• April 28, 2024
Covid origins: Chinese scientists publish long-awaited data
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Covid origins: Chinese scientists publish long-awaited data

Coronavirus pandemic By Victoria Gill Science correspondent, BBC News   A research team in China has published analysis of samples taken more than three years ago from the market linked to the outbreak of Covid-19. The Huanan seafood and wildlife market has been a focal point in the search for the origin of the coronavirus. But this […]

Covid in North Korea: No response to US vaccine offer
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Covid in North Korea: No response to US vaccine offer

Coronavirus pandemic   President Joe Biden says North Korea has not responded to a US offer of Covid vaccines, as the country battles its first acknowledged outbreak. Nearly 2.5 million people have been sickened by “fever” in North Korea and it is under a nationwide lockdown, according to the country’s state media. It is thought […]

Shanghai escalates Covid lockdown restrictions
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Shanghai escalates Covid lockdown restrictions

Coronavirus pandemic   Authorities in Shanghai have said they will tighten the enforcement of lockdown measures, as a Covid surge continues in China’s financial capital. New measures include placing electronic door alarms to prevent those infected from leaving, as well as evacuating people to disinfect their homes. Earlier this week, hundreds were forcibly evacuated from their homes […]

Covid China: Elderly deaths contradict Shanghai figures
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Covid China: Elderly deaths contradict Shanghai figures

By Robin Brant BBC Shanghai correspondent Coronavirus pandemic Dozens of elderly patients at a hospital in Shanghai have died after contracting Covid-19, but official government figures claim no deaths in the city have been caused by the disease since 2020. The BBC has spoken to a hospital manager and had access to correspondence sent to […]

Gap-free human genome sequence completed for first time
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Gap-free human genome sequence completed for first time

By Michelle Roberts Digital health editor Scientists say they have completed the first full and seamless catalogue of genetic instructions of humans. Until now, about 8% of the human genome code was missing from the blueprint, experts told the journal Science. The quest to decipher and complete a gapless DNA sequence has taken decades. The resource […]

Hong Kong: What went wrong with its Covid plan?
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Hong Kong: What went wrong with its Covid plan?

By Grace Tsoi BBC News, Hong Kong Coronavirus pandemic The scene was grim at Caritas Medical Centre last week. Just outside the hospital’s emergency room, dozens of hospital beds had been placed in an alley under makeshift tents. The air was punctuated by the moans of patients – most of whom were elderly – and […]

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Covid-19: India lab investigated over 298 positive tests on flights

  Coronavirus pandemic IMAGE SOURCE, GETTY IMAGESImage caption, India requires passengers from ‘high-risk countries to be tested on arrival Indian officials are investigating a private laboratory accused of faulty Covid-19 tests on passengers on two flights from Italy last week. At least 173 passengers from Rome, and 125 travellers from Milan tested positive on arrival […]