Wed 16 December 2020: Nearly a quarter of the world’s population may not have access to a COVID-19 vaccine until at least 2022, according to a study published in The BMJ today, which warns that vaccines will be as challenging to deliver as they were to develop. Another study in the same journal estimates that […]
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Wed 16 December 2020: Covid-19 pandemic has infected more than 73.7 million people, claiming at least 1.6 million lives around the world. Here are updates for December 16 Brazil’s Rio cancels New Year’s beach party over pandemic Rio de Janeiro’s annual New Year’s Eve beach bash, already reduced in scope and format, has been canceled […]
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Wed 16 December 2020: Britain’s unemployment rate has struck the highest level in four years after the coronavirus pandemic wiped out a record amount of jobs, official data showed on Tuesday. The rate — or proportion of the workforce that is unemployed — hit 4.9 percent in the three months to the end of October, the Office for […]
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Tue 15 December 2020: A Delhi court Tuesday acquitted 36 foreigners, who were charge sheeted for attending Tablighi Jamaat congregation in Delhi by allegedly being negligent and disobeying the government guidelines issued in wake of COVID-19 pandemic in the country. Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Arun Kumar Garg acquitted the foreigners from 14 countries of all charges. […]
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Tue 15 December 2020: South Africa is set to receive initial vaccines from the COVAX facility to cover 10% of its population in the early part of 2021. President Cyril Ramaphosa made this announcement during his address to the nation on Monday, on developments in relation to the country’s response to the Coronavirus pandemic. The […]
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Tue 15 December 2020: Outrage is mounting in Sri Lanka after at least 15 Muslim coronavirus victims, including a baby, were cremated against family wishes and in contravention of Islamic funeral rites. Health authorities in Buddhist-majority Sri Lanka insist all victims must be cremated – even if they are Muslims, who traditionally bury their dead […]
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Tue 15 December 2020: The global pandemic has brought an unfathomable count of deaths to the United States – more than 300,000 Americans have perished. In recent weeks, the number of deaths on a single day have been comparable to the most tragic days in national memory. Despite the promise of an FDA approved vaccine, […]
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Mon 14 December 2020: President Cyril Ramaphosa has announced new lockdown measures at both national, and district level for South Africa. President announced that the sale of alcohol from retail outlets will only be permitted between 10am and 6pm from Monday to Thursday. He also announced that the national curfew has been extended from 11pm […]
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Mon 14 December 2020: London and parts of Hertfordshire and Essex will be plunged into the highest level of coronavirus restrictions, Matt Hancock has announced. The changes will come into effect early Wednesday, just after midnight, in London and south and west of Essex and south of Herefordshire, Matt Hancock told parliament. He added that […]
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Mon 14 December 2020: New Delhi: Vaccinating 100-200 people in each session per day, monitoring them for 30 minutes after administering the shots for any adverse event and allowing only one beneficiary at a time are among the guidelines issued by the Centre for the COVID-19 inoculation drive. According to the guidelines issued to states recently, […]
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