Tag Archives: Communicable diseases

Australian Prime Minister delays parliament as coronavirus spreads

MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison delayed the opening of parliament for several weeks on Saturday as the new coronavirus continued to spread through the country’s two most populous states. Morrison asked the Speaker of Parliament to cancel a two-week session that will begin on August 4, out …

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Hundreds of Thai people protest and demand government resignation

BANGKOK (Reuters) – Hundreds of Thais protested on Saturday night, demanding the resignation of the government and the dissolution of parliament, challenging the coronavirus ban in large gatherings in one of the largest street demonstrations since a 2014 military coup. A protester holds a poster during a protest demanding the …

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Rapidly decreasing immunity of COVID-19 poses a vaccination challenge

LONDON (Reuters) – Emerging evidence that the body’s immune defense against COVID-19 may be short-lived makes it even more difficult for vaccine developers to find vaccines fully capable of protecting people in future waves of infection, Scientists said Tuesday. FILE PHOTO: Professor Gottfried Kremsner injects a coronavirus disease vaccine (COVID-19) …

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