[EXCLUSIVE] Little Vials, Big Crime: Criminals Primed For Onslaught On Africa’s Vaccines 11/02/2021 Darren Taylor/Bhekisisa Weak medicine regulators in Africa mean the continent is vulnerable to falsified COVID vaccines being circulated. Sources at international anti-crime agencies argue that Africa’s strong trade routes with China and India are going to allow criminals to introduce shipments of falsified vaccines into supply chains. The World Health Organisation says the global market for substandard […] Continue reading -> Vaccine Not A Silver Bullet – WHO Officials Plead With Public To Maintain Other “Public Health Measures” 10/02/2021 Raisa Santos New York City – Echoing a message issued by WHO’s Geneva office today, WHO officials in the Agency’s Americas Regional Office stressed that stronger public health measures are desperately needed, alongside vaccines, to reduce transmission and the risk of even more variants emerging. “The vaccine is not a silver bullet. The vaccine will not stop […] Continue reading -> New Ebola Case Detected in Democratic Republic Of Congo, Months After End Of Last Outbreak 08/02/2021 Editorial team The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) recorded its first case of Ebola on Sunday in Butembo – a city that was one of the epicenters of the last Ebola outbreak – since its last outbreak ended in June 2020. A woman with Ebola-like symptoms was detected in Butembo, a city in North Kivu Province, […] Continue reading -> WHO China Team Visits Lab at Centre of Conspiracies, Fieldwork Proving To Be “Extremely Useful” 05/02/2021 Madeleine Hoecklin The World Health Organization’s (WHO) investigative team in Wuhan, China, visited the biosafety laboratory that has been at the centre of numerous conspiracy theories about the COVID-19 pandemic on Wednesday, making it the most controversial site for the team’s fieldwork so far. The team of 13 experts spent three-and-a-half hours at the Wuhan Institute of […] Continue reading -> Five African Countries To Pilot New Short-Course TB Therapy, Which Can Put World On Track To End TB 04/02/2021 Paul Adepoju IBADAN, NIGERIA — A new fixed-dose combination (FDC) tuberculosis (TB) treatment could improve the ease of treatment regimes, increase the availability of treatments, and get the world back on track to achieve the goal of ending TB. The short-course preventative treatment, consisting of two drugs – rifapentine and isoniazid – will reduce the pill burden […] Continue reading -> Russia’s “Sputnik V” COVID Vaccine Makes Strong 91.6 % Efficacy Showing In Peer-Reviewed Trial Results 02/02/2021 Svĕt Lustig Vijay Fulfilling the legacy of its pioneering name, the Russian Sputnik V vaccine, was over 91% effective in preventing symptomatic COVID-19 cases and 100% effective in preventing severe COVID, according to results published Tuesday in The Lancet. Globally, that means that the Sputnik vaccine joins the club with just two other coronavirus vaccines that have demonstrated […] Continue reading -> WHO Plays Down China ‘Origins’ Research Expectations 01/02/2021 Madeleine Hoecklin As the World Health Organization (WHO) led expert team on the origins of the SARS-CoV-2 virus began to conduct fieldwork at hospitals, research centers and markets in Wuhan, China, the WHO attempted to curb expectations, insisting that the mission will likely raise more questions. “The plans and the visits that they have, provide detailed information…The […] Continue reading -> One Year Later: COVID-19 Versus WHO And The World – Successes, Failures & Hopes 30/01/2021 Elaine Ruth Fletcher “A strange virus is circulating in Wuhan, China,” said my grad school intern, Grace Ren, just back from a visit to her mother in Shanghai in early January, 2020. Somewhere in between the brief respite of New Year’s and a hurried fondue alongside frigid Lake Leman in early February during WHO’s first and last in-person […] Continue reading -> Africa CDC Head calls for ‘Common Approach’ To Travel Restrictions Based on COVID Test & Not ‘National Origins’; 7 African Nations Report SARS-CoV-2 Variants 28/01/2021 Paul Adepoju IBADAN – Five African countries have now confirmed cases of the SARS-CoV-2 501Y.V2 variant, which first appeared in South Africa, and there is concern that the variant is circulating undetected elsewhere on the continent. The Gambia and Nigeria have seen cases of the variant B.1.1.7, first identified in the United Kingdom, said WHO’s African Regional […] Continue reading -> European Countries Start Recommending High-Filtration Masks – Over ‘Artisanal’ Cloth Variants 27/01/2021 Madeleine Hoecklin In the midst of the spread of new SARS-CoV2 virus