Coronavirus articles
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Dutchman carried mutating coronavirus for over 600 days
Persistent Covid infections in immuno-compromised patients can result in new variants which may be more difficult to combat, a team of Amsterdam UMC researchers had warned. Doctors discovered that the Omikron variant of the virus had mutated 50 times while inside the body of one patient who was 72 years old and suffering from underlying illnesses. He became infected in 2022, was hospitalised and continued to test positive for the virus until he died 613 days later. Doctors said that
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Coronavirus inquiry to take three years, cost €7 million
The parliamentary inquiry into the government’s handling of the coronavirus crisis is going to take three years, and it will be 2026 before public hearings are held, it emerged on Wednesday. A budget of over €7 million has been set aside for the inquiry during which prime minister Mark Rutte and former health minister Hugo de Jonge will be heard under oath. If MPs back the revised plan for the inquiry it will start in May. Closed interviews will take
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Takeaways from AP report on how the search for the coronavirus origins turned toxic
The Chinese government froze meaningful efforts to trace the origins of the coronavirus pandemic, despite publicly declaring it supported an open scientific inquiry, an Associated Press investigation has found. The AP drew on thousands of pages of undisclosed emails and documents, leaked recordings, and dozens of interviews that showed the