, par GIUFFRIDA Angela , JONES Sam, WINTOUR Patrick
78,000 cases confirmed, as Italy and Iran scramble to contain major outbreaks
The world is fast approaching a tipping point in the spread of the coronavirus, according to experts, who warn that the disease is outpacing efforts to contain it, after major outbreaks forced Italy and Iran to (...)
, by ROUSSET Pierre
This article was written initially for a French audience. Practical information has been changed to make it more relevant to at least part of the English speaking readership.
To date, there is no epidemic of the new coronavirus (2019-nCoV, renamed Covid-19) in France, only a limited number of (...)
, by MALLAPATY Smriti
Concerns are rising about the virus’s potential to circulate undetected in Africa and Asia.
Infections of the new coronavirus have now been detected in 24 countries outside China. But researchers warn that cases might be going undetected in some nations that are considered at high risk of an (...)
, by GARNHAM Sarah
The outbreak of the novel coronavirus has unleashed terror upon the people of Wuhan. It has killed over 1000 and possibly infected hundreds of thousands. It has also spread beyond China and has the potential to become a pandemic that will kill millions.
This living nightmare is the work of (...)
, by BOSELEY Sarah
Exclusive: Public health epidemiologist says other countries should consider adopting China-style containment measures.
Not reproduced here: Coronavirus a test of global solidarity, says WHO director – video
The coronavirus epidemic could spread to about two-thirds of the world’s population if (...)
, by BOSELEY Sarah
Fight against coronavirus being hampered by stockpiling of equipment, says body’s chief.
The fight against the coronavirus epidemic is being hampered by serious global shortages of face masks and protective suits, according to the World Health Organization’s director general, who said there was (...)
, by ROBERTS Michael
As I write, the new deadly coronavirus 2019-nCoV, related to SARS and MERS, and apparently originating in live animal markets in Wuhan, China, is starting to spread worldwide.
According to the latest data as of today, there are just under 10,000 cases globally with just 130 or so outside (...)
, by BONI Maciej F.
The two outbreaks in recent memory that give the most insight into these questions are the 2002-2003 SARS outbreak , which spread from China to 26 other countries but was contained after eight months, and the 2009 H1N1 influenza pandemic , which originated in Mexico and spread globally despite (...)
, by WALLACE Rob
St Paul, January 29—A new deadly coronavirus 2019-nCoV, related to SARS and MERS and apparently originating in live animal markets in Wuhan, China, is starting to spread worldwide.
Chinese authorities have reported 5974 cases nationwide, 1000 of them severe. With infections in nearly every (...)
, by POPESCU Saskia
As officials in countries around the world race to respond to an outbreak of the new coronavirus that originated in Wuhan, China, they’ve been implementing measures ranging from mass quarantines to robotic patient care to halt the spread of the disease—methods that may prove ineffective or worse (...)
, by CANTALOUP Frank
Paper submitted at the open space workshop on “Defending Public Health Against Corporate Greed”, Asia Europe People’s Forum 12, September 29-October 1 2018, Ghent, Belgium. A workshop organised by WomanHealth, AMRC, Trade Justice Philipinas.
When I saw the pictures of these Filipino families (...)
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