NEW DELHI—India reported a record rise in COVID-19 infections on Monday, becoming the second country after the United States to post more than 100,000 new cases in a day, as politicians stage massive election rallies raising fears of further spreading the virus. Hospitals in the worst affected state, Maharashtra, are being overrun by patients. India’s…
COVID-19 Variants Making Their Way to California
New strains of the deadly CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus are mutating worldwide and slowly making their way to California, as health officials work to determine whether current vaccines will remain effective against the latest variants. Dr. Thomas Cesario, an infectious disease specialist based in the City of Orange, told The Epoch Times that he…
New Variants Raise Questions About COVID-19 Virus Reinfections
Having COVID-19 may not protect against getting infected again with some of the new variants. People also can get second infections with earlier versions of the coronavirus if they mounted a weak defense the first time, new research suggests. How long immunity lasts from natural infection is one of the big questions in the pandemic….
Oxford Vaccine Less Effective Against South African Variant, Study Finds
The Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine does not appear to offer protection against mild and moderate cases of the South African variant of the CCP virus, a new study has found. In both the human trials and tests on the blood of those vaccinated, the vaccine “did not show protection against mild-moderate COVID-19” caused by the 501Y.V2 variant,…
UK Monitoring Vaccine Efficacy Against CCP Virus Variants: Health Secretary
The British government is monitoring the efficacy of existing CCP virus vaccines to see if the jabs need to be modified for new variants of the virus, Health Secretary Matt Hancock said on Tuesday. “We are doing a huge amount of work with the scientists and the pharmaceutical industry to develop modified vaccines, should they…
UK’s Hotel Quarantine for Travelers Could Amount to ‘Illegal Detention’: Law Firm
Britain’s new requirement for travellers to the UK from 22 countries to quarantine in hotels for 10 days could be in breach of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR), an international law firm has said. Home Secretary Priti Patel announced the measures on Wednesday, telling Parliament that the government “will introduce a new managed…
EU Proposes More Travel Restrictions to Stop Virus Variants
BRUSSELS—The European Union’s executive body proposed Monday that the bloc’s 27 nations impose more travel restrictions to counter the worrying spread of new coronavirus variants but make sure to keep goods and workers moving across EU borders. Amid concerns related to the production and delivery of COVID-19 vaccines, the European Commission urged EU nations to…
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