Tue 26 October 2021: Thousands of New York City municipal employees, including firefighters and police officials, blocked traffic on the Brooklyn Bridge, as part of a demonstration against the Covid vaccination mandate in New York City. The legislation, which affects about 50,000 workers, follows similar restrictions for health-care and education employees, and it goes into […]
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Mon 25 October 2021: The European Union’s medicines authority has started a real-time review of Merck & Co Inc’s experimental COVID-19 antiviral drug for adults, the US firm said on Monday. The European Medicines Agency (EMA) would analyze data as soon as it became available, rather than waiting for a formal application when all essential […]
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Mon 25 October 2021: British finance minister Rishi Sunak’s budget this week will include an extra 5.9 billion pounds ($8.1 billion) of spending for the health service over the next few years to drive down waiting lists, the finance ministry said on Sunday. The sum comes on top of an 8 billion pound package announced […]
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Sun 24 October 2021: According to the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC), the number of confirmed COVID-19 infections in Africa had reached 8,464,280 as of Sunday afternoon. The African Union’s (AU) specialized healthcare organization, the Africa CDC, said that 216,830 people have died as a result of the pandemic across the […]
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Sun 24 October 2021: The Wuhan Marathon, which was scheduled to take place on Sunday, has been postponed at the last minute as fears of a coronavirus resurgence in China, ahead of the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing. On Sunday, China reported 26 new domestic Covid-19 cases, marking the latest test of the country’s zero-tolerance […]
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Sun 24 October 2021: If the number of coronavirus cases in Austria continues to climb, Chancellor Alexander Schallenberg has warned that unvaccinated people may face further lockdown restrictions. The announcement came during a Friday evening meeting between Schallenberg and state leaders to discuss how to deal with rapidly rising case numbers. “The pandemic is not […]
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Sat 23 October 2021: According to news website The National, COVID-19 has become the worst pandemic in US history, killing more people than HIV/AIDS. The US government’s initial response to HIV/AIDS and COVID-19 was “denial and indifference,” according to a story published on Friday by The National. According to the research, when AIDS broke out […]
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Sat 23 October 2021: The COVID-19 pandemic, which has affected the lives of people worldwide, has also caused a drop in the life expectancy in India by almost two years, a statistical analysis by scientists of the city-based International Institute for Population Studies (IIPS) has revealed. The analytical report, which points out the drop in […]
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Sat 23 October 2021: The British government’s scientific advisers urged the government on Friday to ensure coronavirus restrictions can be introduced rapidly, as the rate of new infections continues to grow. Britain has recorded an average of 47,000 new cases of COVID-19 a day in the past week, up 18% from the week before, according […]
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Fri 22 October 2021: Authorities in China have begun administering booster vaccinations against the deadly coronavirus disease in Beijing and neighboring areas, according to local media reports. This comes four months before the capital city hosts the Winter Olympics. Those who are 18 or older, have had two doses of Chinese vaccinations, and are in […]
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