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Covid in China: Hippo, fish and crabs get PCR tests

Covid in China: Hippo, fish and crabs get PCR tests

Earlier this year, footage emerged of a hippo being tested for Covid at a wildlife park near Shanghai. Now, clips of fish and crabs getting PCR tests have been going viral on Chinese social media. Officials in the coastal Chinese city of Xiamen ordered “both fishermen and their seafood” to be tested after some 40 […]

Health-care systems could be overwhelmed with COVID-19 cases in January, expert says

Health-care systems could be overwhelmed with COVID-19 cases in January, expert says

Epidemiologist Dr. Christopher Labos talks about the rapid spread of Omicron and how a surge in COVID-19 cases could burden health-care systems in the new year. »»» Subscribe to CBC News to watch more videos: http://bit.ly/1RreYWS Connect with CBC News Online: For breaking news, video, audio and in-depth coverage: http://bit.ly/1Z0m6iX Find CBC News on Facebook: […]

IN FULL: Queensland records another seven COVID deaths overnight | ABC News

Queensland Health Minister Yvette D’Ath and Chief Health Officer Dr John Gerrard provide a COVID-19 update. The state has recorded another seven COVID deaths overnight. Subscribe: http://ab.co/1svxLVE Read more here: https://ab.co/3rlCAaZ Two were in their 80s and five in their 90s. Two of the people were unvaccinated. The Health Minister says the rest hadn’t had […]

Shapps: No PCR needed for asymptomatic Covid cases

Travel Secretary Grant Shapps has said that only three in 10,000 lateral flow tests would show a false positive and that the government is confident that the tests are accurate. From Tuesday 11 January, any asymptomatic person who has tested positive for coronavirus will no longer have to take a PCR test to confirm their […]