Monthly Archives: February 2021

WHO: Experts Reach Consensus on Summary Report of the Novel Coronavirus Origin

The World Health Organization (WHO) said Tuesday that the international expert group on novel coronavirus traceability has reached a consensus with its Chinese counterpart ona joint traceability summary report.Peter Embarek, the panel leader, stressed that further research is needed to gather more evidence to explore all hypotheses about the origin of novel coronavirus. Embarek said […]

Portugal Confirms Two Cases of Suspected Infection with Brazilian Variant of Novel Coronavirus

A laboratory in Lisbon has identified two suspected cases of a novel coronavirus variant found in Brazil for the first time, local media reported Monday. The local health department is conducting an analysis to confirm whether the novel coronavirus infected by the suspected case corresponds to the mutated virus.The two suspected cases were found in […]

China-WHO Joint Expert Group Provides Scientific and Objective Judgment on Novel Coronavirus

In recent days, the mainstream media of many Latin American countries have paid high attention to the investigation on the origin of novel coronavirus conducted by the joint expert group of China and the World Health Organization in Wuhan, and generally recognized the scientific and objective conclusions about novel coronavirus in the preliminary investigation results […]

Joint Traceability Studies: Mink and Cats May Also Be Hosts of the Novel Coronavirus

Liang Wannian, the Chinese leader of the joint expert investigation team, introduced the molecular epidemiology of the origin of the research results, said that the bat, pangolin coronaviruses found in the two animals are not enough to become the direct ancestor of novel coronavirus.Animals such as minks and cats may also be potential hosts.

Three Months Later: Deadly Ebola Virus Reemerges in the Democratic Republic of Congo

A woman has died from the Ebola virus in the eastern province of North Kivu, the Ministry of Health of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) confirmed Monday.Health authorities are working with the World Health Organization to track down close contacts of the woman. The last Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo ended […]

Nap Duration Positively Correlated with Risk of Hyperuricemia in Chinese Population

Insufficient sleep or disrupted sleep-wake cycles are associated with metabolic disorders.However, few studies have examined the relationship between daily sleep duration and hyperuricemia.Abstract: A study was published in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism to investigate the relationship between daily sleep time (daytime nap and nighttime sleep) and the risk of hyperuricemia. The researchers […]

A Mutant Novel Coronavirus, More Virulent and Deadly, Found in 33 States

According to the Centers for Disease Control, the mutant novel coronavirus has been found in 33 states.Experts warn that the mutant novel coronavirus is more virulent and can cause more deaths. According to Dr. Celine Gounder, the Biden administration’s Covid-19 pandemic adviser, the mutant novel coronavirus is more virulent and has been linked to more […]

Novel Coronavirus Mutation: Will the Vaccine Still Be Effective?

More than a year after the pandemic began to sweep the globe, as people cheered the arrival of a vaccine, new, more highly transmissible strains of the covid mutated strain began to emerge, causing new outbreaks in many countries.At present, the mutant novel coronavirus reported by Britain has been discovered in 60 countries and regions […]

New Mutations in Novel Coronavirus Reported in the UK

British health experts have observed a new mutation in a previously reported sample of a variant called Novel Coronavirus in the UK that may help the virus evade attack by the body’s immune system. Public Health England has named the new mutation observed in the virus as E484K.This mutation has previously been observed in mutated […]

How Long Does Infection Last After Novel Coronavirus Exposure? New Study Reports Median Duration of 7 Days

The New England Journal of Medicine recently published a new study from Joong University Hospital in South Korea.In this study, novel coronavirus was cultured in respiratory samples from hospitalized patients with novel coronavirus. Although the patients remained positive for viral nucleic acid (PCR) for a long time after infection (median 34 days), the virus in […]