Whilst the state average of those who had already been infected and developed antibodies was found to be 13.9%, the rate among residents of New York City was 21.2%.
A Japanese island which lifted the state of emergency imposed because of the coronavirus has now been struck by a second wave of Covid-19. The island of Hokkaido in northern Japan became the first region in the country to declare a state of emergency due to Covid-19 in late February. A tourist hotspot, Hokkaido would have welcomed […]
It is believed that Kim, who has not been seen in public for over two weeks, became severely ill because of delayed surgery, prompting China to send a team of medical experts to offer their help.
Dr Chen Shih-Chung writes on the needs for international health organisations to recognize Taiwan in order to protect global health security.
Dyson however have decided to continue trialing their newly designed ventilator, in the hopes that they might be of benefit to another country.
Approximately 4% of American children were already being home-schooled before the coronavirus outbreak, with an estimated 90% coming from Christian homes.
They’re looking for volunteers: 1,112 volunteers, to be precise. Half will be given the vaccine, half won’t. They’ll check back in a few months and see how many from group A got the virus, compared to how many from group B. What’s interesting about this are the ethical questions involved. Obviously, the greatest good for […]
“Anything that would go against World Health Organization recommendations would be a violation of our policy.” – YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki.
Caution, Caution, Caution – pretty much how you should respond to any news about Coronavirus these days, because the simple fact is that there’s so much we don’t know. And probably the biggest thing we don’t know is this: How many people are actually infected, and don’t know, and have never been tested, because they […]
One of the stranger little Coronavirus culture wars that’s been ongoing in recent months has been the great struggle between those who are convinced that Hydroxychloroquine, a medicine usually used to treat Malaria, is an effective treatment for Covid 19, and those that aren’t. Much like all the great culture war fights of our time, […]
77 deaths were reported in Ireland yesterday, comfortably our highest daily total, and, on a per capita basis, almost twice as many deaths per head of population yesterday as reported in the United Kingdom. Their death rate is slowing; ours is accelerating. Amateur statistician Keith Mills has the figures: Following today's awful Irish news, we […]
The German newspaper Bild, Europe’s best selling newspaper, has put together an itemised ‘invoice’ of nearly €150 billion which it says China owes Germany for the COVID-19 pandemic. The list says that China owes Germany €27 billion for lost tourism revenue, €7.2 billion for the German film industry, and €50 billion for German SMEs. The […]