variants, several European countries have updated their guidance and regulations on masks, to recommend the use of high-filtration medical-grade masks over fabric ones in confined settings. France’s health advisory council (Haute Conseil de la Santé Publique) issued new recommendations last week, warning against the wearing […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Vaccine Not A Silver Bullet – WHO Officials Plead With Public To Maintain Other “Public Health Measures” 10/02/2021 Raisa Santos New York City – Echoing a message issued by WHO’s Geneva office today, WHO officials in the Agency’s Americas Regional Office stressed that stronger public health measures are desperately needed, alongside vaccines, to reduce transmission and the risk of even more variants emerging. “The vaccine is not a silver bullet. The vaccine will not stop […] Continue reading -> New Ebola Case Detected in Democratic Republic Of Congo, Months After End Of Last Outbreak 08/02/2021 Editorial team The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) recorded its first case of Ebola on Sunday in Butembo – a city that was one of the epicenters of the last Ebola outbreak – since its last outbreak ended in June 2020. A woman with Ebola-like symptoms was detected in Butembo, a city in North Kivu Province, […] Continue reading -> WHO China Team Visits Lab at Centre of Conspiracies, Fieldwork Proving To Be “Extremely Useful” 05/02/2021 Madeleine Hoecklin The World Health Organization’s (WHO) investigative team in Wuhan, China, visited the biosafety laboratory that has been at the centre of numerous conspiracy theories about the COVID-19 pandemic on Wednesday, making it the most controversial site for the team’s fieldwork so far. The team of 13 experts spent three-and-a-half hours at the Wuhan Institute of […] Continue reading -> Five African Countries To Pilot New Short-Course TB Therapy, Which Can Put World On Track To End TB 04/02/2021 Paul Adepoju IBADAN, NIGERIA — A new fixed-dose combination (FDC) tuberculosis (TB) treatment could improve the ease of treatment regimes, increase the availability of treatments, and get the world back on track to achieve the goal of ending TB. The short-course preventative treatment, consisting of two drugs – rifapentine and isoniazid – will reduce the pill burden […] Continue reading -> Russia’s “Sputnik V” COVID Vaccine Makes Strong 91.6 % Efficacy Showing In Peer-Reviewed Trial Results 02/02/2021 Svĕt Lustig Vijay Fulfilling the legacy of its pioneering name, the Russian Sputnik V vaccine, was over 91% effective in preventing symptomatic COVID-19 cases and 100% effective in preventing severe COVID, according to results published Tuesday in The Lancet. Globally, that means that the Sputnik vaccine joins the club with just two other coronavirus vaccines that have demonstrated […] Continue reading -> WHO Plays Down China ‘Origins’ Research Expectations 01/02/2021 Madeleine Hoecklin As the World Health Organization (WHO) led expert team on the origins of the SARS-CoV-2 virus began to conduct fieldwork at hospitals, research centers and markets in Wuhan, China, the WHO attempted to curb expectations, insisting that the mission will likely raise more questions. “The plans and the visits that they have, provide detailed information…The […] Continue reading -> One Year Later: COVID-19 Versus WHO And The World – Successes, Failures & Hopes 30/01/2021 Elaine Ruth Fletcher “A strange virus is circulating in Wuhan, China,” said my grad school intern, Grace Ren, just back from a visit to her mother in Shanghai in early January, 2020. Somewhere in between the brief respite of New Year’s and a hurried fondue alongside frigid Lake Leman in early February during WHO’s first and last in-person […] Continue reading -> Africa CDC Head calls for ‘Common Approach’ To Travel Restrictions Based on COVID Test & Not ‘National Origins’; 7 African Nations Report SARS-CoV-2 Variants 28/01/2021 Paul Adepoju IBADAN – Five African countries have now confirmed cases of the SARS-CoV-2 501Y.V2 variant, which first appeared in South Africa, and there is concern that the variant is circulating undetected elsewhere on the continent. The Gambia and Nigeria have seen cases of the variant B.1.1.7, first identified in the United Kingdom, said WHO’s African Regional […] Continue reading -> European Countries Start Recommending High-Filtration Masks – Over ‘Artisanal’ Cloth Variants 27/01/2021 Madeleine Hoecklin In the midst of the spread of new SARS-CoV2 virus variants, several European countries have updated their guidance and regulations on masks, to recommend the use of high-filtration medical-grade masks over fabric ones in confined settings. France’s health advisory council (Haute Conseil de la Santé Publique) issued new recommendations last week, warning against the wearing […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
