Film footage exposes risk of sample contamination in Covid lab
A video recorded with a hidden camera inside one of the UK’s largest Covid testing laboratories shows a high risk of sample contamination due to poor handling of equipment. The
Which disease has killed more people in Portugal?
Strokes were the leading cause of death in 2019. This disease killed 10 975 Portuguese in the period under review and already represents 9.8% of mortality in our country, according
Excess mortality under 65 in Europe in 2020
The Spectator newspaper has published the overall 2020 excess mortality under the age of 65 of several European countries. Some Eastern and Northern European countries stand out positively, while the
Sweden promises greater protection for scientists after social media attacks and death threats
The Swedish government says it will strengthen laws on academic freedom following a wave of threats and violent attacks on a leading Swedish researcher on the internet, which led to
Global emergency services falling since Covid’s inception
The portuguese NHS Emergency Department Daily Monitoring System reveals a significant drop in total emergency episodes since mid-February 2020, when Covid started being reported worldwide. The numbers are especially lower
Lack of transparency, alarmism, excessive spending, vested interests. The mistakes pointed out to the management of the 2009 pandemic
The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) has given negative points for most of the European interventions made during the H1N1 pandemic in 2009, and alerted to serious
UK: Public Accounts Committee questions Test and Trace programme and the effectiveness of mass testing
The UK has invested £37 billion in a testing and tracing system – NHS Test and Trace (NHST&T) – on the promise (made by the Department of Health and Social
Pandemic in Portugal: 28,000 health professionals infected. 19 have died.
Around 28,000 Portuguese health professionals have been infected with the SARS-CoV-2 virus since the beginning of the pandemic. 19 have died, representing a case fatality rate of 0.067%. According to
New revision: ECDC does not recommend respirators and double masks
The ECDC says that “the use of respirators in place of other types of face masks in the community is not considered currently justifiable“, taking into account “the potential costs
German minister works with scientists to create communication that instills Covid fear
At the beginning of last year, the German Ministry of the Interior worked with a group of scientists to create a communication strategy to promote the fear of Covid-19 among
Swedish Public Health Agency recommends gradual re-opening of secondary schools
The Swedish Public Health Agency recommends the gradual reopening of secondary schools (16-18 years old), and the resumption of organised sports and leisure activities in the country as of next
Norway revises Covid vaccination guide after death of elderly due to adverse reactions, but refuses alarmism
Norway’s National Institute of Public Health has revised and changed the vaccination guide for the new coronavirus following 23 reported deaths of elderly people associated with adverse reactions to the