Who is Mark Ali and Private Harley Street Clinic? I am Dr Mark Ali and I am the Medical Director of the Private Harley Street Clinic, the leading ...
Read moreAuthor: Dr Mark Ali MBBS BSc FRCS CTh, Medical Director As coronavirus guidelines change, increasing numbers of travellers are beginning to look ...
Read moreAs the UK Government eases lockdown restrictions and we inch ever closer to the ‘new normal’, it is critical for organisations to develop a COVID-1...
Read moreThe UK economy is set to enter the worst recession for 300 years with output plunging nearly 30% in the first half of 2020. In the early days of th...
Read moreThis gives an overview of the tests available for covid-19. We discuss antigen and anitbody tests, what "accuracy" means and how to interpret the r...
Read moreThe outbreak of the disease caused by covid-19 was declared a pandemic by the WHO on March 11 2020. Since then, there have been at least 400,000 de...
Read moreCovid-19 can cause a diverse range of symptoms, affecting multiple body systems.Different people are affected in different ways: these varied manif...
Read moreTo discuss how accurate covid-19 tests are, we need to understand what "accuracy" refers to. Test accuracy refers to two separate concepts: sensit...
Read moreUnderstanding how covid-19 spreads is crucial to minimising transmission, It is a highly active area of research and we are learning more daily. S...
Read moreThe antibody test is different . It shows whether you have had a Covid-19 infection, - even one with no symptoms - in the past. It detects IgG anti...
Read moreThe PCR test will detect viral RNA from your nose and throat. The chances of detecting virus are highest in the days surrounding the start of sympt...
Read moreThe blood sample you have given shows that you have IgG antibodies to SARS-CoV-2 (the covid-19 virus). This means that you can be highly confident ...
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