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COVID Pandemic

What pathogen could trigger the next pandemic? How scientists are preparing for ‘disease X’

Sep 27, 2024

Before the COVID pandemic, the World Health Organisation (WHO) had made a list of priority infectious diseases. These were felt to pose a threat to international public health, but where research was still needed to improve their…
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‘100 times worse than Covid pandemic’: Experts on risk of H5N1 bird flu outbreak

Apr 5, 2024

Experts raised concerns over the potential rapid spread of the bird flu pandemic, which may lead to an exceptionally high fatality rate and can be “100 times worse than the Covid pandemic”, reported the Daily Mail, a UK-based tabloid. The…
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China records its highest caseload since Covid pandemic started in 2019

Nov 24, 2022

China reported a record high in daily Covid-19 infections on Thursday as it imposed localised lockdowns in several cities including in Beijing and local authorities struggled to control the surging outbreak, given the promise of easing the…
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Ways in which COVID has changed the travel industry

Aug 18, 2021

The COVID pandemic has changed everything, more so, for travel. Just when nations were coming closer to one another through a travel boom, the COVID pandemic struck hard. This resulted in nations to go further away from each other. At a…
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