Category: Transmission
Spain: Four new coronavirus outbreaks at mink farms in Galician province of A Coruña.
The World Wildlife Fund has renewed its calls for American mink farms in Spain to be closed down following the news that another four outbreaks of Covid-19 have been identified at establishments in the Galicia province of A Coruña. More...
Poland: coronavirus strain found on a Polish mink farm can be directly transmitted from mink to humans and vice versa
A SARS-CoV-2 strain found on a Polish mink farm can be directly transmitted from the animals to humans and vice versa, the Agriculture Ministry has said. More...
UK: United Kingdom has more than TWICE as many daily coronavirus cases as the USA
For the first time since the beginning of the pandemic, the United Kingdom now has more daily cases than the United States of America. More...
Saudi Arabia: highest coronavirus infection figures for 11 months
Saudi Arabia said on Tuesday it has recorded 1,567 COVID-19 infections during the past 24 hours, the highest daily in 11 months, bringing the tally to 486,106 cases, local media reported.
UK: with 2 million Long Covid cases and 20,000 new coronavirus infections every day, is this really the right time to lift restrictions?
There is something deeply surreal about Britain’s current Covid-19 policy right now. More...
UK: Boris goes full Bolsonaro and decides to “let the bodies pile high” by lifting lockdown restrictions completely
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson said in April 2021 that he ‘would rather let bodies pile high’ than impose a third national lockdown. More...
Hong Kong: all passenger flights from UK banned to curb coronavirus – Britain deemed “extremely high-risk”
Hong Kong will ban all passenger flights from the United Kingdom from Thursday (Jul 1) to curb the spread of the Delta variant of COVID-19, the government said on Monday. More...
Bangladesh: hardest coronavirus lockdown so far announced
Bangladesh is set to enter the toughest lockdown enforced till now in a bid to control the alarming Covid-19 situation after logging the highest number of single-day fatalities and cases in two consecutive days. More...
Finland: more than 200 Euro football supporters travelled back from St Petersburg with coronavirus – probably Delta
“There are more than 200 coronavirus cases traceable to St. More...
South Africa: Delta variant now dominant, hard lockdown imposed, alcohol banned
President Cyril Ramaphosa of South Africa imposed a hard lockdown which included a ban on the sale of alcohol from Monday. More...