Washington: A newS-CoV-2-like virus discovered in Russian bats is capable of infecting humans, and is resistant to current vaccines against COVID-19, a study has found. A team led by researchers at Washington State University, US, found spike proteins from the bat virus, named Khosta-2, can infect human cells and is resistant to both the antibody therapies and blood serum from …
Authorities in Russia’s second city have set up additional hospital beds while assuring the spike in cases was due to a “cyclical” phenomenon. Saint Petersburg: Russian health authorities said on Tuesday that coronavirus cases in Saint Petersburg were on the rise with days to go before the city co-hosts the postponed Euro 2020 football championship. The Health Committee of Russia’s …
Experts fear Russia could weaponise the deadly Ebola virus as part of a catastrophic biological weapons project. Experts fear Russia could weaponise the deadly Ebola virus as part of a catastrophic biological weapons project Unit 68240 of the country's FSB spy agency is believed to be researching both Ebola and the even-more deadly Marburg virus. Moscow's 48th Central Research Institute …