The number of antibiotic prescriptions in England during the first year of the covid-19 pandemic dropped by 17 per cent compared with the previous year, according to analysis by the charity Antibiotic Research UK. Read New Scientist ’s story to find out more.
These people are thought to have had an immune memory in their T cells because of exposure to other coronaviruses that cause seasonal colds. The research found that some healthcare workers in the UK who were regularly tested encountered the covid-19 virus but never became fully infected with it or developed covid-19 antibodies.
Several thousand of these are understood to have self-certified as medically exempt or to have applied for formal proof.Ī study showing that some people may have had pre-existing immunity to the SARS-CoV-2 virus during the first wave of the pandemic has raised hopes that a universal coronavirus vaccine could be developed. Official figures due later today are expected to show that more than 50,000 current staff in care homes have not been recorded as having had both doses as of 7 November, four days before the deadline. Staff working in registered care homes in England must have had both jabs to continue in their role unless they are medically exempt. Tens of thousands of care home staff in England who have not had two coronavirus vaccine doses will be unable to legally work in care homes from today as a mandatory jab policy comes into effect.
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