Category - Infectious Diseases

• A COVID-19 VARIANT LINKED TO SURGING CASE NUMBERS IN INDIA HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED IN B.C. A MINISTRY OF HEALTH OFFICIAL SAYS THAT 39 CASES OF THE DOUBLE MUTATION KNOWN AS B.1.617 HAVE BEEN FOUND IN THE PROVINCE.
• Sarawak records 474 new cases, one death in Kapit
• Incoming flights need to be addressed
• Mass vaccinatio­n clinic for Cargill workers postponed
• Province planning to offer program for paid sick days
• Ties elevated to new heights
• Abra declares ASF outbreak
• Airlines (and middle seats) coming back
• EHV survives for 48 hours on bedding
• Scaled-back Anzac Day a poignant reminder of 1919 pandemic
• Despite leading in vaccinatio­ns, Chile sees virus surging
• Singapore quarantine­s hundreds after dorm workers test positive
• WHO seeks next steps in Covid-19 origins probe
• Yet another highest single-day spike recorded in Tamil Nadu
• Virus can live on some surfaces for up to 3 days, tests show
• ROSS RIVER BITES HARD
• PEW: PANDEMIC HITS NEWSPAPERS HARD AS TV NEWS THRIVES
• China administer­s 200 million vaccine doses domestical­ly
• The Sherlock Holmes of emerging epidemics
• Medical worker likely infected collecting swabs
• Patient zero holds the key to understand­ing outbreaks
• Province records 1,699 new COVID-19 cases
• COVID-19 continues to fell younger Canadians
• COVID outbreak declared at Victoria care home; new cases at Nanaimo Regional General Hospital
• Brant County Health Unit reports 15th COVID-19 death
• Numbers reveal how much worse COVID is than flu
• Premier Ford self-isolating but tests negative for COVID-19
• Area sees eight new COVID-19 cases
• DALLAS COUNTY reports eight more deaths, says Fair Park vaccinatio­n site to reduce hours.
• Active COVID cases on the decline
• State logs 352 new cases
• Grey-bruce adds 16 new COVID cases Wednesday
• One death, 28 new cases Wednesday in Elgin, Oxford region
• Sarnia area's COVID-19 case rate falls as vaccine shots inch up
• A look at COVID numbers from April 10 to 16 in South Central 2 sub-zone (Moose Jaw area)
• OVER HALF LOCAL COVID-19 CASES ARE VARIANTS
• Avoid all travel abroad, Health Ministry warns
• Florida adds 5,571 COVID-19 cases and 85 deaths
• India posts record: 314,835 new cases
• ANOTHER COVID-19 DEATH IN REGION