Health How the ‘Centaurus’ Omicron subvariant could become dominant worldwide BA.2.75, which has picked up the nickname "Centaurus," is now dominant in India, overtaking the previously most transmissible subvariant BA.5. 15/07/2022
no comment Parts of Shanghai will be locked down as part of a test campaign. Shanghai will impose new containment measures on residents in several parts of the city this weekend as part of a mass testing campaign. 10/06/2022
Health Dogs can detect COVID as reliably as lab tests: study With their superior sense of smell, our canine friends were found to be as reliable as PCR tests for detecting COVID-19 cases among hundreds of people. 02/06/2022
Health Got a food allergy? You’re 50% less likely to get COVID, study finds The US study also confirmed that being overweight or obese increases the risk of coronavirus infection. 02/06/2022
North Korea North Korea claims progress despite thousands more with fever symptoms North Korean authorities say that almost 220.000 more people with fever symptoms have been found. This comes as Kim Jong Un claims progress is being made to slow the spread of COVID-19. 21/05/2022
Health This AI tool predicts whether COVID patients will live or die The scientists behind the tool say it could be especially valuable to resource-limited countries. 18/05/2022
world news Kim Jong-un labels North Korea's Covid-19 outbreak a 'great disaster' Half a million people are thought to have developed fevers since late April in the country which lacks medicines and rejected international offers of vaccines. 14/05/2022
Health ‘Pandemic within the pandemic’: Is Europe underestimating long COVID? Millions of people across Europe could be suffering from long COVID. Experts want more resources to be put into investigating the condition and how to treat it. 13/05/2022
no comment Panic buying grips Beijing supermarkets after lockdown rumours Beijing residents rush to supermarkets as Chinese officials try to curb mounting panic over a rumour the capital would be placed under stay-at-home orders. 12/05/2022
Health Severe COVID-19 could affect brain as much as ageing 20 years Cognitive impairment, such as difficulty recalling words, could also be affecting many people who have had COVID-19 but were not hospitalised, the study found. 04/05/2022
This will impact your life Europeans have decided COVID-19 is over. It isn't. In a short space of time, governments have lifted most restrictions meant to contain the deadly virus. 02/05/2022
Europe News Tourism in France surges after pandemic Paris and the south of France welcomed 20% more tourists over the Easter weekend compared to 2019, despite the Ukraine war and lockdowns in Asia. 02/05/2022
Health XE variant: What we know about the new COVID strain found in England Scientists think this hybrid variant combining two strains of Omicron may be even more infectious with more than a thousand confirmed cases. 30/04/2022
no comment Beijing residents queue for tests Beijing on Tuesday launched mass coronavirus testing for nearly all its 21 million residents, as fears grew that the Chinese capital may be placed under a strict lockdown like Shanghai. 26/04/2022
Health Mental health a factor in risk of breakthrough COVID infection - study Vaccinated patients over the age of 65 with a history of certain mental health conditions were found to be at higher risk of breakthrough infection 18/04/2022
Health No more swabs? US approves its first COVID breath test The InspectIR COVID-19 Breathalyzer is 91.2 per cent accurate at identifying positive samples and 99.3 per cent accurate with negative samples, according to the FDA.
