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A new Covid strain is wreaking havoc in India, with hospitals now on red alert and compulsory face masks being brought back. ‘Arcturus’, a spin-off of Omicron, is thought to be the most contagious variant yet. However, top scientists don’t…
The head of the World Health Organisation (WHO) has declared the monkeypox outbreak a “global health emergency”. Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told a news conference that despite the WHO committee being unable to come to a consensus, he declared the…
The Netherlands and Austria are days away from imposing new lockdowns in a bid to stop a surge in Covid-19 cases. Uneven vaccine coverage and a relaxation of preventive measures have brought Europe to a ‘critical point’ in the pandemic,…
A fourth wave of coronavirus is in “full force”, Germany’s health minister has warned, after a 55% rise in cases over the past month. Europe is “back at the epicentre” of the pandemic, according to World Health Organisation (WHO) Europe…
An increase in Covid-19 transmission rates across Europe over the last two weeks, combined with low levels of vaccination in some countries, is “deeply worrying”, the World Health Organization has said. The WHO said it feared another 236,000 Covid-19 deaths…
Health authorities in Guinea have confirmed one death from Marburg virus, a highly infectious hemorrhagic fever similar to Ebola, the World Health Organization said on Monday. It marks the first time that the deadly disease has been identified in West…
China is racing to contain its worst coronavirus outbreak in months, as health officials blamed the highly infectious Delta variant for a surge in infections spanning 14 provinces. China reported 328 symptomatic infections in July, almost equal to the total…
The authorities in India are raising the alarm over a rise in a rare and potentially fatal fungal infection called mucormycosis among recovered but still vulnerable Covid-19 patients. The condition is caused by a group of molds called mucormycetes that…
