Wed 19 January 2022: As companies strive to cut expenses from the long-running pandemic, an increasing number of UK-based retailers are toughening their stance against unvaccinated employees who come into touch with infected people. Morrisons and its online rival Ocado, as well as apparel store Next and Swedish home furnishings giant IKEA, have all lowered […]
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Wed 19 January 2022: After a new cluster of COVID-19 cases was traced to a pet shop, Hong Kong ordered the cull of 2,000 hamsters on Tuesday and warned pet owners not to kiss animals. The human Delta variant outbreak linked to the shop worker prompted tests on hundreds of animals, with 11 hamsters testing […]
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Tue 18 January 2022: On Monday (January 17), UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres delivered a virtual presentation at the World Economic Forum (WEF) Davos Agenda 2022, emphasizing the need for immediate action to assist developing nations in the face of climate, coronavirus (COVID-19), and other problems. Guterres urged business leaders to support developing countries in the […]
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Tue 18 January 2022: Stockholm: Researchers have identified a specific gene variant that protects against severe COVID-19 infection. An international team led by researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden pinpointed the variant by studying people of different ancestries. The study, published in the journal Nature Genetics, shows that genes can influence whether we become severely affected […]
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Tue 18 January 2022: President Cyril Ramaphosa is expected to join Dr Patrick Soon-Shiong, founder of the multinational conglomerate NantWorks, LLC, in launching the NantSA vaccine manufacturing campus in Brackenfell, Cape Town, on Wednesday. The President and Dr Soon-Shiong will also launch the Coalition to Accelerate Africa’s Access to Advanced Healthcare (The AAAH Coalition). This […]
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Tue 18 January 2022: According to the United Nations, the Covid-19 crisis has continued to wreak havoc on jobs around the world, and it could take years for employment levels to return to pre-pandemic levels. The UN’s International Labour Organization (ILO) revised its previous forecast that the global employment market will recover nearly completely from […]
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Mon 17 January 2022: Moderna, a biotech company, is working to develop a single-shot vaccine against flu and coronavirus by autumn 2023, according to its CEO Stephane Bancel, who spoke at the World Economic Forum on Monday. Last September, Moderna revealed that it was developing a single-component vaccine shot that would protect against both flu […]
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Mon 17 January 2022: The wealth of the 10 richest men has doubled during the coronavirus pandemic, stoking inequality that contributes to the deaths of at least 21,300 people each day, according to a new report released on Monday from Oxfam International. “We enter 2022 with unprecedented concern,” Oxfam’s Inequality Kills report warns, arguing that the current […]
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Sun 16 January 2022: Austrian Chancellor Karl Nehammer announced on Sunday that in February, the country will become the first in Europe to make Covid-19 vaccines mandatory for adults. He agreed that this was a “sensitive topic.” Those who do not comply, according to Nehammer, a conservative who took office in December, will face a […]
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Sun 16 January 2022: There is no justification now for keeping schools closed in view of the pandemic and even if there are new waves, closing schools should be the last resort, according to the World Bank’s Global Education Director Jaime Saavedra. Saavedra, whose team has been tracking the impact of COVID-19 on the education […]
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