カテゴリー: Microbiology
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…
Benefits of approving age extension outweigh the risks, says secretary for food and healthCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageHong Kong has approved lowering the age limit for the Covid-19 vaccine from China’s Sinovac Biotech to…
Claim will reignite debate about origins of pandemic, a continuing source of tension between US and ChinaThe first known Covid-19 case was a vendor at the live-animal market in Wuhan, according to a scientist who has scrutinised public accounts of the …
Parents alarmed as children held overnight before some sent to centralised quarantine for two weeksCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageChildren as young as seven were held for hours in a Beijing school before being sent to centr…
India, Egypt and Cuba among first states to develop and make their own vaccines as Covax falls behind Developing countries are increasingly turning to homegrown Covid vaccinations as the UN-backed Covax programme falls behind.While western countries ro…
Head of the Waikato Mongrel Mob chapter Sonny Fatupaito was asked to encourage gang members and their families to get testedSee all our coronavirus coverageNew Zealand’s prime minister Jacinda Ardern has endorsed granting a Mongrel Mob leader special e…
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…
WHO proposal to audit Chinese laboratories is ‘arrogance towards science’, says health officialCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageChina’s government has refused to cooperate with the second stage of an international investigati…
Weakened lungs and immune systems make people increasingly vulnerable, warn scientistsCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageA rash of cases of a rare “black fungus” infection affecting thousands of critically ill Covid patients in…
Rates of mucormycosis were high even before the pandemic, and now the country is running out of antifungal drugsCovid-19 has killed millions around the world, but for some who are lucky enough to survive the infection, the nightmare is not over: adding…
‘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…
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…
New variants are contributing factor behind country’s vicious second wave with likelihood of more variants emergingCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageHealth experts have warned that a Covid-19 third wave is “inevitable” in Indi…
Nasal swabs allegedly washed, repackaged and sold to passengers required to take test at Medan airportCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageStaff at an Indonesian pharmaceutical company have been accused of washing and repackaging…
Our South Asia correspondent reflects on a catastrophe that is now affecting the lives of almost everyone in the countryYou recently lost a close colleague, Kakoli Bhattacharya, to Covid-19. Can you tell us about her and the important work that she did…