcaster. A series of new articles published in the medical journal The Lancet, written by two British researchers and their teams, including Professor Siobhan Quenby of Warwick Medical School, sheds light on an extremely common but neglected health problem: spontaneous abortion.

 

Tue 11 May 2021, 14:16 | Tags: Coverage

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