Hundreds of Dutch farms grappling with bluetongue virus, government says

[ad_1] AMSTERDAM, Sept 29 (Reuters) – Hundreds of farms in the Netherlands are grappling with an outbreak of the bluetongue virus in a setback for the country’s farming industry, the…

Over 30,000 pigs culled in Italy’s north to counter swine fever

[ad_1] MILAN, Sept 20 (Reuters) – Almost 34,000 pigs at 12 farms in the northern Italian region of Lombardy have been culled to counter the spread of African swine fever…

Moderna to cut mRNA drug substance production at Lonza facility

[ad_1] A bottle containing multiple doses of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine is pictured at the Hausaerzte Hegibachplatz doctors office as the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues, in Zurich,…

WHO chief pushes China for ‘full access’ to determine COVID’s origins, Financial Times reports

[ad_1] The head of the World Health Organization (WHO), Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus speaks during a breakfast meeting with delegates and media, ahead of his visit to the launch of…

Highly mutated COVID variant found in new countries but pandemic in ‘a different phase’

[ad_1] LONDON/CHICAGO, Aug 24 (Reuters) – A highly mutated COVID variant called BA.2.86 has now been detected in Switzerland and South Africa in addition to Israel, Denmark, the U.S. and…

Pandemic in Sweden could ebb away in summer, Health Agency says

[ad_1] STOCKHOLM, May 6 (Reuters) – The third wave of COVID-19 infections in Sweden could ebb away during the summer if citizens continue to follow social distancing recommendations and the…

Number of COVID-19 patients in intensive care falls in France

[ad_1] PARIS, May 14 (Reuters) – France reported that 4,352 people were in COVID-19 intensive care on Friday, 90 fewer than on Thursday,marking the 11th consecutive day that this key…

Italy reports 267 coronavirus deaths on Wednesday, 10,585 new cases

[ad_1] MILAN, May 5 (Reuters) – Italy reported 267 coronavirus-related deaths on Wednesday against 305 the day before, the health ministry said, while the daily tally of new infections rose…

Vaccines due in weeks or months not yet Africa’s way out of pandemic, officials say

[ad_1] John Nkengasong, Africa’s Director of the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), speaks during an interview with Reuters at the African Union (AU) Headquarters in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia March 11,…

Britain records 29,312 new COVID-19 cases, 119 deaths

[ad_1] A sign asking customers to wear protective face masks is seen in the window of a shop on Oxford Street, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in London, Britain,…