Scientists have produced evidence that the pandemic virus is 'uniquely adapted to infect humans', raising fresh questions over whether its origins were natural or could have occurred in a laboratory.
Where did the Coronavirus 19 Originate from? and anything relative to the virus.
Where did the Coronavirus 19 originate from? and anything relative to the virus.
Coronavirus is 'uniquely adapted to infect humans': Top vaccine scientist says it could only have come from an animal through a 'freak of nature' - and the possibility it leaked from Wuhan lab MUST be investigated
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Miracles never cease, at long last a politician doing something sensible
- a vast improvement on the NSW Premier DoPe
The long-serving officer was among the scores of athletes who fell sick with a debilitating illness after attending the World Military Games in Wuhan in October 2019. He said foreign competitors found the city of 11 million people 'like a ghost town', and so many cases of a mysterious virus afflicted the Canadian team that a quarantine section was set up on their military flight back home. The officer, who is still suffering from the effects of his illness despite previous high levels of fitness, said a military-appointed doctor later said he almost certainly caught Covid. Pictured: The Canadian delegation (left) and Chinese virologist Shi Zhengli in a P4 laboratory in Wuhan
Australia COVID-19 update 14 January 2022
Australia wide — 130,044 new cases; 793,340 active cases; 4,414 in hospital; 361 in ICU; 56 deaths.
• NSW: 63,018 new cases, 336,265 active cases, 2,525 in hospital, 184 in ICU, 29 deaths.
• VIC: 34,836 new cases, 239,396 active cases, 976 in hospital, 112 in ICU, 18 deaths.
• QLD: 23,630 new cases, 168,012 active cases, 589 in hospital, 41 in ICU, 3 deaths.
• ACT: 1,125 new cases, 4,382 active cases, 27 in hospital, 3 in ICU.
• TAS: 1,201 new cases, 7,439 active cases, 24 in hospital, 0 in ICU.
• SA: 5,679 new cases, 34,428 active cases, 246 in hospital, 20 in ICU, 6 deaths.
• WA: 9 new cases (1 local), 118 active cases, 0 in hospital, 0 in ICU.
• NT: 546 new cases, 3,300 active cases, 27 in hospital, 1 in ICU.
• NZ: 61 new cases (18 local), 15,486 tests, 618 active cases, 34 in hospital, 2 in ICU.
• TESTING: I'm no longer including Australian testing numbers due to unavailability or inaccuracies.
NOTES:
• In NSW, some cases being counted twice due to teething issues with RAT reporting. Of the 37,938 positive RAT results, 24,329 of these positive tests were from the previous seven days.
• In NSW, of the 29 people who died; 19 people were vaccinated and 10 people were not vaccinated. Three people were aged in their 40s, five people were aged in their 60s, five people were aged in their 70s, 11 people are in their 80s and five people are in their 90s.
• The three people who died of COVID in Queensland were not vaccinated.
Devastated family and friends have reacted with shock to the death of a 23-year-old man who had COVID-19, remembering him as a talented science graduate and sportsman.
James Kondilios, who was double vaccinated and had no significant underlying health conditions, died at St Vincent’s Hospital this week.
The ACT resident attended high school at Sydney’s Waverley College and later completed an advanced science degree at the Australian National University in Canberra.
In 2019, Mr Kondilios won a federal government science innovation award for his work on which genetic variants of eucalyptus should be planted in preparation for climate change.
He was also a talented athlete, representing Australia at the 2015 classic powerlifting world championships in Finland, at which he won a bronze medal.
Mr Kondilios was one of six COVID-19 deaths reported by NSW Health on Thursday. The others were of four men and one woman, aged in their 60s, 80s and 90s.