カテゴリー: Infectious diseases
Activists say crackdown is driven by Xi Jinping, who has ‘declared a war on independent journalism’Chen Kun was living in Indonesia with his wife and daughter when he learned from his brother Mei’s boss that he had been “taken away for investigation” b…
Scientific consensus absent as impasse between China and west continues to hamper tracing effortCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageRobert Garry, a professor of microbiology and immunology at Tulane medical school in Louisiana, …
A fully vaccinated person who arrived on a flight from the United Kingdom spent two days in the community before the infection was detectedCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageNew Zealand has reported its first community exposure…
Restrictions return in China, South Africa and Germany as countries around the world struggle to contain new variantCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageThe World Health Organization has warned that the Omicron coronavirus varian…
South Korea reports record 109 deaths from Covid in one day; Australia revives mask-wearing indoors, capacity limits and QR code check-insChina locks down 13 million people in northern city of Xi’anRisk of hospital stay 40% lower with Omicron than Delt…
Māori boy who died last week was youngest New Zealander to die with virus and the first childCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageThe first death of a child with Covid-19 in New Zealand has prompted calls for Māori children to be…
Residents of the wider Auckland region, closed off in August as the city tried to contain an outbreak of Covid-19, finally allowed to leaveCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageThere were tears of joy, long embraces and sighs of r…
Governments urged to use ‘peace dividend’ to help UN tackle pandemics, climate crisis and extreme povertyMore than 50 Nobel laureates have signed an open letter calling for all countries to cut their military spending by 2% a year for the next five yea…
The man is reported to have visited several different immunisation clinics and was paid by others to get the dosesCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageNew Zealand health authorities are investigating claims that a man received up…
Employee at high-security facility tests positive in island’s first local infection in weeksCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageHealth officials in Taiwan are investigating whether a mouse bite may have been responsible for a la…
Japanese researchers use bird antibodies to detect virus under ultraviolet lightCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageJapanese researchers have developed masks that use ostrich antibodies to detect Covid-19 by glowing under ultrav…
Millions of over-40s in England can book a top-up jab from today; South Korea PM Kim Boo-kyum says hospital capacity under strain as cases riseUK races to deliver booster jabs before Omicron takes holdModerna or Novavax after AstraZeneca jab confers hi…
Rise in infections attributed to young people who have yet to be fully vaccinated and older citizens who have not received boostersCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageSouth Korea has reported a record daily total of 7,175 new Co…
Germany to join UK, India and Singapore in curbing arrivals, as South Africa says UK decision ‘seems to have been rushed’WHO to assess new Covid-19 variant as countries ramp up health checksEngland and Israel ban flights from six southern African count…
Italy measures would reportedly only permit those with proof of vaccination to get into venues; Czech Republic records new record daily caseload of 25,864Europe’s Covid deaths to top 2 million by March, says WHONew Zealand to reopen borders to vaccinat…