virus

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Health

1cr people in Bangladesh infected with Hepatitis B, C

Speakers call for giving Hepatitis B vaccines to newborn babies within 24 hours of birth

Test tubes filled with samples of bacteria to be tested are seen at the Health Protection Agency in north London March 9, 2011. Photo :Reuters
China

Chinese scientists say new highly accurate virus test gives results within minutes

In this photo provided by the Australian Defence Force, la loader is used to move aid supplies at the port at Nuku'alofa, Tonga, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022, after HMAS Adelaide carried in the disaster relief and humanitarian aid supplies. The danger of spreading the coronavirus was underscored when nearly two dozen sailors aboard the the Adelaide were reported infected on Tuesday, raising fears they could bring the coronavirus to the small Pacific archipelago devastated by an undersea volcanic eruption and a tsunami on Jan. 15. Photo: UNB/AP
World+Biz

Eruption-hit Tonga closes borders as Covid detected

In this photo provided by the Australian Defense Force, soldiers load onto HMAS Adelaide at the Port of Brisbane before departing for Tonga Thursday, Jan. 20, 2022, after a volcano eruption. Nearly two dozen sailors aboard the Adelaide have tested positive for the coronavirus, officials said Tuesday, Jan 25, 2022, raising fears they could bring the disease to Tonga which has so far managed to avoid any outbreaks. Photo :UNB/ AP
World+Biz

23 Australians on ship delivering aid to Tonga have virus

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Europe

London cancels New Year event over virus surge

People queue at a popup Covid-19 testing site in New York, US, December 3, 2021. Photo :Reuters
Coronavirus chronicle

Omicron variant may have picked up a piece of common-cold virus

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Global Economy

Wall Street rebounds after virus-linked sell-off

Japan's newly-elected Prime Minister Fumio Kishida arrives at his official residence in Tokyo, Japan October 4, 2021. Photo: Reuters
Coronavirus chronicle

Japan to bar new foreign arrivals over virus variant: PM

aposhi Gosh and Ashok Kumar Ghosh lost their two kids - Aronno Kumar and Ananya - to the Nipah virus 10 years ago. Nipah virus, a zoonotic virus, can be transmitted through contaminated food or directly between people. Photo: TBS
Health

As winter nears, many in Bangladesh fear a Nipah Virus re-emergence

Nurse Gavriil Hadjioannou holds a vial of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine against the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) at the health centre of Karyes, the administrative centre of the all-male Orthodox monastic community of Mount Athos, Greece, November 16, 2021. Photo :Reuters
Coronavirus chronicle

Experimental chewing gum may reduce virus spread; Booster shot protection may be longer lasting

People wearing protective masks walk on a street, following new cases of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19), in Shanghai, China, August 10, 2021. REUTERS/Aly Song
China

Beijing tightens entry restrictions amid virus resurgence

People wearing face masks to protect against the spread of the coronavirus walk past extra papers reporting on Japanese gold medalists at Tokyo Olympics, in Tokyo Tuesday, July 27, 2021. Photo: UNB/AP
Coronavirus chronicle

Tokyo records record virus cases days after Olympics begin

The City of London financial district can be seen, whilst British stocks tumble as investors fear that the coronavirus outbreak could stall the global economy, in London, Britain, March 9 2020. Photo : Reuters
Global Economy

Global growth to stay strong but virus the top risk, say economists: Reuters poll