Two nationwide COVID-19 antibody seroprevalence studies from Brazil show that many cities along the Amazon were hit hardest at the beginning of the epidemic in May and June, along with poorer and Indigenous communities. The research is presented at this…
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Your risk of severe COVID-19 may be affected by blood type, new genetic analysis suggests
Genes associated with certain blood types may increase the risk of severe COVID-19 infections, leading to respiratory failure and death, a new study suggests. The study authors found that people with blood type A were 50% more likely than people…
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The chain of infection is unclear: Six schools in Magdeburg because of Covid-19 closed
Several social institutions had to be closed in Magdeburg due to a coronavirus outbreak. In Saxony-Anhalt’s state capital, there are now 132 Covid-19-cases, two of the Infected are now being treated in hospitals. Due to an outbreak of the Coronavirus…
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