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Profession Jürgen Haas spoke to the Herald about the decreasing number of flu cases for a second year in a row in Scotland, 24 January 2022:

• Covid Scotland: Almost no flu cases despite fears of post-lockdown resurgence

Profession Jürgen Haas spoke to the Herald about what would be needed to ease restrictions within the NHS as it faces mounting pressures caused by the pandemic (paywall), 22 June 2021:

• Coronavirus: Scotland's hospitals 'jammed' amid signs that pandemic backlog starting to hit NHS

Profession Jürgen Haas spoke to i news about how long we should self-isolate with Covid-19 and if there should be any changes to this, 27 October 2020:

• How long should you self-isolate? What experts say about 14-day Covid quarantine as UK considers reducing it

Professor Jürgen Haas on how Dexamethasone is used as a treatment for COVID-19 - iNews, 13 October 2020:

• Covid-19 treatments: What we know about how to treat coronavirus that we didn’t know when lockdown started

Professor Jürgen Haas on asymptomatic COVID-19 transmissions - the Independent, 22 September 2020:

• Coronavirus: Matt Hancock ‘regrets’ not knowing asymptomatic people can spread disease despite Sage warning

Professor Jürgen Haas in a Euronews article on a SARS-CoV-2 second wave or resurgence in Europe, 04 August 2020:

• Euronews - Europe's coronavirus resurgence: Are countries ready to prevent a 'second wave'?

Professor Jürgen Haas was interviewed by BBC Radio Scotland on the drugs for COVID-19, 11 July 2020

• Click to listen to this programme (play from 0:25:20 - 0:33:33)

Professor Jürgen Haas was a contributing expert in this Newsweek article published today by Kashmira Gander on the origin of the coronavirus that caused Covid-19 - 21 May 2020

• Newsweek - Animal Which Passed the Coronavirus from Bats to Humans Probably Wasn't a Pangolin, Study Suggests

Professor Jürgen Haas was the expert guest on Channel News Asia's CNA938 radio programme answering questions on COVID19 from listeners - 30 April 2020

• CNA938

Professor Jürgen Haas featured in the BMJ article "What the Diamond Princess taught the world about covid-19" - 27 April 2020

• The BMJ - "What the Diamond Princess taught the world about covid-19"

Professor Jürgen Haas talks to Peter Smith from ITV News about his lab’s research into COVID-19 drug development in this ITV News podcast - 16 April 2020

• Coronavirus: What You Need To Know - the ITV News podcast with information, advice and analysis on the pandemic

Professor Jürgen Haas was interviewed by BBC Radio Scotland on the current research being conducted into potential drugs to treat COVID19 - 4th April 2020

• Click to listen to this programme (play from 48:00-1:00:42)

Professor Jürgen Haas was interviewed by Newsweek on a study on diarrhea being the first symptoms some patients with COVID-19 get - 1st April 2020

• Newsweek - Diarrhea May Be First or Only Coronavirus Symptom in COVID-19 Patients Experience, Study Suggests

Professor Jürgen Haas was interviewed by the Guardian on transmission routes of coronaviruses, 4th March 2020

• Gaurdian - From banknotes to handrails: 10 objects that help spread coronavirus 

Professor Jürgen Haas was interviewed by BBC Radio Scotland on the Good Morning Scotland Programme about the Covid-19 virus outbreak in China, 23 January 2020

• Click to listen to this programme (play from 2:13:00)

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