Over half the personnel at its La Esperanza research base are infected with Covid-19 Nine unvaccinated and infected members of staff have been evacuated to Buenos Aires, after over half the 43 scientists and military personnel stationed at an Antarctic facility in Hope Bay tested positive for Covid-19. That’s according to Patricia Ortuzar, the polar […]
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China blames overseas deliveries for Omicron outbreak
Mail from Canada has been declared a suspected source of an Omicron infection case in Beijing by the Chinese authorities A person diagnosed with Omicron infection in Beijing might have contracted the disease by handling documents that arrived by mail from Canada, the Chinese health authorities have revealed on Monday. Covid-19 infections are typically associated […]
Remote Antarctic station hit with Covid-19 outbreak
The Belgian scientific base has reported a cluster of cases despite its staff being fully vaccinated Researchers working at Belgium’s Princess Elisabeth Polar Station in Antarctica have contracted Covid-19, even though all personnel have been inoculated and any new arrival has to follow rigorous safety protocols. Two-thirds of the station’s staff of 25 have been […]
Fears of avian flu strain ‘jumping’ to humans amid massive outbreak
Israeli medics fear a dangerous bird flu virus could infect humans amid a major outbreak in the country Israel is struggling to contain a large-scale bird flu outbreak as the disease has conquered new ground in recent months. Now, Israeli health officials are warning that the virus might infect humans – without even mutating. “The […]
US warship paralyzed by Covid outbreak
A Covid-19 outbreak has forced the USS Milwaukee littoral combat ship to halt its deployment and employ an “aggressive mitigation strategy” to contain the virus. The US Navy refused to disclose how many personnel tested positive for Covid-19 but emphasized that the crew was fully vaccinated. Those sailors infected with the virus have been segregated […]
Super-luxurious cruise ship blocked from 2 ports over Covid outbreak
A Covid outbreak has turned a super-luxury cruise into a true odyssey, with two Caribbean islands blocking the ship from entering its ports, after 55 people on board tested positive. Royal Caribbean’s newest Odyssey of the Seas cruise ship, which departed Florida on December 18 for an eight-night Caribbean trip, briefly returned to the port […]
World’s biggest Omicron outbreak suspected after Christmas party
Up to 60 people were infected with Covid-19 at a corporate Christmas party in Norway attended by a recent arrival from South Africa. Medical experts said they fear the cause could be the new super-mutant Omicron variant. If the Omicron diagnosis is confirmed, it would be the world’s largest outbreak of the new coronavirus strain […]
Biggest Covid Delta outbreak hits university town in China
China is facing its biggest surge of the Delta variant of the coronavirus, putting the zero-case policy to the test. Restrictions were imposed on a university town in the country’s northeast. More than 10,000 students were placed under quarantine after two large dorms were closed down in the university town of Zhuanghe, which is under […]
Chinese city offers cash bounties in hunt for outbreak origins
A city in northeastern China will give a large cash reward for any information that helps to trace the origins of its latest Covid-19 outbreak, declaring a “people’s war” on the virus after seeing hundreds of new infections. The city of Heihe, far in China’s northeast along its border with Russia, said it would shell […]
13,000 turkeys to be killed on Italian farm after second outbreak of highly contagious H5N1 bird flu
At least two large flocks of birds are confirmed to have been contaminated with a strain of bird flu in Italy, officials announced, with thousands set to be killed off to prevent an epidemic in Europe. Some 200 birds died in a commercial farm of fattening turkeys in the province of Verona, local media reported […]
China ridicules new report claiming Wuhan Covid outbreak started earlier than reported
An Australia-based firm wants the Five Eyes to look into its suspicions that a surge in the procurement of PCR testing equipment in Wuhan, China means the Covid-19 pandemic started earlier than officially reported. The claim was made by an analytics company called Internet 2.0, which counts the Australian government among its clients, based on […]