Researchers in Japan have estimated that the B.1.1.7 variant strain of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) that recently emerged in England is 40% more transmissible than strains previously circulating in the country. The SARS-CoV-2 virus is the agent…
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Denmark raises limit on public gatherings to 10 people
FILE PHOTO: View of the shopping street in the small Danish city of Elsinore, about an hour north of the Nordic country’s capital of Copenhagen, during a lockdown imposed to curb the spread of COVID-19, on February 10, 2021. REUTERS/Tim…
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Pandemic Accelerates in Half of the Americas, Brazil Faces Record Cases, Deaths: PAHO Director
BRASILIA (Reuters) – New coronavirus cases are picking up again in half of the countries in the Americas, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) said on Wednesday, calling on Brazil to protect its people in the face of record infections…
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Turkey logs 16,749 new COVID-19 cases, highest daily rise this year
FILE PHOTO: People sit at a cafe that reopened after the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) restrictions were eased, in Istanbul, Turkey March 2, 2021. REUTERS/Cansu AlkayaANKARA (Reuters) – Turkey has recorded 16,749 new coronavirus cases in the space of 24 hours,…
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Use of artificial intelligence to tackle coronavirus must go through ethical checks, say experts
Rapid deployment of artificial intelligence and machine learning to tackle coronavirus must still go through ethical checks and balances, or we risk harming already disadvantaged communities in the rush to defeat the disease. This is according to researchers at the…
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White-tailed deer susceptible to SARS-CoV-2, finds study
White-tailed deer have been observed to be susceptible to severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). They can also transmit the virus both through direct and indirect contact to one another, researchers find. The research paper is available to be…
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'Don't panic': WHO says safety systems working as AstraZeneca shots paused
FILE PHOTO: World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus attends a news conference organized by Geneva Association of United Nations Correspondents (ACANU) amid the COVID-19 outbreak, caused by the novel coronavirus, at the WHO headquarters in Geneva Switzerland July…
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Germany to halt AstraZeneca vaccinations – Health Ministry
FILE PHOTO: Health workers prepare syringes with the AstraZeneca vaccine against Covid-19 at a new vaccination centre inside the former Tempelhof airport in Berlin, Germany March 8, 2021. Tobias Schwarz/Pool via REUTERSBERLIN (Reuters) – Germany will stop administering AstraZeneca’s COVID-19…
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Italy's Piedmont region temporarily suspends AstraZeneca shots
ROME (Reuters) – Italy’s northern region of Piedmont said on Sunday said it would temporarily suspend AstraZeneca coronavirus shots after a teacher from the town of Biella died following his vaccination on Saturday.FILE PHOTO: Vials labelled “AstraZeneca COVID-19 Coronavirus Vaccine”…
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Jordan health minister sacked after oxygen outage kills seven COVID-19 patients
AMMAN (Reuters) – Jordan’s health minister was dismissed on Saturday after seven people died following an oxygen outage in a hospital treating coronavirus patients, and police were deployed to hold back hundreds of angry relatives, state media and witnesses said….
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