Countries have been urged to recommend masks on long-haul flights as the latest COVID-19 subvariant continues to spread rapidly in the United States, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Key points: Australia scrapped its flight mask ...
Omicron variant XBB.1.5 has exploded across the United States. (Centre for Disease Control and Prevention: CDC) Many infectious disease experts have been increasingly worried about the new Omicron subvariant XBB.1.5. Described as “highly contagious,” the variant has rapidly spread across the United States ...
Data from China shows no new coronavirus variant has been found there, but it also under-represents how many people have died in the country’s rapidly spreading outbreak, World Health Organization officials said on Wednesday. Global ...
Ms Wei will be travelling to China solo due to the cost of airline tickets.(Supplied) Chinese Australian Emma Wei was evacuated from Wuhan with her two kids three years ago, but she has booked tickets ...