Mon 26 April 2021: President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen says the EU will be ready to welcome anyone who has been vaccinated against COVID-19 with shots approved by the European Medicines Agency (EMA). “All 27 member states will accept, unconditionally, all those who are vaccinated with vaccines that are approved by […]
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Sun 25 April 2021: The Italian medical authorities banned entry for people who have been in India in the past 2 weeks due to an outbreak of a mutated variant of the coronavirus in this country, Italian Health Minister Roberto Speranza said on Sunday. “I have signed a new order that prohibits entry to Italy […]
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Sun 25 April 2021: The Indian government asked social media platform Twitter to take down dozens of tweets, including some by local lawmakers, that were critical of India’s handling of the coronavirus outbreak, as cases of COVID-19 again hit a world record. Twitter has withheld some of the tweets after the legal request by the Indian […]
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Sun 25 April 2021: UPDATE: The death toll in the fire at a Baghdad hospital for treating coronavirus patients has increased to 82, while 110 others were injured, Iraqi state-run INA news agency reported on Sunday, citing the Interior Ministry. Earlier in the day, a member of the local supreme commission on human rights, Ali Al Bayati, said that 58 people had been killed in the fire. […]
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Sat 24 April 2021: As India suffers its worst humanitarian crisis amid the devastating second wave of COVID-19 with the fastest rise in new daily cases any country has experienced since the outbreak, the Chinese government and enterprises have made goodwill gestures by offering help or donating medical supplies despite sour bilateral ties. Chinese analysts, […]
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Sat 24 April 2021: Pakistani citizens are urging their Prime Minister to send oxygen and other medical supplies to India. According to NDTV, #IndiaNeedsOxygen was trending on Pakistani Twitter on Friday with users urging PM Imran Khan to aid Indian hospitals amid the current Covid crisis and oxygen shortage. #IndiaNeedsOxygen is trending in Pakistan where […]
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Sat 24 April 2021: Use of Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine should be resumed in the United States despite evidence that it is linked to extremely rare but potentially deadly blood clots, advisers to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommended on Friday. The jab was put on hold April 16 after exceedingly […]
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Sat 24 April 2021: The UK Treasury borrowed 303.1 billion Pounds ($421 billion) in the financial year ending in March 2021 to pay for the schemes the government implemented to keep workers in jobs and support businesses while trying to contain the COVID-19 pandemic, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) said on Friday. “The coronavirus […]
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Fri 23 April 2021: India is going through terrible situation amid a record number of coronavirus cases and new variants reported, National Institute for Allergy and Infectious Diseases Director Anthony Fauci said in a briefing on Friday. “Obviously, India is going through a very terrible situation right now. They had yesterday, the largest number of […]
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Fri 23 April 2021: Researches at the UK’s University of Oxford have found that pregnant women and newborns face higher risks of health complications associated with COVID-19, according to a fresh study. “A study of more than 2,100 pregnant women across 18 countries worldwide has revealed that COVID-19 is associated with a higher risk of […]
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