Category: Asia
Asian Coronavirus News
Israel: several fully vaccinated elderly tested positive for COVID-19
“tests at nursing homes, where all residents have received both doses of the vaccine and are considered to be fully protected, indicated several people as positive for coronavirus.” More...
New Israeli drug cured 29 of 30 moderate to serious COVID-19 cases in days
A new coronavirus treatment being developed at Tel Aviv’s Ichilov Medical Center has successfully completed phase 1 trials and appears to have helped numerous moderate-to-serious cases of COVID-19 quickly recover from the disease, the hospital said Friday. More...
A novel SARS-CoV-2 related coronavirus in bats from Cambodia
Here we describe the identification of SARS-CoV-2 related coronaviruses in two Rhinolophus shameli bats sampled in Cambodia in 2010. More...
Netanyahu: “it’s just a matter of time until we hit a coronavirus strain that the current vaccines are not susceptible to”
This week, [Israeli] authorities approved vaccinating 16-18-year-olds to allow students to take their “Bagrut” matriculation exams on time. More...
Israel: Young children are particularly susceptible to the new coronavirus variant
Israel has said it is confident that vaccines are effective against the UK strain of coronavirus, but dampened hopes of a swift reopening of schools as it warned that young children were particularly susceptible to the new variant. More...
SARS-CoV-2: nearly 100m infections, 2m deaths and the global CFR has stopped falling
John Hopkins University figures for 24th January 2021:
Over 12,400 Israelis tested positive for COVID-19 after having received at least the first coronavirus vaccine dose
Over 12,400 Israeli residents tested positive for COVID-19 after having received at least the first coronavirus vaccine dose, representing 6.6% of the 189,900 people who took coronavirus tests after being vaccinated, according to figures released by the Health Ministry. More...
Israel’s coronavirus czar says first dose less effective than Pfizer indicated
Israel’s coronavirus czar Nachman Ash has reportedly said the first dose of Pfizer’s vaccine provides less protection against COVID-19 than the US pharmaceutical firm had initially indicated it would, and cautioned that it may not protect against new strains of the virus.
An open letter for proper coronavirus safety measures in schools
“Schools are a Covid19 pandemic driver; there is a consensus on that in literature. More...
New Zealand ice cream tests positive for coronavirus in China
“Three samples of ice cream made from New Zealand-sourced milk powder and Ukrainian dried whey tested positive for COVID-19 in North China’s Tianjin, authorities announced Thursday. More...