Sat 10 April 2021: Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh chief Mohan Bhagwat has tested positive for coronavirus, the organisation tweeted on its official handle. Mr Bhagwat, 70, has been showing commons symptoms of coronavirus infection, the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) tweeted. “He is currently having common symptoms of COVID-19 and has been admitted to Kingsway Hospital in […]
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Sat 10 April 2021: India on Saturday witnessed an unprecedented surge of 1,45,384 coronavirus cases, the highest since the start of pandemic, as the country’s tally surged to 1,32,05,0926. Night curfews and restrictions are back in many parts amid concerns over second Covid wave. While the death toll stands at 168,436 which includes 794 new […]
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Fri 09 April 2021: The Brazilian Senate will open an inquiry into the government’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic, as President Jair Bolsonaro continues to resist lockdown measures even with Covid-19 deaths at new records. A judge from the country’s supreme court on Thursday ordered the Senate to create a commission for the inquiry, after […]
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Fri 09 April 2021: Less than 2% of the 690 million COVID-19 vaccine doses administered to date globally have been in Africa, the World Health Organization (WHO) office said on Thursday. The African countries started to receive vaccines only five weeks ago and in small quantities. “Although progress is being made, many African countries have […]
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Fri 09 April 2021: Native Americans in the US state of Montana died from COVID-19 at rates nearly four times the rate of whites, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said in a report. “During March 13 – November 30, 2020, COVID-19 incidence and mortality among AI/AN [Native American] persons in Montana were approximately twice and nearly four times those among White persons, […]
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Thu 08 April 2021: Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov stressed on Thursday that vaccination passports must not limit the right to travel. “I agree that vaccination passports must not restrict human rights, including the right to travel. However, exactly this kind of idea was initially discussed in the European Union. The question remains acute. And we need, […]
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Thu 08 April 2021: Africa should be able to have capacity to manufacture and distribute its own biotechnology to develop vaccines as COVID-19 continues to sweep the globe. Speaking during the webinar on World Health Day on Wednesday, Health Minister, Dr Zweli Mkhize, said depending on other continents should be the thing of the past. […]
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Thu 08 April 2021: Both the IMF managing director and World Bank president expressed alarm over growing global economic inequality on Wednesday after a second day of their organisations’ spring meetings. Unprecedented policy response and speedy vaccine development helped pull the global economy back from the brink last year, but the outlook is still marked […]
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Thu 08 April 2021: New cases overtake Wednesday’s 115,736 infections, with dozens of cities and towns imposing night curfews to try to contain the second wave. India on Thursday reported a record single-day high of 126,789 new Covid-19 cases, pushing its infection tally to 1,29,28,574, while the number of active cases too went upwards to […]
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Wed 07 March 2021: UK-Swedish pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca said on Wednesday it was working to establish the causes of blood clots after vaccination against coronavirus with its drug, but emphasized that these were very rare cases. Earlier in the day, the UK Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency recommended that people under 30 years of […]
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