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Status of COVID-19 As of 19 March 2020, COVID-19 is no longer considered to be an HCID in the UK. There are many diseases which can cause serious illness which are not classified as HCIDs. The 4 nations public health HCID group made an interim recommendation in January 2020 to classify COVID-19 as an HCID. …
An urgent urgent health warning has been issued after cases of a potentially lethal infectious disease were detected in Britain. Invasive meningococcal disease has been traced to people returning from Saudi Arabia. An urgent urgent health warning has been issued after cases of a potentially lethal infectious disease were detected in Britain. Invasive meningococcal disease …
The US government is spending $1million of American taxpayer money to fund experiments on dangerous bird flu viruses in collaboration with Chinese scientists. The research involves infecting ducks and geese with different strains of viruses to make them more infectious, and study the viruses’ potential to ‘jump into mammalian hosts,’ according to research documents. It …
The viruses have turned up in mammoth wool, Siberian mummies, prehistoric wolves, and the lungs of an Influenza victim buried in Alaska’s permafrost. And scientists say there’s more to come. An international team of researchers from institutions in Russia, Germany and France warns that ‘the risk of ancient viral particles remaining infectious’ has been underestimated. …