Category: Health
Pandora’s box: Coronavirus found at mink farm in Oregon
An Oregon mink farm has reported an outbreak of COVID-19 among animals and workers. More...
Coronavirus infections found at mink farms in Wisconsin, Michigan and Utah
Outbreaks of coronavirus have struck mink farms in Wisconsin and Michigan, but Illinois’ shrinking fur industry so far appears to have remained free of the disease, the U.S. More...
60 million confirmed coronavirus infections globally, and the rate is still increasing
There have now been more than 60,000,000 confirmed coronavirus infections globally and the infection rate is still increasing. More...
700 coronavirus deaths in the UK in 24 hours
The UK has reported 696 further COVID-19 deaths overnight. More...
Dutch researchers preparing for ‘human challenge’ COVID-19 vaccine trial
Researchers at the Leiden University Medical Center in the Netherlands are preparing for a potential “human challenge” trial in which volunteers are deliberately infected with the new coronavirus to test the effectiveness of vaccine candidates, advocacy group 1Day Sooner said on Wednesday. More...
Relatives of pandemic coronavirus found in labs in Cambodia and Japan
Coronaviruses closely related to the pandemic coronavirus discovered in Japan and Cambodia
The viruses, both found in bats stored in laboratory freezers, are the first SARS-CoV-2 relatives to be found outside China. More...
United States reports 2,157 new coronavirus deaths in 24 hours – one person is dying every 40 seconds
The daily coronavirus death toll in the US reached 2,157 on Tuesday – one person every 40 seconds. More...
Culled mink break through the surface of mass coronavirus graves in Denmark
At least one meter into the ground, the killed corona-infected mink had been buried at the military training ground at Holstebro.
Schoolchildren account for almost a quarter of coronavirus infections in Oslo
A total of 23% of the new cases of coronavirus infection in Oslo, Norway, in the first week after the City Council closed down large parts of the city again were among school students. More...
France: coronavirus vaccination will not be compulsory
Emmanuel Macron: “The peak of the second wave of the epidemic has passed. More...