カテゴリー: Infectious diseases
A struggling healthcare system and inflated prices mean hospital treatment can result in a lifetime of debt for manyCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageAnil Goel remembers the night in May when he received a call from his desper…
Rural community with an under-resourced health system came together to take on the virus, but anger at the authorities remainsSee all our coronavirus coverageThe work day in Fangshan starts before dawn and finishes at midday, when fishers or farmers of…
A team of medics hiked in the mountains for hours to take supplies to the small village of NakidaSee all our coronavirus coverageTo reach Nakida village in the highlands of Fiji, Dr Losalini Tabakei and her colleagues hiked for hours, up and down mount…
Drop in New Zealand cases is ‘reassuring indication’ lockdown is working, country’s director-general of health says, Japan says it’s likely that Moderna vaccines were contaminated when needles were stuck into vialsSee all our coronavirus coverageNew Ze…
Assessment unable to conclude whether virus came from animals or a Wuhan lab, according to US mediaCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageA classified US intelligence report delivered to the White House was inconclusive on the orig…
Covid response minister says it would be a waste to stop aiming for elimination after plan was questioned by foreign mediaSee all our coronavirus coverageNew Zealand’s Covid response minister says the country will not “throw in the towel” with its elim…
Whatever this week’s Biden review finds, the cause of the pandemic lies in the destruction of animal habitatsCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageIf Joe Biden’s security staff are up to the mark, a new report on the origins of th…
Bad pay and conditions at home and demand for Filipino nursing skills overseas have left the country with a soaring death rateCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageThe Covid Delta variant has swept across south-east Asia over rece…
Local media report Paralympics will be held without spectators as infections rise to more than 18,000 a day in wake of OlympicsSee all our coronavirus coverageHealth experts in Japan have said the country is confronting a coronavirus “disaster” and urg…
Public support for Yoshihide Suga’s cabinet dipped below 30%, despite widespread support for going ahead with the GamesPublic support for the government of Japan’s prime minister, Yoshihide Suga, has slumped to an all-time low, despite evidence that mo…
Social pressure and group mores have become less powerful as people become tired of staying homeSee all our coronavirus coverageThe Japanese government has named three people this week who broke quarantine rules after returning from overseas in an att…
Advisers to government in Tokyo say Covid surge requires harsher measures, while Australian state of NSW announces 262 new casesUS disputes WHO call to delay Covid booster shots to help poorer nationsFully vaccinated UK arrivals from France will not ne…
Analysis: Proof of vaccination is nothing new and any requirement that people use a ‘health pass’ will involve balancing various rightsWith greater numbers of people being vaccinated and countries looking to reopen borders safely, the introduction of s…
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus says priority must be to ensure at least 10% of the population of every country is vaccinatedWhich countries are vaccinating minors against Covid?China shuts down transport routes as it battles worst outbreak in monthsStatus …
Coronavirus live: England and Wales deaths at three-month high; row in Germany over jabbing children
Covid deaths in England and Wales in week ending 23 July up 50%; doctors, scientists and the government disagree over vaccinating children in GermanyScotland to scrap social distancing as it lifts most restrictionsUS reaches Biden’s 70% first-shot goal…