COVID immunity lasts at least eight months, new data reveals

COVID immunity lasts at least eight months, new data reveals: The drug that gives 'instant immunity' to coronavirus? NHS trials new antibody therapy that may stop people who have been exposed to Covid becoming ill and could save thousands of lives

• Drug would offer immediate and long-term protection to patients when it would be too late to offer a vaccine
• It could be given as an emergency treatment to hospital inpatients, care home residents and university students to help reduce the spread of the virus
• Scientists from the University College London Hospitals NHS (UCLH) have injected ten people with the drug

British scientists trial new Covid antibody therapy that could give patients INSTANT immunity

British scientists trial new Covid antibody therapy that could give patients INSTANT immunity: The drug that gives 'instant immunity' to coronavirus? NHS trials new antibody therapy that may stop people who have been exposed to Covid becoming ill and could save thousands of lives Drug would offer immediate and long-term protection to patients when it would be too late to offer a vaccine It could be given as an emergency treatment to hospital inpatients, care home residents and university students to help reduce the spread of the virus Scientists from the University College London Hospitals NHS (UCLH) have injected ten people with the drug

EU countries spent over €220m stockpiling remdesivir despite lack of effectiveness, finds investigation

Covid-19 - EU countries spent over €220m stockpiling remdesivir despite lack of effectiveness, finds investigation:

What countries bought

The BMJ contacted the governments of the 36 countries participating in the remdesivir deal and was able to obtain information on orders from 17.

Portugal ordered 100 000 vials, while Germany purchased 155 000, despite having a population eight times that of Portugal and just half the infection rate.

Elimination could be the optimal response strategy for covid-19 and other emerging pandemic diseases

Elimination could be the optimal response strategy for covid-19 and other emerging pandemic diseases: The goal of elimination is a major departure from pandemic influenza mitigation. With a mitigation goal, the response is typically to increase stringency as the pandemic progresses and for more disruptive interventions, such as school closures, to be held in reserve to flatten the peak. By contrast, the goal of elimination rapidly escalates the stringency of control measures to extinguish chains of transmission. Choosing a strategy is not necessarily a fixed path, and countries might change their approach. Sweden, for example, initially seemed to pursue a version of mitigation with the intent of achieving herd immunity and then seemed to switch to a suppression strategy.

COVID-19 - Diagrams of Deaths in England & Wales

COVID-19 - Florence Nightingale Diagrams of Deaths in England & Wales - The Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine