Tag: Coronavirus
China is flying blind as pandemic rages
Official death tolls are impossibly low, and some worry new variants may escape detection
Most scientists believe China’s decision to end its zero [...]
Self-sterilising plastic kills viruses
"This is the first time that anything like this has been developed," said Prof Andrew Mills, from the Queen's University Belfast, reported BBC. He ad [...]
Thirty Indians jabbed with one syringe
A health official is being investigated for vaccinating 30 students with a single syringe in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh, reported BBC [...]
Germans fear infections again
The share of people in Germany who are worried about the threat of Covid 19 has increased to 40%, according to a poll published by German broadcaster [...]
Should you isolate if you have Covid?
Covid infections are up sharply across the United Kingdom, largely due to fast-spreading variants of Omicron called BA.4 and BA.5, reported BBC. Peop [...]
Restrictions return as infection soar
Restrictions imposed quickly to combat the Covid pandemic have a measurable effect, according to an expert commission in Germany as infections again [...]
Omicron component advised for booster
The US Food and Drug Administration’s independent Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee voted Tuesday to support recommending i [...]
Covid is changing laws
MSPs (legislators) have voted to make some emergency Covid 19 powers permanent, including the ability to impose lockdowns and close schools, reported [...]
Vaccines for kids arrive in Guanajuato
102,000 doses arrive in Guanajuato to vaccinate children between 5 and 11 years of age
Parents still need to register their children before they g [...]
No one is fully protected
There's a new omicron subvariant taking over: BA.5. Scientists expect it will soon be responsible for most Covid 19 infections. But how dangerous is [...]