Countries should consider recommending that passengers wear masks on long-haul flights, given the rapid spread of the latest Omicron subvariant of Covid-19 in the United States, World Health Organisation officials said.
policeman on terrorism charges, escalating existing tensions. the european union's disease prevention agency has said the screening of travellers from china for covid—19 would be unjustified. it follows an appeal from italy for the rest of the eu to follow its lead and ensure chinese arrivals are tested and quarantined if necessary. china is dealing with a big wave of covid infections — and several countries, including the us, india and japan have imposed new restrictions on chinese arrivals. eu ministers are still considering how to respond, but the european centre for disease prevention and control said the covid surge was not expected to have much impact in the bloc. here's what the italian prime minister had to say a short while ago: translation: the health minister immediately _ translation: the health minister immediately ordered _ translation: the health minister immediately ordered tests - translation: the health minister immediately ordered tests for - translation: the health minister. immediately ordered tests for anyone arriving from china. a measure that however, risks not being completely
India COVID Fourth Wave Latest Update: IIT Kanpur professor Manindra Agrawal, who is part of the IIT sutra covid model, said that the ‘short-term future does not look good’ but ‘there is no cause for alarm in India’.
mutating into more lethal or transmissable forms. many are now asking whether this could happen with monkeypox. dr rosamund lewis is the head of the smallpox secretariat at the world health organisation. here's her answer to that. we can say that this is a dna virus. it's one of the largest, if not the largest, amongst the largest viruses known. the mutation rate is much lower than for rna viruses, and so it's a very stable virus. so, we don't yet have evidence that there is mutation in the virus itself. so, although monkeypox is a stable virus that doesn't tend to mutate, there are two forms of it — the west african, with a mortality rate of around i%, that's according to the world health organisation, and the one from the congo basin, which could have a fatality rate as high as 10%. which could have a fatality we are dealing with the form that comes from west aftica. that means most people will experience milder symptoms, with only around one in every 100 people who catch it developing serious, even life—threatening disease. here's the director of the eu's european centre for disease prevention and control, dr andrea ammon, on how we should be dealing with it. clear communication with at—risk groups and wider community
Influenza has returned to Europe at a faster-than-expected rate this winter after almost disappearing last year, raising concerns about a prolonged “twindemic” with Covid-19 amid some doubts about the effectiveness of flu vaccines.
A warning has been given about the possible early onset of winter flu, which could reach its height at the end of this year. An earlier onset of winter fl...
the german chancellor angela merkel has warned europe is "on thin ice" with the spread of the delta variant. her warning came as the european centre for disease prevention and control said the variant would account for 90% of eu cases by late august. germany has introduced a two—week quarantine for all british visitors — a measure the german government is advising other european countries to adopt. our medical editor fergus walsh reports. britain does not have the feel of a country in the grip of a third wave of coronavirus. the prospect of foreign holidays for the fully immunised looks tantalisingly close, but rising virus levels here may put paid to that. just a month ago, the united kingdom had one of the lowest rates of coronavirus in europe, most of which was coming out of its second wave. but the rise of the delta variant here — first identified in india — has changed all that.
in ibiza, thank you very much. - and we'll find out how this story — and many others — are covered in tomorrow's front pages at 10:30 and 11:30 this evening in the papers — our guestsjoining me tonight are the broadcaster penny smith and the former conservative party adviser mo hussein. do stay with us for that. the german chancellor angela merkel has warned europe is "on thin ice" with the spread the delta variant. her warning came as the european centre for disease prevention and control said the variant would account for 90% of eu cases by late august. germany has introduced a two—week quarantine for all british visitors — a measure the german government is advising other european countries to adopt. 0ur medical editor fergus walsh reports. britain does not have the feel of a country in the grip of a third wave of coronavirus. the prospect of foreign holidays for the fully immunised looks tantalisingly close, but rising virus levels here may put paid to that.