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New outbreaks may be caused by the virus hiding in the brain and reactivating in treated patients, researchers warn One of the deadliest infectious diseases on the planet, which is caused by Ebola virus (EBOV), may relapse, researchers have warned. A study, published on Wednesday and dubbed “groundbreaking” by the scientific community, has found that […]
Anti-Covid restrictions will expire next week Speaking on Wednesday, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced the end of Covid-19 measures, as the latest data suggested the wave of infections driven by the Omicron variant was past its peak. The scrapping of the ‘Plan B’ restrictions means that Covid-19 passes will no longer be required in […]
Berlin will launch a study to assess the reliability of rapid antigen tests Germany’s health minister has admitted that experts are unsure how reliable rapid antigen tests are given the emergence of the Omicron variant of Covid-19. He announced a study into the testing kits. Speaking to public broadcasting channel ARD on Sunday, Health Minister […]
The figure, overstated by around 225%, had been put out ahead of last week’s stern warning to Americans issued by Joe Biden The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has corrected its Covid-19 reporting, saying its previous estimate for the percentage of new cases caused by the Omicron variant was more than triple […]
One of the most vaccinated nations on earth is seeing increased public pushback over Covid-19 jabs, as demonstrators in South Korea are demanding accountability for deaths that they blame on the shots. Protesters gathered in Busan on Sunday after a similar rally was held in Seoul on Christmas Day. Aggrieved demonstrators held up large portraits […]
France’s Scientific Council has said it expects to see hundreds of thousands of new Covid-19 cases every day in January, with the highly contagious Omicron variant taking hold over the country and dismantling French society. Speaking at a press conference on Thursday, epidemiologist Arnaud Fontanet from the Scientific Council, which advises the French government, warned […]
The Berlin authorities have expanded the Covid-19 health pass rules to railway and metro platforms, with its latest decision effectively banning the homeless, who often seek protection from cold weather there. The new rules, in force starting Wednesday, say that only people who are vaccinated, recently tested, or recovered from Covid-19 can access railway and […]
The Omicron coronavirus variant is expected to overtake the currently-dominant Delta strain and cause over half of all Covid-19 cases in the bloc within the “next few months,” an EU health agency has said. An early risk assessment of the Omicron ‘variant of concern’ (VOC) was released by the European Centre for Disease Prevention and […]
The new, heavily mutated strain of Covid 19 is in Europe, with Belgian authorities officially confirming its advent on the continent. Germany and the Czech Republic are looking into suspected cases. On Saturday, a spokesperson for the Czech Ministry of Health announced that a woman returning from vacation in Egypt had tested positive for what […]
Scientists have used an AI tool to identify which animals are most likely to contract and spread mutated versions of Covid-19. The model highlighted both pets and wild animals as likely reservoirs for the virus. Using information about their habitats and various biological traits, researchers at the Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies in New York […]
The number of deaths linked to the Covid pandemic soared past 5 million worldwide on Monday, according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University (JHU), less than two years after it began. As of Monday, the number of Covid-linked deaths recorded around the world hit 5,001,991 globally in JHU’s data, with over 246.8 million cases […]
A new study has found that though Covid-19 vaccinations lower the chance of hospitalization and death in the case of infections, those inoculated can spread the Delta variant as easily as those not. Researchers looked at over 600 people in the UK over the course of a year for the study, done by Imperial College […]
A commission appointed by the government has said that Sweden’s interventions at the start of the Covid-19 pandemic were insufficient to prevent the spread of the virus, and the state’s preparedness was substandard. The commission investigating the government’s management of the Covid-19 pandemic has issued a scathing interim report, accusing the state of introducing measures […]
The Chinese Foreign Ministry has issued a warning aimed at Washington, calling on the US not to push its own form of democracy on other nations or split the international community by excluding countries from its upcoming summit. Speaking at a regular press briefing on Tuesday, Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin said that nations […]
A fresh outbreak of Covid has been recorded in China. One new infected person has been found in Beijing, while the most recent cases, in an Inner Mongolia city, led authorities to impose a lockdown on its 76,000 residents. Beijing has become the latest city to report a fresh coronavirus case. On Tuesday, officials there […]