New Ebola Case Detected in Democratic Republic Of Congo, Months After End Of Last Outbreak 08/02/2021 Editorial team The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) recorded its first case of Ebola on Sunday in Butembo – a city that was one of the epicenters of the last Ebola outbreak – since its last outbreak ended in June 2020. A woman with Ebola-like symptoms was detected in Butembo, a city in North Kivu Province, […] Continue reading -> WHO China Team Visits Lab at Centre of Conspiracies, Fieldwork Proving To Be “Extremely Useful” 05/02/2021 Madeleine Hoecklin The World Health Organization’s (WHO) investigative team in Wuhan, China, visited the biosafety laboratory that has been at the centre of numerous conspiracy theories about the COVID-19 pandemic on Wednesday, making it the most controversial site for the team’s fieldwork so far. The team of 13 experts spent three-and-a-half hours at the Wuhan Institute of […] Continue reading -> Five African Countries To Pilot New Short-Course TB Therapy, Which Can Put World On Track To End TB 04/02/2021 Paul Adepoju IBADAN, NIGERIA — A new fixed-dose combination (FDC) tuberculosis (TB) treatment could improve the ease of treatment regimes, increase the availability of treatments, and get the world back on track to achieve the goal of ending TB. The short-course preventative treatment, consisting of two drugs – rifapentine and isoniazid – will reduce the pill burden […] Continue reading -> Russia’s “Sputnik V” COVID Vaccine Makes Strong 91.6 % Efficacy Showing In Peer-Reviewed Trial Results 02/02/2021 Svĕt Lustig Vijay Fulfilling the legacy of its pioneering name, the Russian Sputnik V vaccine, was over 91% effective in preventing symptomatic COVID-19 cases and 100% effective in preventing severe COVID, according to results published Tuesday in The Lancet. Globally, that means that the Sputnik vaccine joins the club with just two other coronavirus vaccines that have demonstrated […] Continue reading -> WHO Plays Down China ‘Origins’ Research Expectations 01/02/2021 Madeleine Hoecklin As the World Health Organization (WHO) led expert team on the origins of the SARS-CoV-2 virus began to conduct fieldwork at hospitals, research centers and markets in Wuhan, China, the WHO attempted to curb expectations, insisting that the mission will likely raise more questions. “The plans and the visits that they have, provide detailed information…The […] Continue reading -> One Year Later: COVID-19 Versus WHO And The World – Successes, Failures & Hopes 30/01/2021 Elaine Ruth Fletcher “A strange virus is circulating in Wuhan, China,” said my grad school intern, Grace Ren, just back from a visit to her mother in Shanghai in early January, 2020. Somewhere in between the brief respite of New Year’s and a hurried fondue alongside frigid Lake Leman in early February during WHO’s first and last in-person […] Continue reading -> Africa CDC Head calls for ‘Common Approach’ To Travel Restrictions Based on COVID Test & Not ‘National Origins’; 7 African Nations Report SARS-CoV-2 Variants 28/01/2021 Paul Adepoju IBADAN – Five African countries have now confirmed cases of the SARS-CoV-2 501Y.V2 variant, which first appeared in South Africa, and there is concern that the variant is circulating undetected elsewhere on the continent. The Gambia and Nigeria have seen cases of the variant B.1.1.7, first identified in the United Kingdom, said WHO’s African Regional […] Continue reading -> European Countries Start Recommending High-Filtration Masks – Over ‘Artisanal’ Cloth Variants 27/01/2021 Madeleine Hoecklin In the midst of the spread of new SARS-CoV2 virus variants, several European countries have updated their guidance and regulations on masks, to recommend the use of high-filtration medical-grade masks over fabric ones in confined settings. France’s health advisory council (Haute Conseil de la Santé Publique) issued new recommendations last week, warning against the wearing […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
