Tag: #MariaVanKerkhove
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COVID-19: Denmark to kill minks over mutation
12th November 2020: Scientists at the World Health Organization and around the globe have been studying another mutated variant of the novel coronavirus which is infecting humans after spreading through mink farms in the north of Denmark. According to reports from The BMJ, found in 12 patients in Denmark, a new strain of mutated SARS-CoV-2…
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Coronavirus is here to stay: WHO
The World Health Organization chief of the emergencies, Dr. Michael Ryan says that it’s possible that the coronavirus may never eradicate and it is here to stay. Chief Ryan warned that it is impossible to predict when the pandemic might be controlled. “This virus may never go away,” Dr. Michael Ryan said in a news…
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COVID-19: WHO declares the virus ‘airborne’
Lahore, 24th March: The World Health Organization has declared the coronavirus an ‘airborne’ disease and thus have carried out certain precautions for the medical staff to take as this virus can survive in the air under some settings. According to Dr. Maria Van Kerkhove, head of WHO’s emerging diseases and zoonosis unit, this virus is…