Tue 21 December 2021: First it was plastic, and now it’s a face mask. What they have in common is that they have both become a source of concern as a result of excessive litter. Face mask pollution is the next big thing, according to research data collected from 11 countries. According to the study, […]
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Mon 20 December 2021: On Sunday, Israel’s Health Ministry reported over 1,000 new coronavirus cases per day, as the government approved the ministry’s recommendation to classify the United States, Italy, Belgium, Germany, Hungary, Morocco, Portugal, Canada, Switzerland, and Turkey as “red” states and impose a travel ban on them. This is the first time in […]
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Mon 20 December 2021: With the Christmas and New Year holidays approaching, the Rwandan government has placed restrictions on unvaccinated people in the country, prohibiting them from entering indoor restaurants, worship places, public transportation, and bars beginning December 20 in order to prevent the spread of coronavirus and encourage vaccine skeptics to get their shots. […]
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Mon 20 December 2021: New Zealand authorities on Monday said they had linked a 26-year-old man’s death to Pfizer Inc’s COVID-19 vaccine after the person suffered myocarditis, a rare inflammation of the heart muscle, after taking his first dose. The death is New Zealand’s second linked to a known but rare side effect from the […]
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Mon 20 December 2021: President Cyril Ramaphosa has returned to duty after ending a week of self-isolation following his positive test for COVID-19 on 12 December 2021. According to Minister in the Presidency, Mondli Gungubele, the President will chair the final Cabinet meeting for 2021 on Wednesday. The President has extended his gratitude to all South […]
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Mon 20 December 2021: During a lockdown last year, a photograph of British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and more than a dozen other people drinking wine in the garden of his Downing Street residence did not show a party, according to his deputy. Johnson is pictured with his wife Carrie, who appears to be holding […]
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Mon 20 December 2021: Top US pandemic adviser, Dr. Anthony Fauci warned on Sunday that the omicron variant of the coronavirus, which is “raging around the world,” will put severe strain on hospital systems in the coming weeks. Fauci, President Joe Biden’s chief medical adviser, said on NBC’s “Meet the Press” that there is no […]
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Sun 19 December 2021: In the first quarter of 2022, the European Union will receive an additional 20 million doses of the Pfizer coronavirus vaccine, according to the European Commission. “In Q1 of 2022, BioNTech-Pfizer will deliver an additional 20 million vaccine doses (5 million in January, 5 million in February and 10 million in […]
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Sun 19 December 2021: Thousands of peaceful protesters demonstrated in central Brussels for the third time on Sunday against the Belgian government’s COVID-19 restrictions, which were imposed in response to a spike in infections and the emergence of the concerning omicron variant. Given how previous protests had sometimes devolved into violence, arrests, and injury, a […]
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Sun 19 December 2021: The US embassy in Dhaka announced on Sunday that it has donated 1.78 million more doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine to Bangladesh in an effort to assist the South Asian country in expanding its immunization drive to young people aged 12 and up. “With this shipment, the American people have […]
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