Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Contact patterns changed in response to national COVID-19 guidance

The number of daily contacts changed over the course of 2020, following the first lockdown, corresponding to alterations in the COVID-19 guidance, suggests a study among staff and students at the University of Bristol. The ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Portugal poised to extend lockdown as COVID-19 cases fall

Portugal's COVID-19 infection rate has dropped sharply after a lockdown aimed at addressing a devastating January pandemic surge, but it is still recording the most daily deaths in the world by size of population, health ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Israel begins exit from third virus lockdown

Israeli barbershops and some other businesses reopened Sunday as the country began easing its third coronavirus lockdown amid an aggressive vaccination campaign.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Israel to ease lockdown as Covid numbers slow

Israel announced Friday that it will ease lockdown measures but keep its international airport closed until February 20 following a slight fall in the spread of coronavirus cases.

Psychology & Psychiatry

The pandemic lockdown's psychological impact on pregnant women

During the lockdown in the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in Spain, pregnant women had higher symptoms of depression and anxiety. The finding comes from a study published in Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica, ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Dutch lockdown extended as virus variants gain strongly

Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte extended almost all of his country's tough lockdown measures on Tuesday for at least a month, saying that the rapid spread of the new more transmissible variant made the decision unavoidable.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Austria to ease third virus lockdown from February 8

Austria will start relaxing its third coronavirus lockdown from February 8, Chancellor Sebastian Kurz announced on Monday, with schools, museums and shops set to reopen.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Macron gambles by saying 'non' to lockdown

French President Emmanuel Macron has gambled by not imposing a third national lockdown to contain COVID-19—against expectations and the advice of senior scientific advisers.

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