DEADLY BACTERIA IMMUNE TO DRUGS DETECTED IN MALAYSIAN HOSPITAL

  Image is for illustration purpose. Tue 08 April 2025: A deadly, highly antibiotic-resistant strain of Acinetobacter baumannii has been detected in a hospital in Terengganu, Malaysia. Scientists identified the strain as belonging to the globally prevalent GC2 lineage, posing a serious public health threat. Researchers analyzed 126 bacterial samples collected between 2011 and 2020, revealing strong resistance to […]

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CHINA CLAIMS LAB LEAK OF COVID-19 IS ‘EXTREMELY UNLIKELY’

Fri 14 March 2025: China Thursday said that it is “extremely unlikely” that the COVID-19 pandemic was caused by an accident at a laboratory in Wuhan, rejecting the claims of the German intelligence report. “It is ‘extremely unlikely’ that the pandemic was caused by a lab leak, this is the authoritative conclusion reached by the […]

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COVID-19 CLAIMS OVER 7 MILLION LIVES GLOBALLY

Thu 13 March 2025: The World Health Organization (WHO) declared COVID-19 a “pandemic” on March 11, 2020, and since then, over 7 million people have lost their lives worldwide. Although the disease was removed from the “International Public Health Emergency” category in 2023, fatalities continue. The first cases of COVID-19 emerged in late 2019 in Wuhan, China, when patients […]

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BIONTECH REPORTS $721M LOSS IN 2024 AS COVID-19 VACCINE DEMAND DROPS

Tue 11 March 2025: German biotech firm BioNTech reported a loss of €665.3 million ($721 million) in 2024, as demand for its COVID-19 vaccines fell, according to the company’s financial results report on Monday. The company, which posted a €930.3 million profit in 2023, failed to make a profit in a fiscal year for the […]

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HOSPITALIZATION FOR COVID-19 INCREASES RISKS OF DEATH, DISEASES: STUDY

Sun 02 March 2025: Long-term health risks for COVID-19 patients who are hospitalized include increased chances of death and organ disorders, even years after discharge, according to a nationwide study published in the journal Infectious Diseases. Researchers examined data from over 380,000 individuals, including more than 60,000 hospitalized due to COVID-19 in 2020. They tracked […]

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CHINA DISCOVERS NEW BAT CORONAVIRUS THAT POSES RISK OF ANIMAL-TO-HUMAN TRANSMISSION

Sun 23 February 2025: A Chinese team discovered a new bat coronavirus that poses a risk of animal-to-human transmission as it uses the same human receptor as the COVID-19 virus, a Hong Kong daily reported on Thursday, citing the latest study. The study, conducted by the Guangzhou Laboratory in collaboration with the Guangzhou Academy of […]

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CHINA REJECTS CIA CLAIM ON COVID-19 LAB LEAK

Wed 29 January 2025: China on Monday dismissed the lab leak theory on COVID-19 origins proposed by the CIA, calling it baseless and emphasizing the need for scientific investigation, state media reported. “The origin of coronavirus is a scientific issue and should be determined by scientists in a scientific spirit. The lab leak is highly unlikely,” said Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Mao Ning during […]

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JAPAN HAS LOGGED 70M COVID-19 CASES SINCE OUTBREAK IN 2020

Tue 14 January 2025:   Over 70 million people in Japan are estimated to have contracted COVID-19 as of March 2024, according to government data cited by Kyodo news on Tuesday. Japan on Wednesday will mark the fifth anniversary of its first confirmed coronavirus infection in 2020. Total virus-related deaths, meanwhile, stood at around 132,000 as of last August. During the same period, 3,600 deaths were […]

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