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Coronavirus thrives in cold, damp conditions like shipping containers

Coronavirus can maintain a longer vitality in dark and cold environments, especially in wet and cold shipping containers that have just landed, which will increase the risk of infection via unprotected contact, Zhang Wenhong, Shanghai-based infectious disease expert and leader of Shanghai COVID-19 control group said Thursday on China’s Twitter-like Sina Weibo. More...

November 28, 2020August 8, 2022 Coronaheadsup.com Asia, China, Coronavirus, Health, Reinfection

Wuhan finds coronavirus on packages of Brazilian beef, Vietnamese fish

Wuhan, capital of Central China’s Hubei Province, has launched an epidemiological investigation after the coronavirus was discovered on two packages of beef imported from Brazil and on one package of fish imported from Vietnam, local health authority announced on Saturday. More...

November 28, 2020November 2, 2021 Coronaheadsup.com Asia, China, Coronavirus, Health, Reinfection, Transmission, Vietnam

Lithuania culls coronavirus infected mink

Lithuania has begun killing coronavirus-infected mink following Denmark’s mass cull. More...

November 28, 2020July 18, 2022 Coronaheadsup.com Coronavirus, Europe, Health, Lithuania, Mink, Reinfection, Vaccine

Pandora’s box: Coronavirus found at mink farm in Oregon

An Oregon mink farm has reported an outbreak of COVID-19 among animals and workers. More...

November 28, 2020July 18, 2022 Coronaheadsup.com America, Animals, Coronavirus, Health, Mink, Oregon, Reinfection, Reservoir, USA, Vaccine

Coronavirus infections found at mink farms in Wisconsin, Michigan and Utah

Outbreaks of coronavirus have struck mink farms in Wisconsin and Michigan, but Illinois’ shrinking fur industry so far appears to have remained free of the disease, the U.S. More...

November 28, 2020July 18, 2022 Coronaheadsup.com America, Animals, Coronavirus, Health, Michigan, Mink, Reinfection, USA, Utah, Vaccine, Wisconsin

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...

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700 coronavirus deaths in the UK in 24 hours

The UK has reported 696 further COVID-19 deaths overnight. More...

November 25, 2020August 8, 2022 Coronaheadsup.com Coronavirus, Europe, Health, Northern Ireland, Scotland, UK, Wales

Dutch researchers preparing for ‘human challenge’ COVID-19 vaccine trial

Researchers at the Leiden University Medical Center in the Netherlands are preparing for a potential “human challenge” trial in which volunteers are deliberately infected with the new coronavirus to test the effectiveness of vaccine candidates, advocacy group 1Day Sooner said on Wednesday. More...