Virus
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US CDC tracks new lineage of virus that causes Covid
Aug 20, 2023On Thursday, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced that they were monitoring a newly discovered, severely mutated lineage of the virus that causes Covid-19. According to a post on messaging platform X by... -
China locks down city of 9 million as virus ripples across country
Mar 22, 2022As China’s “zero-Covid” approach is tested by an Omicron wave, the country’s industrial city of nine million people was shut down overnight and more than 4,000 viral cases were detected on Tuesday. Late Monday, the city... -
Virus wave must be fought without vaccines: WHO
Nov 19, 2020The World Health Organization’s (WHO) emergency director warned Wednesday that vaccines would not arrive in time to defeat the second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic, reports BSS. The WHO’s Michael Ryan said vaccines should not be... -
Global virus cases cross 25 million as India sets grim record
Aug 30, 2020Global coronavirus (COVID-19) infections soared past 25 million on Sunday, as nations around the world further tightened limitations to try to stop the rampaging pandemic. A million extra cases have been recognized globally roughly every four... -
Virus effects to last decades, WHO says six months on
Aug 1, 2020World Health Organization (WHO) announced on Friday that coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic effects would be felt for decades as its crisis committee assessed the condition six months after sounding its top alarm over the outbreak. The COVID-19... -
Angry EU leaders battle to save deadlocked virus recovery summit
Jul 20, 2020Squabbling Europian Union leaders battled on into the immediate hours of Monday to try and break the deadlock as their summit on a huge coronavirus (COVID-19) rescue package stretched into the fourth day. Tempers flared in... -
UN chief praises South Korea’s simultaneous fight against virus, climate change
May 2, 2020UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres praised South Korea Thursday for combatting the novel coronavirus while simultaneously fighting global climate change. The country was providing a “remarkable example” of how “the two things are often put together,” Guterres... -
1 billion people worldwide told to stay home over virus
Apr 14, 2020More than one billion people have been asked to stay home in more than 50 countries and territories around the world as governments battle the coronavirus pandemic sweeping the globe, according to an AFP tally Monday.... -
Fiji rugby players arrested for breaching virus isolation
Apr 5, 2020Two Fiji rugby players have been arrested for ignoring the Pacific nation’s coronavirus self-isolation rules, with local authorities saying their “irresponsible behaviour” would be reported to rugby’s world governing body. The two men have not been... -
Australia to isolate all international arrivals to tackle virus
Mar 15, 2020Australia on Sunday announced anyone arriving into the country will face mandatory 14-day self-isolation, in a bid to slow the spread of the coronavirus. “We are going to have to get used to some changes in...
