Tue 27 October 2020: International tourist arrivals plunged by an annualized 70% during the first eight months of 2020 because of the coronavirus pandemic, the World Tourism Organization (WTO) said Tuesday. The Northern Hemisphere’s peak summer season was ravaged by travel restrictions, with tourist arrivals down by 81% in July, and by 79% in August, […]
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Tue 27 October 2020: The World Health Organization (WHO) is urging people around the world not to give up in the fight against the coronavirus as cases surge once again, stressing the need for mask-wearing, physical distancing and other measures to avoid the kind of full-scale lockdowns that were imposed earlier this year. WHO chief […]
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Tue 27 October 2020: Antibodies declined rapidly in the British population during the summer, a study has found, suggesting protection after infection may not be long lasting and raising the prospect of waning immunity in the community. Scientists at Imperial College London have tracked antibody levels in the British population following the first wave of […]
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Tue 27 October 2020: BOGOTA, Colombia Colombia exceeded one million confirmed coronavirus cases over the weekend, becoming the third country in Latin America to pass the mark since the beginning of the pandemic. Brazil passed one million infections back in June and Argentina hit one million confirmed cases last Monday. Peru and Mexico are expected […]
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The coronavirus pandemic has infected at least 43.2 million people and claimed over 1.1 million lives around the world. Here are updates for October 26: Australia’s virus hot spot reports zero cases Australia’s coronavirus hot spot of Victoria has reported zero cases of the new coronavirus for the first time since June, a day after […]
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Sat 24 October 2020: Belarus opposition leader Svetlana Tikhanovskaya is self-isolating and will take a COVID-19 test after meeting earlier this week with the Slovenian foreign minister, who has since tested positive for the coronavirus. “This does not hinder the work of her team,” her spokeswoman Anna Krasulina said in a statement sent to Reuters. […]
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Sat 24 October 2020: Poland’s President Andrzej Duda has tested positive for COVID-19, an official said on Saturday. The 48-year-old is in quarantine and feeling well, spokesperson Blazej Spychalski said on Twitter. “The president is fine. We are in constant contact with the relevant medical services,” he said. Duda’s diagnosis came on a day Poland […]
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Sat 24 October 2020: The World Health Organization (WHO) is looking at 10 vaccines in phase three trials as the northern hemisphere with skyrocketing cases faces a critical juncture in the fight against COVID-19, the chief scientist of global body said Friday. “Our best expectations, as far as we know by watching the trials that […]
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Sat 24 October 2020: Engineers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) designed a heated mask that would filter and inactivate the coronavirus, reducing the risk of infection. According to Sci-Tech Daily, the reusable mask will include a heated copper mesh that will be powered by a battery. According to the research, the mesh and […]
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Fri 23 October 2020: The program will now cover employees who work as little as one-fifth of their previous hours — or one day a week — rather than one-third of their hours UK Treasury chief Rishi Sunak is increasing subsidies for bars, pubs and restaurants hammered by strict new measures to slow the spread […]
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