What you need to know about HMPV
Reports that cases of a flu-like virus called HMPV are rising in China have sparked concern, but experts have dismissed fears that the situation is comparable to the beginnings of Covid-19 five years ago. Here is what you need to know about HMPV: – Similar to flu – HMPV stands for “human metapneumovirus” and generally […]
Viruses and civilisation
By Obadiah Mailafia THE history of our planet has been a titanic struggle between viruses and human beings. Viruses probably played a role in the disappearance of dinosaurs that failed to adapt to a changing eco-system. The first settled civilisations appeared some 5,000 years ago around Mesopotamia. Then we had the predominantly black civilisation of […]
WHO chief says ‘virus will be with us for a long time’
The World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Wednesday that there were “worrying upward trends” in early epidemics in parts of Africa and Central and South America, warning that opening up global travel needed to be managed carefully. WHO Director-General Tedros Ghebreyesus told Geneva journalists in a virtual on Wednesday. “Most countries are still in the […]
It may be difficult to completely defeat the virus — Delta NMA
DELTA State branch of Nigerian Medical Association, NMA, said weekend that it might be difficult to completely defeat the ravaging coronavirus pandemic, noting that people may have to live with it like other viruses such as HIV/AIDS.
How community transmission is fueling virus – Dr Doyin Odubanjo
Local transmission means that the virus is transmitted (from person to person) a country and not that someone who had travelled came in with the virus. It means that you have cases of people who got it from imported cases, like contacts of the index case (the Italian).
Virus not reason to let migrants drown, European rights chief warns
The COVID-19 epidemic cannot justify leaving migrants to drown or returning them to risk abuse in Libya, Council of Europe Human Rights Commissioner Dunja Mijatovic said on Thursday. According to the International Organisation for Migration’s (IOM) Libya office, Mijatovic’s comments came a day after some 51 rescued migrants were returned to Libya in spite of […]
