Category: Australasia
Australasian Coronavirus News
STOP PRESS: World Health Organisation believes that Long COVID may be a thing
It seems the World Health Organisation has suddenly become aware of something called Long COVID after their chief scientist tweeted the following yesterday:. More...
Australia: 12% of the workforce off sick with long Covid
An estimated 31,000 Australian workers are calling in sick every day because of the debilitating symptoms of long COVID. More...
Omicron BA.4.6 at 4 percent of all US sequences
Omicron BA.4.6, a subvariant of BA.4, has been attracting some media attention over the past few days. More...
Diptheria: First case in Switzerland for 40 years
Several people have been infected with diphtheria at a centre for asylum seekers – the first known cases of the bacterial infection in Switzerland in nearly 40 years. More...
WHO declares monkeypox a PHEIC as Tedros overrules advisors
One month too late.
The World Health Organisation have finally gotten round to declaring monkeypox a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC), but only after WHO chief Dr Tedros overrode the views of his own advisors! More...
BA.2.75 designated a VUM by both WHO and ECDC *3 updates*
The World Health Organisation and the European Centre for Disease Control (ECDC) have designated Omicron subvariant BA.2.75 as a variant under monitoring (VUM). More...
Monkeypox: WHO reports 2 new deaths, 77% increase cases in 10 days
“Since the previous Disease Outbreak News was published on 27 June 2022, 2614 new cases, (77% increase) and two new deaths have been reported; nine new countries/territories/areas have reported cases.” More...
Monkeypox: Asymptomatic spread reported in Belgium
“The existence of asymptomatic monkeypox infection indicates that the virus might be transmitted to close contacts in the absence of symptoms. More...
New Zealand: First cases of BA.2.75 detected
The Omicron subvariant BA.2.75 has been detected in New Zealand for the first time. More...
Covid-19: Where’s the herd immunity?
“Contrary to the myth that we are sliding into a comfortable evolutionary relationship with a common-cold-like, friendly virus, this is more like being trapped on a rollercoaster in a horror film.” More...