WHO China Team Visits Lab at Centre of Conspiracies, Fieldwork Proving To Be “Extremely Useful” 05/02/2021 Madeleine Hoecklin The World Health Organization’s (WHO) investigative team in Wuhan, China, visited the biosafety laboratory that has been at the centre of numerous conspiracy theories about the COVID-19 pandemic on Wednesday, making it the most controversial site for the team’s fieldwork so far. The team of 13 experts spent three-and-a-half hours at the Wuhan Institute of […] Continue reading -> Five African Countries To Pilot New Short-Course TB Therapy, Which Can Put World On Track To End TB 04/02/2021 Paul Adepoju IBADAN, NIGERIA — A new fixed-dose combination (FDC) tuberculosis (TB) treatment could improve the ease of treatment regimes, increase the availability of treatments, and get the world back on track to achieve the goal of ending TB. The short-course preventative treatment, consisting of two drugs – rifapentine and isoniazid – will reduce the pill burden […] Continue reading -> Russia’s “Sputnik V” COVID Vaccine Makes Strong 91.6 % Efficacy Showing In Peer-Reviewed Trial Results 02/02/2021 Svĕt Lustig Vijay Fulfilling the legacy of its pioneering name, the Russian Sputnik V vaccine, was over 91% effective in preventing symptomatic COVID-19 cases and 100% effective in preventing severe COVID, according to results published Tuesday in The Lancet. Globally, that means that the Sputnik vaccine joins the club with just two other coronavirus vaccines that have demonstrated […] Continue reading -> WHO Plays Down China ‘Origins’ Research Expectations 01/02/2021 Madeleine Hoecklin As the World Health Organization (WHO) led expert team on the origins of the SARS-CoV-2 virus began to conduct fieldwork at hospitals, research centers and markets in Wuhan, China, the WHO attempted to curb expectations, insisting that the mission will likely raise more questions. “The plans and the visits that they have, provide detailed information…The […] Continue reading -> One Year Later: COVID-19 Versus WHO And The World – Successes, Failures & Hopes 30/01/2021 Elaine Ruth Fletcher “A strange virus is circulating in Wuhan, China,” said my grad school intern, Grace Ren, just back from a visit to her mother in Shanghai in early January, 2020. Somewhere in between the brief respite of New Year’s and a hurried fondue alongside frigid Lake Leman in early February during WHO’s first and last in-person […] Continue reading -> Africa CDC Head calls for ‘Common Approach’ To Travel Restrictions Based on COVID Test & Not ‘National Origins’; 7 African Nations Report SARS-CoV-2 Variants 28/01/2021 Paul Adepoju IBADAN – Five African countries have now confirmed cases of the SARS-CoV-2 501Y.V2 variant, which first appeared in South Africa, and there is concern that the variant is circulating undetected elsewhere on the continent. The Gambia and Nigeria have seen cases of the variant B.1.1.7, first identified in the United Kingdom, said WHO’s African Regional […] Continue reading -> European Countries Start Recommending High-Filtration Masks – Over ‘Artisanal’ Cloth Variants 27/01/2021 Madeleine Hoecklin In the midst of the spread of new SARS-CoV2 virus variants, several European countries have updated their guidance and regulations on masks, to recommend the use of high-filtration medical-grade masks over fabric ones in confined settings. France’s health advisory council (Haute Conseil de la Santé Publique) issued new recommendations last week, warning against the wearing […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Five African Countries To Pilot New Short-Course TB Therapy, Which Can Put World On Track To End TB 04/02/2021 Paul Adepoju IBADAN, NIGERIA — A new fixed-dose combination (FDC) tuberculosis (TB) treatment could improve the ease of treatment regimes, increase the availability of treatments, and get the world back on track to achieve the goal of ending TB. The short-course preventative treatment, consisting of two drugs – rifapentine and isoniazid – will reduce the pill burden […] Continue reading -> Russia’s “Sputnik V” COVID Vaccine Makes Strong 91.6 % Efficacy Showing In Peer-Reviewed Trial Results 02/02/2021 Svĕt Lustig Vijay Fulfilling the legacy of its pioneering name, the Russian Sputnik V vaccine, was over 91% effective in preventing symptomatic COVID-19 cases and 100% effective in preventing severe COVID, according to results published Tuesday in The Lancet. Globally, that means that the Sputnik vaccine joins the club with just two other coronavirus vaccines that have demonstrated […] Continue reading -> WHO Plays Down China ‘Origins’ Research Expectations 01/02/2021 Madeleine Hoecklin As the World Health Organization (WHO) led expert team on the origins of the SARS-CoV-2 virus began to conduct fieldwork at hospitals, research centers and markets in Wuhan, China, the WHO attempted to curb expectations, insisting that the mission will likely raise more questions. “The plans and the visits that they have, provide detailed information…The […] Continue reading -> One Year Later: COVID-19 Versus WHO And The World – Successes, Failures & Hopes 30/01/2021 Elaine Ruth Fletcher “A strange virus is circulating in Wuhan, China,” said my grad school intern, Grace Ren, just back from a visit to her mother in Shanghai in early January, 2020. Somewhere in between the brief respite of New Year’s and a hurried fondue alongside frigid Lake Leman in early February during WHO’s first and last in-person […] Continue reading -> Africa CDC Head calls for ‘Common Approach’ To Travel Restrictions Based on COVID Test & Not ‘National Origins’; 7 African Nations Report SARS-CoV-2 Variants 28/01/2021 Paul Adepoju IBADAN – Five African countries have now confirmed cases of the SARS-CoV-2 501Y.V2 variant, which first appeared in South Africa, and there is concern that the variant is circulating undetected elsewhere on the continent. The Gambia and Nigeria have seen cases of the variant B.1.1.7, first identified in the United Kingdom, said WHO’s African Regional […] Continue reading -> European Countries Start Recommending High-Filtration Masks – Over ‘Artisanal’ Cloth Variants 27/01/2021 Madeleine Hoecklin In the midst of the spread of new SARS-CoV2 virus variants, several European countries have updated their guidance and regulations on masks, to recommend the use of high-filtration medical-grade masks over fabric ones in confined settings. France’s health advisory council (Haute Conseil de la Santé Publique) issued new recommendations last week, warning against the wearing […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Russia’s “Sputnik V” COVID Vaccine Makes Strong 91.6 % Efficacy Showing In Peer-Reviewed Trial Results 02/02/2021 Svĕt Lustig Vijay Fulfilling the legacy of its pioneering name, the Russian Sputnik V vaccine, was over 91% effective in preventing symptomatic COVID-19 cases and 100% effective in preventing severe COVID, according to results published Tuesday in The Lancet. Globally, that means that the Sputnik vaccine joins the club with just two other coronavirus vaccines that have demonstrated […] Continue reading -> WHO Plays Down China ‘Origins’ Research Expectations 01/02/2021 Madeleine Hoecklin As the World Health Organization (WHO) led expert team on the origins of the SARS-CoV-2 virus began to conduct fieldwork at hospitals, research centers and markets in Wuhan, China, the WHO attempted to curb expectations, insisting that the mission will likely raise more questions. “The plans and the visits that they have, provide detailed information…The […] Continue reading -> One Year Later: COVID-19 Versus WHO And The World – Successes, Failures & Hopes 30/01/2021 Elaine Ruth Fletcher “A strange virus is circulating in Wuhan, China,” said my grad school intern, Grace Ren, just back from a visit to her mother in Shanghai in early January, 2020. Somewhere in between the brief respite of New Year’s and a hurried fondue alongside frigid Lake Leman in early February during WHO’s first and last in-person […] Continue reading -> Africa CDC Head calls for ‘Common Approach’ To Travel Restrictions Based on COVID Test & Not ‘National Origins’; 7 African Nations Report SARS-CoV-2 Variants 28/01/2021 Paul Adepoju IBADAN – Five African countries have now confirmed cases of the SARS-CoV-2 501Y.V2 variant, which first appeared in South Africa, and there is concern that the variant is circulating undetected elsewhere on the continent. The Gambia and Nigeria have seen cases of the variant B.1.1.7, first identified in the United Kingdom, said WHO’s African Regional […] Continue reading -> European Countries Start Recommending High-Filtration Masks – Over ‘Artisanal’ Cloth Variants 27/01/2021 Madeleine Hoecklin In the midst of the spread of new SARS-CoV2 virus variants, several European countries have updated their guidance and regulations on masks, to recommend the use of high-filtration medical-grade masks over fabric ones in confined settings. France’s health advisory council (Haute Conseil de la Santé Publique) issued new recommendations last week, warning against the wearing […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
