Infectious diseases may evolve to become more resistant to heat and disinfectants such as chlorine, research suggests Global warming may increase the threat of some infectious diseases by making viruses harder to kill, researchers have warned. Waterborne viruses which have adapted to warmer environments remain infectious for longer and are more resistant to disinfectants ... Read More »
Safety of a prospective COVID-19 vaccine comes “first and foremost”, the World Health Organization’s chief scientist said on Wednesday, as a trial of a leading candidate from AstraZeneca (AZN.L) was paused due to concerns over side effects. Rollout of an effective vaccine is seen as a crucial step in helping ... Read More »
The Ministry of Health announced on Wednesday that 553 new Coronavirus cases were recorded in the country during the past 24 hours. The ministry added that 5 new Coronavirus deaths were also registered during the past 24 hours. LBCI Read More »
Caretaker Minister of Information, Manal Abdel Samad Najd, on Tuesday welcomed the non-resident representative of Albania’s Prime Minister, Marc Gharib, with whom she discussed general affairs, bilateral relations, as well as the local and regional situation. NNA Read More »
The global tourism industry has been devastated by the coronavirus pandemic, with $320bn (£244.5bn) lost in exports in the first five months of the year and more than 120 million jobs at risk, the chief of the UN has said. Secretary-general Antonio Guterres said in a policy briefing and video address on Tuesday that tourism is ... Read More »
Several missions this year are seeking out life on the red planet. But would we recognise extraterrestrials if we found them? In July, three unmanned missions blasted off to Mars – from China (Tianwen-1), the US (Nasa’s Mars 2020 Perseverance Rover) and the United Arab Emirates (Hope). The Chinese and ... Read More »
The Ministry of Health announced on Tuesday that 498 new Coronavirus cases were registered in the country along with 7 new deaths. LBCI Read More »
Russia’s experimental coronavirus vaccine is set to be tested on more than 40,000 people across the country. The potential vaccine, called Sputnik V in homage to the world’s first satellite, has already been approved by Russian authorities following two months of small-scale human trials – the results of which have not been ... Read More »
German virologist says spikes inevitable for foreseeable future Coronavirus is not disappearing and will still be here in three years, a leading German virologist has warned. Professor Hendrik Streeck, the director of the Institute of Virology at the University of Bonn who led the response to Covid-19 in one ... Read More »
World Health Organization chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Monday the world must be better prepared for the next pandemic, as he called on countries to invest in public health. More than 27.19 million people have been reported to be infected by the novel coronavirus globally and 888,326 have died, ... Read More »
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