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North Korea authorities executed a high-ranking official for going to a public bath in what was supposed to be quarantine because of fears of infection with the Coronavirus, British newspaper Daily Mail reported on Friday. The Daily Mail quoted North Korea’s Dong-e Poo newspaper as saying that the commercial official …

Professor Gabriel Leung of the University of Hong Kong has very pessimistically anticipated the spread of the coronavirus. He told the Guardian that 60% of the world’s population could be reached if the epidemic were not controlled. In an interview with The Guardian, Professor Gabriel Leung, president of the University of …

Some 15,000 additional contaminations to the coronavirus, now called Covid-19, were announced by China on Thursday, which justifies this record leap by a new method of calculating cases of infection. The main culprits of the cradle province of the epidemic have been sacked. A figure largely revised upwards, which resulted in …

The pangolin, a small mammal with scales in danger of extinction, could be the animal that transmitted the new coronavirus to humans, Chinese scientists said on Friday (February 7th). Researchers at the Southern China University of Agriculture have identified pangolin as a possible intermediate host that facilitated the transmission of the virus, the university said in …

The Finnish government has announced plans to extend paternity leave to give new fathers the same paid leave as new mothers. The plans were announced Wednesday by Finnish Minister of Health and Welfare, Aino-Kaisa Pekonen. She said the move was aimed at improving gender equality while increasing the declining birth rate …

MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia’s consumer health watchdog advised people on Friday to refrain from greeting each other with handshakes, kisses or hugs and to wear medical masks in crowded public places to try to prevent the spread of the virus epidemic in China. Russia, which has no confirmed cases of …

On Saturday, February 1, China announced the re-emergence of a highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza virus in Hunan Province, bordering Hubei Province, the epicenter of the coronavirus epidemic. As China faces an epidemic of coronavirus, the Chinese Ministry of Agriculture announced that H5N1 bird flu has resurfaced in Hunan Province. …

For several weeks, the coronavirus has been a source of concern on several continents. This virus, apparently born  in the heart of a seafood market in Wuhan, in central China, has already killed 81 people there, and 2,744 cases have been identified throughout the country. 40,000 people may have been infected  Since …

Bats are likely to be the possible source of the coronavirus epidemic, which appeared in China, as these organisms have been shown to have an immune system that allows them to coexist with many pathogenic viruses. “We do not yet know the source of this virus, but there is strong …

As the mysterious Chinese coronavirus seems to be spreading more and more, a map allows you to follow the evolution of the epidemic in real time. The map, available HERE , was developed by researchers from Johns-Hopkins University in the United States. It lists all confirmed cases worldwide, as well as suspected cases. It …

Scientists at Cardiff University have discovered an immune cell that is capable of attacking all forms of cancer. giving hope for the development of a universal treatment.  A new type of T cell (or T lymphocyte) has been discovered in the blood and is believed to carry a receptor never seen …

Xenophobic conversations about Chinese eating habits go viral on the Internet Such ignorance is not only unpleasant – misdiagnosing the problem is also dangerous. A change.org petition launched on January 26 had 118,858 signatures Wednesday afternoon. Ian Ong, who wrote: “We are not rat or bat eaters and should not have …

A powerful 7.7 magnitude earthquake hit the coasts of Jamaica, Cuba and the Caymans on Tuesday, surprising people as far away as Miami and causing official tsunami warnings for much of the Caribbean, which were later withdrawn . The earthquake, originally reported to have a magnitude of 7.3 before being …

Thousands of people around the world have had trouble accessing Google Drive and Google Docs for the past few hours. The word processing application fails to load properly and several users have claimed to have received error messages stating that the system has detected “unusual traffic”, according to the Independent website . Some …