Category: Health
13,000 workers in coronavirus quarantine at Top Glove, Malaysia
The Malaysian government tightened COVID-19 movement curbs in an area in Klang where Top Glove worker dormitories are located, to enable targeted coronavirus screenings on workers and residents as infections rise, the security ministry said on Monday (Nov 16). More...
Mutant coronavirus discovered in Siberia, Russia
A mutated version of the coronavirus strain that causes Covid-19 has been discovered in Siberia, the head of Russia’s consumer safety watchdog said Tuesday. More...
Hull’s school system on ‘brink of collapse’ as coronavirus infection rates spiral among students and staff
Almost 15,000 pupils and teachers currently absent as entire city is ‘ravaged’ by second Covid-19 wave far worse than first. More...
New COVID disaster unfolding in Italy: 731 deaths in one day.
There are 120 ICU admissions today and there are 731 deaths. More...
Sweden relied on ‘wishful thinking’ to handle coronavirus and got it wrong on herd immunity
Sweden was left unprepared for a second wave of coronavirus because of ‘wishful thinking’ by its top virus expert, his predecessor has said. More...
World’s Covid almost fits on a teaspoon
The total amount of the Covid-19 infecting humans around the world would fit into little more than a teaspoon. More...
China finds coronavirus on meat packaging from Brazil, Bolivia, New Zealand and Argentina
The Chinese city of Jinan said over the weekend it had found coronavirus on beef and tripe and their packaging from Brazil, Bolivia and New Zealand, while two other provincial capitals detected it on packaging on pork from Argentina,
Coronavirus was circulating in Italy in September 2019
The new coronavirus was circulating in Italy since September 2019, a study by the National Cancer Institute (INT) of the Italian city of Milan shows, signalling that COVID-19 might have spread beyond China earlier than previously thought. More...
Multiple organ damage found in ‘Long Covid’ cases
Young and previously healthy people with ongoing symptoms of Covid-19 are showing signs of damage to multiple organs four months after the initial infection, a study suggests. More...
Healthy woman re-infected with coronavirus in Belgium
A healthy young woman who developed antibodies against the new coronavirus (Covid-19) after being infected in the first wave of the pandemic was reinfected in September, De Standaard newspaper reported on Saturday, based on a Belgian case study that is still to undergo a peer review. More...