Category: Australasia
Australasian Coronavirus News
Australia: Pfizer is now the preferred coronavirus vaccine for people aged under 50
Pfizer is now the preferred vaccine for people aged under 50, Australia’s medical experts have decided after a lengthy meeting to discuss a rare but serious blood clotting side effect linked to the AstraZeneca vaccine. More...
More than 700,000 AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine doses secretly flown to Australia from Britain
Hundreds of thousands of doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine have been flown from the United Kingdom to Australia but the source of the shipments was kept quiet to avoid any controversy in coronavirus-ravaged Britain. More...
Australia reports first case of blood clots following AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccination
Australia’s medical authorities are monitoring the first reported case of a rare clotting disorder following a COVID-19 jab. More...
Joint Statement on the WHO-Convened COVID-19 Origins Study signed by 14 countries
The text of the following statement was released by the Governments of the United States of America, Australia, Canada, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Israel, Japan, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, the Republic of Korea, Slovenia, and the United Kingdom.
WHO: The coronavirus pandemic has caused mass trauma on a larger scale than World War II
The Covid-19 pandemic has caused mass trauma on a larger scale than World War II, and the impact will last “for many years to come,” the World Health Organization’s top official said Friday. More...
New coronavirus variant B.1.525 with E484K, Q677H, F888L and a similar deletions to B117
International lineage with variants of biological significance E484K, Q677H, F888L and a similar suite of deletions to B.1.1.7. More...
The Global coronavirus case fatality rate CFR is now at 2.21% and rising
The global case fatality rate, which fell consistently from May 1st 2020 until January 18th 2021, is now rising steadily and currently stands at 2.21%
The global Covid-19 case rate (those who have tested positive for sars-cov-2 by testing) has fallen recently, but the case fatality rate (those who have died of Covid-19 following a confirmed test) has not fallen in step with the case reduction. More...
Three ‘new and active’ coronavirus cases found in South Auckland, New Zealand
Air New Zealand has stopped offering food and drinks on domestic flights following news today that a woman who tested positive for Covid-19 works for an airline catering company. More...
Australian quarantine hotel coronavirus cluster rises to 20, linked to use of nebuliser by guest
Returned traveller blamed for Melbourne virus outbreak feels ‘like a criminal’ after being allowed to use nebuliser in quarantine hotel
The man had not tested positive to coronavirus when he used the nebuliser at the Holiday Inn Melbourne Airport. More...