SINGAPORE (Reuters) – An increasingly common mutation of the new coronavirus found in Europe, North America and parts of Asia may be more infectious, but appears less deadly, according to a prominent doctor of infectious diseases. PHILO PHOTO: The ultrastructural morphology exhibited by the 2019 Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), which was …
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GENEVA / MANILA (Reuters) – Nations that may preserve COVID-19 vaccines while excluding others will deepen the pandemic, Chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus of the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday, issuing a final closes call for countries to participate in a global vaccine pact. The WHO has an August …
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PHILO PHOTO: US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) talks about stagnant congressional talks with the Trump administration over the latest coronavirus relief during its weekly news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, USA, August 13, 2020. REUTERS / Sarah Silbiger WASHINGTON (Reuters) – US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi …
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People wearing face masks walk on a clear day at Qianmen Street, following the outbreak of coronavirus (COVID-19) disease, in Beijing, China August 18, 2020. REUTERS / Tingshu Wang LONDON (Reuters) – Cases of type 1 diabetes among children in a small UK study almost doubled during the height of …
Read More »Note: Source of New Zealand coronavirus outbreak yet another mystery
WELLINGTON (Reuters) – Nearly a week after the discovery of New Zealand’s first locally detected coronavirus outbreak in more than three months, its origins remain a mystery. FILE PHOTO: A bullet statue with a mask covering her face is seen in a township called Bulls, near Palmerston North, on the …
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