China rushes to contain ‘school centered’ Delta outbreak before major holiday season

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China rushes to contain ‘school centered’ Delta outbreak before major holiday season

The outbreak, dubbed China’s “first school-centered flare-up” by state media, was originally detected Friday at a elementary school in the city of Putian. It has since spread throughout the province,…

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What is the Nipah virus? What to know as India tackles a fresh outbreak.

The virus is far deadlier than the coronavirus that causes covid-19 but less contagious, experts say. Source link

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University of Chicago COVID-19 outbreak tied to spring break travel

The Chicago Department of Public Health, listed as a co-author in the study, noted on Twitter that the findings reinforce the need to follow its travel advisory, which now recommends…

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'A pandemic tinderbox': In Hurricane Ida's aftermath, experts worry COVID-19 outbreak in Louisiana will worsen

Crowded shelters, inundated hospitals and ICUs, along with low vaccination rates make for a recipe that puts the state at risk for more infections. Source link

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US intelligence finds China did not know about COVID-19 before outbreak, still divided over origin

U.S. intelligence remains divided over the origins of COVID-19. Some analysts say it was likely caused by an animal, others a lab incident. Source link

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Unvaccinated California Teacher Caused COVID Outbreak That Infected Half Her Class

A single unvaccinated teacher at a Northern California school triggered a COVID-19 outbreak in May that infected 26 others, including a total of 18 students, the Centers for Disease Control and…

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David Roche on China Covid outbreak hitting growth, markets

Medical personnel work on the sixth round of covid-19 test since late July in Nanjing in east China’s Jiangsu province on Sunday, August 08, 2021. Feature China | Barcroft Media…

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China orders mass testing in Wuhan as COVID outbreak spreads

BEIJING (AP) — Chinese authorities announced Tuesday mass coronavirus testing in Wuhan as an unusually wide series of COVID-19 outbreaks reached the city where the disease was first detected in…

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China Covid: Concerns grow as Delta outbreak spreads

In Zhuzhou, in central Hunan province, more than a million people have been told not to leave home for three days while mass testing and a vaccination drive is organised.…

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Provincetown’s Covid Outbreak Shows ‘It’s Nowhere Near Over’

PROVINCETOWN, Mass. — By the Fourth of July, Provincetown’s tourist season had built to a prepandemic thrum. Restaurants were booked solid, and snaking lines formed outside the dance clubs. There…

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