Month: January 2021

A new mutant strain of COVID-19 has been identified according to a statement issued by the Japanese Health Ministry.  Image credit: tumsasedgars / 123rf This new mutant strain has been identified to be entirely isolated from the strains arising in […]

More than three quarters of those who have contracted COVID-19 still have some form of symptom six months later according to a recent study published in The Lancet. Image credit: quatrox / 123rf “Because COVID-19 is such a new disease, […]

A hospital ward for testing of COVID-19 in Bengaliuru, where cases of a rare fungal infections among COVID-19 patients have been detected. Image credit: Ajay Bhaskar / 123rf Eight COVID-19 patients in the Karnataka state capital Bengaluru have been found […]

Image credit: Ivan Uralsky / 123rf States are beginning to receive COVID-19 vaccine shipments ahead of the rollout of a mass inoculation campaign officials anticipate to be the world’s biggest. Officials hope that the coming six to eight months will […]

Image credit: lightwise / 123rf Despite countries the world over rolling out immunisation programmes, herd immunity is unlikely to be achieved this year according to the World Health Organization (WHO). “We are not going to achieve any levels of population […]

Image credit: miluxian / 123RF Running in parallel with the COVID-19 pandemic has been an ‘infodemic’. The spread of misinformation related to the novel coronavirus and vaccines, particularly online, has alarmed many commentators. To address this, Google has announced a […]