2China has passed its peak of the COVID-19 outbreak, with new cases trickling down to single digits and overall epidemic(流行病)situation improving. The order of life and production is being restored at an increasing pace. However, it gets worse abroad. The number of confirmed coronavirus cas...
Up to this point, we've been fortunate that the COVID-19 virus tends to mutate slower than many other viruses: a slow-moving target is good news for vaccines. We always knew, though, that eventually there would be a mutation which would make a practical difference to C...
As a member of the high-level expert team that China's National Health Commission assembled following the outbreak of COVID-19, Professor Yuen has witnessed firsthand the devastation the virus has caused in the country. He stressed that without resuming traveling and bus...
“The state of California is adjusting its COVID-19 guidelines to pave the way for outdoor activities, like Major League Baseball and other live events, to resume with fans and capacity limits starting April 1, Dr. Mark Ghaly, California Health and Human Services secretary, said Friday. The...
20.Why are dogs capable of finding out negative COVID-19 samples? A.For dogs can sniff out hidden virus of the samples. B.For dogs can tell the different smell of the samples. C.For dogs can feel metabolre changes of...
Closely related viruses known as avian metapneumovirusescirculate inbirdsand the human metapneumovirus is thought to have evolvedfrom one of these. However, this is thought to have occurred around 200 years ago, so the situation with hMPV is very different to that with the covid-19 virus, ...
In a world of roughly 8 billion people, there is a growing fear that theadvance agreements to prioritize the domestic markets of rich nations will only make the COVID-19 vaccines unavailable and unaffordable to smaller and poorer countries.Unlike the rich EU-member countries, the UK as well ...
1. Pre-CNY sales stronger, yet considerable decline observed after the virus outbreak The total sales two weeks before CNY grew by 15%, substantially higher than the full-year FMCG growth rate of 5.3% in 2019. However, after the Wuhan lockdown was announced on 23 January, panic started ...
The ascent of XBB.1.5 comes as COVID-19hospitalizationshave accelerated across the U.S. in recent weeks. The pace of new admissions is now worse than this past summer's peak in several regions. In New England, the CDC estimates that the rate of hospitalizations among the oldest Americans ...
The Delta variant is responsible for the nation's exponential surge, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which is reminding Americans that the COVID vaccines do work. "I want to be clear, while vaccinated people can spread the virus if they get a breakthrough infection...