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SARS-CoV-2 vaccine progress moving rapidly: Flinders University

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South Australian researchers working with Oracle Cloud technology and vaccine technology developed by local company Vaxine Pty Ltd are testing a vaccine candidate against the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus responsible...

Anti-parasitic drug, Ivermectin, inhibits SARS-CoV-2 virus in 48 hours in vitro: Monash University researchers

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A collaborative study led by Monash University‘s Biomedicine Discovery Institute (BDI) in Melbourne, Australia, with the Peter Doherty Institute of Infection and Immunity (Doherty Institute), has...

New Zealand reports 1st COVID-19 case in individual who traveled to Iran

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By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews The New Zealand Ministry of Health confirmed their first confirmed case of COVID-19 today. The case is a person in their 60s recently returned from Iran. The patient...

Fiji reports imported measles case from the Philippines

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By NewsDesk @bactiman63 Fiji health officials issued an alert today due to a travel associated measles case from the Philippines. According to officials, a 35-year-old female traveled from the Philippines...

Tonga measles: Case tally now 659

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By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews The Ministry of Health with the Government of Tonga have reported three additional measles cases, bringing the total to 659 confirmed and suspected cases since the...

Anthrax: 1st case of 2020 reported in Central Tablelands, NSW

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By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews Officials with the New South Wales (NSW) Department of Primary Industries (DPI) and Local Land Services  have reported the first confirmed case of anthrax this year....

Australia: 2 additional measles cases reported in travelers to Melbourne

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By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews Victoria Health Chief Health Officer, Dr Brett Sutton announced two additional imported measles cases in the southeast Australian state. The latest cases are in travelers...

Australia: 2019-nCoV cases at 12 in four states

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By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews The Australia Department of Health reports twelve confirmed cases of novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) as of today. The twelve cases have been reported in  New South...

Tonga continues to report measles cases

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By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews The outbreak of measles in Tonga that began in early October 2019, continues into late January as five additional cases were reported, including two cases which were...

Measles in American Samoa: 3 additional cases reported

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By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews The Government of American Samoa is reporting three additional confirmed measles cases, bringing the total to 15. The latest cases are a 27-year-old woman and two...