カテゴリー: Infectious diseases
Hundreds of flights have been cancelled, and authorities ordered residents of some streets in the Liwan neighbourhood of Guangzhou city to isolateChinese authorities in Guangdong province have cancelled flights and locked down communities in response t…
Country to enter near-total lockdown after record daily cases for five consecutive daysCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageMalaysia’s intensive care units are struggling to cope with a sharp rises in Covid cases, the health dire…
Efforts to find origin of coronavirus ‘must look at what animals were in the market in late 2019’Coronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageA leading scientist has called for stallholders at the Huanan seafood market in Wuhan to be int…
Two months ago, few had been inoculated. Now hundreds of millions have, after health warnings – and giftsCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageEarly in March, when the Covid vaccination rate in the UK had reached 30% of the popula…
‘Very dangerous’ coronavirus variant is ‘more transmissible’ than previously known typesCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageAuthorities in Vietnam have detected a new coronavirus variant that is a combination of the Covid varian…
Spokesman says US president’s order to intelligence agencies is attempt to stigmatise Chinese government Coronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageChina has hit out against Joe Biden’s calls for a fuller US investigation into how Covi…
To China’s fury, Joe Biden has ordered a review of rival theories about lab leaks and animal hostsCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coveragePresident Joe Biden has ordered US intelligence agencies to conduct a 90-day review of what is…
Data reveals Nepal, Iran and South Africa among 19 countries most at risk of running out as surging Covid cases push supplies to limitCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageDozens of countries are facing severe oxygen shortages bec…
Spokesperson dismisses Wall Street Journal claims based on ‘previously undisclosed’ intelligenceCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageChina has vehemently denied a Wall Street Journal report citing US intelligence materials that s…
Austrian expedition leader Lukas Furtenbach says the real number could be 200, despite official Nepali denialsSee all our coronavirus coverageA coronavirus outbreak on Mount Everest has infected at least 100 climbers and support staff, a mountaineering…
The perceived wisdom has been that children do not suffer severely from the virus. Yet they are now in Brazil, Indonesia and IndiaEmergency physician and leading epidemiologist in Brazil, Dr Fatima Marinho, is seeing symptoms of Covid-19 in children th…
7,200 mucormycosis cases reported, usually in patients with diabetes or compromised immune systemsCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageStates across India have begun declaring a “black fungus” epidemic as cases of the fatal rare …
The potential arrival of a highly transmissable variant could overwhelm health systems already struggling after military coupDoctors in Myanmar have warned the country would be unable to cope with a major outbreak of Covid-19 as hospitals and medical f…
Instead of sequencing or data collection, the government is offering patriotic bluster in the face of this deadly second waveThe variant that threatens the British summer has already done far more damage in India. In October last year a sample from the…
Authorities impose mask-wearing and limit gatherings after outbreak spreads to half of island’s counties Coronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageThe whole of Taiwan will move into level 3 of its four-tier coronavirus alert system, a…