Reading in the news - Fri 3 Jul
03 July 2020
COVID-19: expert comment on the coronavirus pandemic
- Dr Sakthi Vaiyapuri (Pharmacy) spoke to BBC Radio 4’s Inside Science (approx. 25 mins in) about the relationship between blood groups and Covid-19.
- Mirror and Express carry an advertorial about test and trace calls, and includes Gurinder Singh (Pharmacy) who is currently working as a caseworker.
- Dr Simon Clarke (Biological Sciences) is quoted in the Sun, and Mail Online on regional differences in Covid-19 cases; in the Independent on wearing face coverings on public transport; and in MSN News on how safe hairdressers are.
- Prof Ian Jones (Biological Sciences) was quoted in IFL Science on new research about a mutation in the coronavirus causing Covid-19 that may have made it more easy to spread.
- Dr Al Edwards (Pharmacy) is quoted in a CNBC regional new site and Daily Excelsior about antibody testing accuracy.
- L’est Republicain republish a French translation of a piece in the Conversation about why some Covid-19 patients lose their sense of smell and taste.
- Further coverage of research using to weather forecasting techniques to model how rapidly COVID-19 could spread in different countries as lockdown is eased, in the Deccan Chronicle, Yahoo! Finance India, the India Times, News18, and Reading.co.uk. Read our news story here.
#WeAreTogether: Reading’s work to help tackle the coronavirus crisis
- Reading.co.uk cover a story about Dr Susanne Herbst (Pharmacy) who has been working at the Francis Crick Institute supporting their testing centre. Read our news story here.
Botswanan elephants: Dr Vicky Boult (Met) spoke to BBC World Service and a number of local BBC radio stations including BBC Berkshire about the deaths of hundreds of elephants
Other coverage
- Food Navigator covers a new EIT Food-funded project looking at consumer attitudes towards ‘healthier meat’ which includes alternative protein sources. Dr Simona Grasso (Agriculture) is quoted.
- EGI.co.uk reports on increasing diversity in the property sector, and notes the Pathways to Property scheme run by Henley Business School.