Victoria's current COVID outbreak took another turn last week when a new variant was discovered by health authorities. It's not clear whether this new "Delta" variant emerged from Victoria, New South Wales or elsewhere, and ...
Jun 7, 2021
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The WHO said Tuesday that one strain of a COVID-19 variant first detected in India was now considered "of concern" and had been dubbed "Delta", while two other strains had been downgraded.
Jun 2, 2021
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Hundreds of health workers marched to the World Health Organization on Saturday demanding that authorities in all countries recognise and act to counter the health risks of climate change.
May 29, 2021
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The coronavirus strain first linked to the COVID epidemic in India has now spread to at least 44 countries and been classified as a "variant of concern", but health authorities still know relatively little about it.
May 14, 2021
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Opening windows and ventilating spaces should be at the heart of efforts to prevent the spread of COVID-19, a group of experts said Thursday, arguing that confusion over airborne transmission meant this simple measure was ...
Apr 15, 2021
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The arrival of effective vaccines against COVID-19 has been one of the few good news stories of the pandemic. However, communicating the safety of vaccines has long been difficult, as shown by most countries having some level ...
Mar 17, 2021
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Living through a global pandemic over the past year has seen all of us expanding our vocabularies. We now understand terms like PPE, social distancing and contact tracing.
Feb 12, 2021
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Iceland has genetically sequenced all its positive COVID-19 cases since the start of the pandemic, an increasingly vital practice as worrying new strains emerge from Britain and South Africa.
Jan 16, 2021
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Less than a year after an unknown coronavirus that has claimed 1.4 million lives began spreading across the globe, a number of highly promising COVID-19 vaccines are on the cusp of release.
Nov 26, 2020
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In mid-September, China suspended importing fishery products from Indonesia due to novel coronavirus contamination in the outer packages.
Nov 20, 2020
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