World Coronavirus Dispatch: Covid in UK doubled every 8 days from Aug-Sept

From Oxford and AstraZeneca resuming vaccine trial to Australia's business aid, here's a roundup of Covid-19 news from around the world

Google searches for gut symptoms predicted Covid hot spots, study finds: Researchers at the top-ranked hospital in Boston compared search interest in loss of taste and appetite, and diarrhea with the reported incidence of Covid-19 in 15 US states from January 20 to April 20. Using Google Trends online tool, they found that Internet searches on gastrointestinal symptoms predicted a rise in Covid-19 cases weeks later demonstrating a novel early warning system for hot spots of the pandemic disease. The research is published in the journal Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology. 


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