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infectious-diseases

World 5 years ago

Germans urged to stay home as coronavirus infection rate edges up

The virus reproduction rate, dubbed 'R', is now at 1.0 in Germany, said Lothar Wieler, president of the Robert Koch Institute. That means one person with the virus infects one other on average. Earlier this month, the rate was at 0.7.

Health 5 years ago

Virus likely to keep coming back each year, say top Chinese scientists

It is unlikely for the new coronavirus to disappear the way its close cousin the SARS virus did 17 years ago, as it infects some people without causing obvious symptoms like fever.

Opinion 5 years ago

Success against malaria gives solutions for COVID-19

Today is World Malaria Day, a day when we remind ourselves of a disease that has killed more people in history than any other.

World 5 years ago

Sweden passes 2,000 deaths from coronavirus

Swedish officials said on Thursday they had recorded more than 2,000 deaths from COVID-19 in the country, while revising earlier statements about when the capital Stockholm was believed to have passed the peak of infections.

Health 5 years ago

Why do some people with coronavirus get symptoms while others don’t?

Recent studies suggest as many as 80 percent or more of those infected are “silent carriers”, showing no or very mild symptoms.

Opinion 5 years ago

Poor, rich Indonesians do not get equal access to COVID-19 tests: Why it’s a problem

Unequal access to testing can lead to late diagnosis and preventable deaths due to undetected COVID-19 among the poor.

World 5 years ago

New autopsies reveal US coronavirus spread began in January

The deaths, on February 6 and February 17, push back the timeline for the entry of the virus on US soil, experts said.

World 5 years ago

Coronavirus second wave may be even worse: US health chief

A second wave of the novel coronavirus in the US could be even more destructive because it will likely collide with the beginning of flu season, one of the country's top health officials said Tuesday.

SE Asia 5 years ago

Singapore extends partial lockdown until June 1 as infections surge

Singapore will extend a partial lockdown until June 1 to curb a sharp rise in coronavirus infections in the city-state, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said on Tuesday.

World 5 years ago

Exporting coronavirus? Infections among US deportees reach Haiti, Mexico

Mexico and Haiti have detected coronavirus infections among migrants deported recently from the United States, officials said on Tuesday, part of a growing trend of contagion among deportees.

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infectious-diseases

Germans urged to stay home as coronavirus infection rate edges up

Virus likely to keep coming back each year, say top Chinese scientists

Success against malaria gives solutions for COVID-19

Sweden passes 2,000 deaths from coronavirus

Why do some people with coronavirus get symptoms while others don’t?

Poor, rich Indonesians do not get equal access to COVID-19 tests: Why it’s a problem

New autopsies reveal US coronavirus spread began in January

Coronavirus second wave may be even worse: US health chief

Singapore extends partial lockdown until June 1 as infections surge

Exporting coronavirus? Infections among US deportees reach Haiti, Mexico

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