Mes: noviembre 2020

Millions of small carnivorous animals in Denmark – otherwise known as mink – are being killed due to concerns that they might pass a mutated form of coronavirus onto humans. The animal, which looks a little bit like a ferret, is prized for its fur in making coats. The concern […]

President-elect Joe Biden has already signalled that one of his first big jobs when he takes office will be to try to get the coronavirus pandemic under control. To date, the US has had nearly 10 million cases and 240,000 deaths, and both measures are getting worse by the week. […]

As the search for a coronavirus vaccine continues, the Federal Government has signed a few new agreements to get Australians access to potential COVID-19 vaccines next year. The new deals are with two international vaccine companies and are in addition to the deals already signed with the University of Queensland […]

Coronavirus is now nearly a year old, and despite it being studied by scientists from nearly every angle imaginable, we still don’t know its origin story. While researchers can give us a good guess: it began in an animal somewhere in China, but locking it down more than that has […]

For the last several months, it’s been obvious that Victoria has been responsible for the most new locally-acquired coronavirus cases. But as the days tick by, it’s increasingly NSW where we’re seeing small numbers of new cases being added to the tally from small, managed outbreaks. But as the country […]

You might have heard about so-called ‘donut days’ – days where zero cases of coronavirus are recorded. To yesterday, Victoria has recorded three donut days in a row which is a huge relief for the state which peaked at 700 daily infections back in July and August. But with the […]