WHO Plays Down China ‘Origins’ Research Expectations 01/02/2021 Madeleine Hoecklin As the World Health Organization (WHO) led expert team on the origins of the SARS-CoV-2 virus began to conduct fieldwork at hospitals, research centers and markets in Wuhan, China, the WHO attempted to curb expectations, insisting that the mission will likely raise more questions. “The plans and the visits that they have, provide detailed information…The […] Continue reading -> One Year Later: COVID-19 Versus WHO And The World – Successes, Failures & Hopes 30/01/2021 Elaine Ruth Fletcher “A strange virus is circulating in Wuhan, China,” said my grad school intern, Grace Ren, just back from a visit to her mother in Shanghai in early January, 2020. Somewhere in between the brief respite of New Year’s and a hurried fondue alongside frigid Lake Leman in early February during WHO’s first and last in-person […] Continue reading -> Africa CDC Head calls for ‘Common Approach’ To Travel Restrictions Based on COVID Test & Not ‘National Origins’; 7 African Nations Report SARS-CoV-2 Variants 28/01/2021 Paul Adepoju IBADAN – Five African countries have now confirmed cases of the SARS-CoV-2 501Y.V2 variant, which first appeared in South Africa, and there is concern that the variant is circulating undetected elsewhere on the continent. The Gambia and Nigeria have seen cases of the variant B.1.1.7, first identified in the United Kingdom, said WHO’s African Regional […] Continue reading -> European Countries Start Recommending High-Filtration Masks – Over ‘Artisanal’ Cloth Variants 27/01/2021 Madeleine Hoecklin In the midst of the spread of new SARS-CoV2 virus variants, several European countries have updated their guidance and regulations on masks, to recommend the use of high-filtration medical-grade masks over fabric ones in confined settings. France’s health advisory council (Haute Conseil de la Santé Publique) issued new recommendations last week, warning against the wearing […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
One Year Later: COVID-19 Versus WHO And The World – Successes, Failures & Hopes 30/01/2021 Elaine Ruth Fletcher “A strange virus is circulating in Wuhan, China,” said my grad school intern, Grace Ren, just back from a visit to her mother in Shanghai in early January, 2020. Somewhere in between the brief respite of New Year’s and a hurried fondue alongside frigid Lake Leman in early February during WHO’s first and last in-person […] Continue reading -> Africa CDC Head calls for ‘Common Approach’ To Travel Restrictions Based on COVID Test & Not ‘National Origins’; 7 African Nations Report SARS-CoV-2 Variants 28/01/2021 Paul Adepoju IBADAN – Five African countries have now confirmed cases of the SARS-CoV-2 501Y.V2 variant, which first appeared in South Africa, and there is concern that the variant is circulating undetected elsewhere on the continent. The Gambia and Nigeria have seen cases of the variant B.1.1.7, first identified in the United Kingdom, said WHO’s African Regional […] Continue reading -> European Countries Start Recommending High-Filtration Masks – Over ‘Artisanal’ Cloth Variants 27/01/2021 Madeleine Hoecklin In the midst of the spread of new SARS-CoV2 virus variants, several European countries have updated their guidance and regulations on masks, to recommend the use of high-filtration medical-grade masks over fabric ones in confined settings. France’s health advisory council (Haute Conseil de la Santé Publique) issued new recommendations last week, warning against the wearing […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Africa CDC Head calls for ‘Common Approach’ To Travel Restrictions Based on COVID Test & Not ‘National Origins’; 7 African Nations Report SARS-CoV-2 Variants 28/01/2021 Paul Adepoju IBADAN – Five African countries have now confirmed cases of the SARS-CoV-2 501Y.V2 variant, which first appeared in South Africa, and there is concern that the variant is circulating undetected elsewhere on the continent. The Gambia and Nigeria have seen cases of the variant B.1.1.7, first identified in the United Kingdom, said WHO’s African Regional […] Continue reading -> European Countries Start Recommending High-Filtration Masks – Over ‘Artisanal’ Cloth Variants 27/01/2021 Madeleine Hoecklin In the midst of the spread of new SARS-CoV2 virus variants, several European countries have updated their guidance and regulations on masks, to recommend the use of high-filtration medical-grade masks over fabric ones in confined settings. France’s health advisory council (Haute Conseil de la Santé Publique) issued new recommendations last week, warning against the wearing […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
European Countries Start Recommending High-Filtration Masks – Over ‘Artisanal’ Cloth Variants 27/01/2021 Madeleine Hoecklin In the midst of the spread of new SARS-CoV2 virus variants, several European countries have updated their guidance and regulations on masks, to recommend the use of high-filtration medical-grade masks over fabric ones in confined settings. France’s health advisory council (Haute Conseil de la Santé Publique) issued new recommendations last week, warning against the wearing […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts