China helps virus-ravaged Hong Kong build isolation units

Feb 21,2022
CONSTRUCTION crews from mainland China were helping Hong Kong build two temporary isolation facilities to house thousands of coronavirus patients on Sunday as a senior official declared the city “in full combat mode”.
How long does protection offered by COVID-19 booster shot last? US study answers
Feb 15
Though it’s now well documented that vaccine efficacy goes down after two doses, relatively little has been published on the duration of protection after a booster.
Healthcare waste from COVID threatens environment: WHO
Feb 03
A CCORDING to the agency’s Global analysis of healthcare waste in the context of COVID-19: status, impacts and recommendations, the mainly plastic trashthreatens human and environmental health, ..............
Covax opens new front in pandemic arms race
Jan 25
COVAX aims to break the Covid-19 pandemic in 2022 by ensuring a steady supply of vaccines at last for the world’s poorest countries — and swiftly getting them into arms.
WHO says pandemic ‘nowhere near over’ as France, Germany post record cases
Jan 21
THE highly transmissible Omicron strain has spread unabated around the world, pushing some governments to impose fresh measures while speeding up the rollout of vaccine booster shots.
Thoughts on the 110th anniversary of Alfred Wegener’s ‘continental drift’ hypothesis
Jan 19
A few comments can be made on the occasion of the 110th anniversary of the reportage of this novel, pioneering and essentially correct scientific hypothesis.
As cases rise, India fears another Covid catastrophe
Jan 11
HAUNTED by the spectre of last year’s crisis, India is bracing for a deluge of Covid-19 cases, with authorities of various megacities bringing in restrictions in a bid to keep infections in check.