Top news of the week: 12.10.2021.
Coronavirus
Coronavirus report warned of impact on UK four years before pandemic
Exclusive: Report from planning exercise in 2016 alerted government of need to stockpile PPE and set up contact tracing system
Delta does not appear to make children sicker; Secondary immune response stronger after infection than after shot
The following is a summary of some recent studies on COVID-19. They include research that warrants further study to corroborate the findings and that have yet to be certified by peer review.
WHO is sending COVID-19 aid for North Korea
The World Health Organization (WHO) says it is sending COVID-19 aid for North Korea through China's border port of Dalian, despite few signs North Korea has eased strict border lockdowns to ...
GLOBALink | In Egypt's new capital, Chinese firm races against COVID-19 to raise skyscrapers
Some 50 km east of the capital Cairo, where a Chinese firm has been building a vast business district in Egypt's new administrative capital, Liu Jingkun inspects the staff …
U.S. will accept WHO-approved COVID-19 vaccines for international visitors
The United States will accept the use by international visitors of COVID-19 vaccines authorized by U.S. regulators or the World Health Organization, the Centers for Disease Control and ...
Localized fill-and-finish production of Sinovac vaccine facilitates Malaysia's fight against COVID-19
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct. 11 (Xinhua) -- In a low-rise building of Malaysian pharmaceutical company Pharmaniaga Life Sciences (PLS) on the outskirts of Kuala Lumpur, the fill and finish …
Origin: Very Close Relatives Of Covid-19 Virus Found In Laotian Bats
A recent study from the Pasteur Institute, Temmam et al., investigates viruses endemic to the bats of Southeast Asia and found close relatives of SARS-CoV-2 among them.
Female authorship of covid-19 research in manuscripts submitted to 11 biomedical journals: cross sectional study
Objective To describe prominent authorship positions held by women and the overall percentage of women co-authoring manuscripts submitted during the covid-19 pandemic compared with the ...