Oslo, Norway: new coronavirus lockdown closes restaurants, non-essential shops & secondary schools

In Oslo, all restaurants, except take-away services, and non-essential shops, except groceries, pharmacies and liquor stores, will have to close from Tuesday, while the “red” level is imposed at upper secondary schools, meaning that students, who were fully back at school, will now do some online learning.  More...

60 million confirmed coronavirus infections globally, and the rate is still increasing

There have now been more than 60,000,000 confirmed coronavirus infections globally and the infection rate is still increasing.  More...

Coronavirus mutation could hamper vaccine development

New strain first emerged in Scotland and has now spread to 12 other countries but is not making the disease more severe or transmissible

A team of scientists from institutions around the world, including the universities of Glasgow, Edinburgh and Liverpool, has conducted an indepth study of an emerging strain of the virus that has been shown in clinical trials to evade monoclonal antibodies – the first tailored treatment for Covid-19.  More...