Maria Van Kerkhove

CMS holds Global Interfaith Convention to promote communal harmony

Religious and political events among factors that accelerated COVID-19 transmission in India:WHO

11:55 pm May 12, 2021

United Nations: The World Health Organisation has said a recent risk assessment of the situation in India found that “resurgence and acceleration” of COVID-19 transmission in the country had several potential contributing factors, including ”several religious and political mass gathering events which increased social mixing”. The WHO, in its COVID-19 Weekly Epidemiological Update, published Wednesday, said […]

Several EU nations halt UK flights, fearing virus variant

10:13 pm December 20, 2020

Berlin: The German government said on Sunday it was planning to restrict travel to and from Britain because of the new coronavirus variant. A government spokesman said Germany is working on a regulation to restrict travel between Germany and Britain to protect the country from the new coronavirus variant. The government said it was in contact with […]

Several EU nations halt UK flights, fearing virus variant

8:18 pm December 20, 2020

Berlin: Several European Union nations on Sunday banned flights from the UK and Germany was considering limiting such flights to make sure that a new strain of coronavirus sweeping across southern England does not establish a strong foothold on the continent. The Netherlands banned flights from the U.K. for at least the rest of the […]

Scientists study coronavirus outbreaks among minks in Europe

4:34 pm August 2, 2020

Madrid: Coronavirus outbreaks at mink farms in Spain and the Netherlands have scientists digging into how the animals got infected and if they can spread it to people. In the meantime, authorities have killed more than 1 million minks at breeding farms in both countries as a precaution. The virus that first infected people in China late last year came from […]

WHO report on Wuhan virus mission expected soon

Airborne transmission of COVID can occur during medical procedures: WHO

9:52 pm July 9, 2020

Ganeva: The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Thursday airborne transmission of the novel coronavirus can occur during medical procedures that generate aerosols. The agency said some outbreak reports related to indoor crowded spaces have suggested the possibility of aerosol transmission, combined with droplet transmission, such as during choir practice, in restaurants or in fitness […]

Next Posts >>