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‘These short lockdowns haven’t added much’: Infectious diseases expert27/05/2021|7min Infectious diseases expert Professor Peter Collignon says lockdowns are needed at certain times when there is significant community transmission, but the short lockdowns “haven’t added much”. His comments come as Victoria is set to undergo a seven-day circuit breaker lockdown after a COVID-19 outbreak grew to 26 cases. “These short lockdowns – I guess we only know in retrospect – all the ones...

Researchers at virology lab allegedly fell ill with covid-like symptoms in November 2019 Three researchers from China’s Wuhan Institute of Virology sought hospital care in November 2019 with symptoms consistent with covid-19, The Wall Street Journal has reported citing a US intelligence report. China’s Foreign Ministry and the director of the Wuhan National Biosafety Lab have denied the report, which has ignited further speculation about the origin of the covid-19 pandemic. The emergence o...

The devastating mouse plague gripping New South Wales has left a Dunedoo hotel owner fighting for his life after he contracted a deadly virus carried by the rodents.

Professor discusses what Victoria must now do amid latest COVID-19 cluster 25/05/2021|6min Infectious diseases expert Professor Peter Collignon has spoken to Sky News about what Victoria should now do amid the latest COVID-19 outbreak. “They need to actually get lots of testing done of people in the region,” he told Sky News host Chris Kenny. “They need to actually have people who are close contacts, be in quarantine". “And basically, try the best they can to work out where this case...

Advertisement “Fair cop,” admits the ABC’s resident coronavirus expert Norman Swan. “I probably did cause some vaccine hesitancy.” Swan is reflecting on months of controversy over Australia’s vaccine rollout in which he was an active and early critic, sounding the alarm over the efficacy of the AstraZeneca jab and its involvement in a very rare but dangerous clotting disorder. The doctor is in: Norman Swan has helped millions of Australians better understand the CO...

Christopher Furlong/Getty Images Contact tracing delays affected eight local authorities in England in April and May In parts of England, delays in tracing those who had contact with people who tested positive for the coronavirus may have contributed to the spread of the B.1.617.2 variant of the virus, according to local public health reports.  Advertisement The reports, seen by the BBC, suggest that failures in England’s NHS Test and Trace system in April and May affected eight local author...

Cases of a rare and difficult to treat “black fungus” are rising in COVID-19 patients in India due to the increased use of steroids like dexamethasone.

Aaron Favila/AP/Shutterstock Latest coronavirus news as of 5pm on 17 May Antibody levels could help predict the level of protection a person has to covid-19 following vaccination or after natural infection A person’s levels of neutralising antibodies following covid-19 vaccination or natural infection could help predict their level of immune protection, a study suggests. Neutralising antibodies are able to successfully bind to a virus, reducing its ability to infect other cells. David Khoury ...

Menu   Coronavirus: Australia and New Zealand are on the green list - but their borders could be closed for years SPECIAL REPORT Life has carried on almost normally inside Australia (pictured: sunbathers at Bondi Beach), but travel in and out of the country has been severely curbed even for citizens and permanent residents SINCE the beginning of the pandemic, Australia and New Zealand have been hailed among the few countries to have kept Covid out and life largely normal. Stric...

A smattering of places, mainly across the Asia-Pacific region, have seen breathtaking victories in the battle against COVID-19 by effectively wiping it out within their borders. Now they face a fresh test: rejoining the rest of the world, which is still awash in the pathogen. In some ways, the success of “COVID zero” locations is becoming a straitjacket. As cities like New York and London return to in-person dealmaking and business as usual — tolerating hundreds of daily cases as vaccinati...