Modeling just released by COVID-19 Modeling Aotearoa suggests that the current omicron outbreak will be large and put significant strain on hospitals in Aotearoa New Zealand over the coming months.
Feb 8, 2022
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The U.S. has now vaccinated more than 208 million people with at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine. More people are getting vaccinated, but transmission rates in communities are still high, with 94% of U.S. counties classified ...
Sep 22, 2021
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Relaxing restrictions like mask-wearing and social distancing when most people have been vaccinated greatly increases the risk of vaccine-resistant variants of the virus that causes COVID-19, new research showed on Friday.
Jul 30, 2021
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A new study examines factors that underlie COVID-19 outbreaks in schools and suggests that large outbreaks can only be prevented with regular monitoring of everyone in the school setting. Paul Tupper and Caroline Colijn of ...
Jul 8, 2021
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The WHO voiced deep concern on Tuesday at the COVID-19 situation in South America, warning that outbreaks in the already hard-hit region were once again worsening.
Jun 2, 2021
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A coronavirus variant first identified in Britain is rapidly spreading in the United States, threatening to bring a surge of new cases as its prevalence doubles roughly every 10 days, according to a new study.
Feb 8, 2021
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National tensions are erupting over slow coronavirus vaccine rollouts and production delay issues are real, but "no one is safe until everyone is safe," the European chief for the World Health Organization said Thursday.
Jan 28, 2021
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Simon Fraser University professors Paul Tupper and Caroline Colijn have found that physical distancing is universally effective at reducing the spread of COVID-19, while social bubbles and masks are more situation-dependent.
Nov 20, 2020
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A new Duke University-led analysis shows that during the early months of the COVID pandemic, the average number of new infections caused by an infected individual (i.e. the basic reproduction number, R0) was 4.5, or more ...
Sep 29, 2020
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A team of researchers has been modeling the potential spread of the coronavirus pandemic in Italy. Using their model, they can calculate the number of exposed and highly infectious individuals and the daily isolation efforts ...
Aug 26, 2020
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