South Korean authorities have arrested the founder of a secretive Christian sect at the centre of the country’s largest outbreak of COVID-19 infections for allegedly hiding crucial information from contact-tracers and other offences. Lee Man-hee is the powerful head of the Shincheonji Church of Jesus which is linked to more than 5200 coronavirus infections, or… Read More »
LOS ANGELES — Coronavirus cases have surged to record levels in the Los Angeles area, putting the nation’s largest county in “an alarming and dangerous phase” that if not reversed could overwhelm intensive care units and usher in more sweeping closures, health officials said Wednesday. The situation is so uncertain organizers of the 2021 Rose… Read More »
More than one in four people who test positive for coronavirus cannot be reached by the test and trace system in England, data shows. In the first two weeks of operation to 10 June, the service was given the details of 14,000 people to follow up. But fewer than 10,200 could be reached. Some failed… Read More »
A Victorian aged care centre is in lockdown after a worker tested positive to coronavirus, while a kindergarten teacher is also among the 10 latest cases. The carer at Embracia Aged Care in Reservoir and the Macleod Preschool teacher were confirmed on Tuesday to have the virus. The workers were picked up as infectious after… Read More »
“This is the revenge of the viruses,” said Dr. Peter Piot, the director of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. “I’ve made their lives difficult. Now they’re trying to get me.” Dr. Piot, 71 years old, is a legend in the battles against Ebola and AIDS. But Covid-19 almost killed him. “A week… Read More »