Covid 19 coronavirus: World s most vaccinated nation is spooked by Covid spike
12 May, 2021 09:07 PM
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Victoria, the capital of Seychelles, in February. The island nation, with a population of just over 100,000, is now battling a surge of the coronavirus and has had to reimpose a lockdown. Photo / AP
Victoria, the capital of Seychelles, in February. The island nation, with a population of just over 100,000, is now battling a surge of the coronavirus and has had to reimpose a lockdown. Photo / AP
New York Times
By: Sui-Lee Wee
Seychelles has seen a surge in coronavirus cases even though much of its population was inoculated with China s Sinopharm vaccine.
The federal government will pay half the costs of setting up mass vaccination hubs in Qld, but the state government won’t consider it until “later” in 2021.
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High school student shows barriers are better
A US high school student has published a paper in
PLOS ONE, suggesting that physical barriers are more effective than distancing to limit coronavirus spread.
Atreyus A. Bhavsar, from Blake High School in Minneapolis, US, set up a series of experiments with mannequins, using balloons filled with fluorescent paint to mimic coughs and sneezes. When a balloon burst inside a mannequin’s mouth, droplets of paint flew out and patterned the mannequin’s surroundings.
Some of the experiments had mannequins wearing masks, while others were set up to simulate Bhavsar’s high school cafeteria, where students have to take their masks off to eat.