Thu 16 September 2021: A French hospital worker has said he is on a hunger strike to protest against a government rule that healthcare workers will be suspended if they are not vaccinated against COVID-19. Thierry Paysant, a fire safety officer with the public hospital system in Nice, southern France, has pitched a tent in […]
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Thu 16 September 2021: According to the Department of Health’s latest data, the country administered 241 867 doses of the COVID-19 jab on Wednesday, bringing the total number of doses to 15 447 034. Meanwhile, 126 309 were fully vaccinated in the past 24 hours, increasing the number to 7 609 183 since the start […]
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Thu 16 September 2021: The annual inflation rate in the United Kingdom increased by 3.2 percent, the highest level since 2012, signaling that food, gasoline, and energy prices could overheat the economy. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) in the UK announced on September 15 that consumer prices had increased by 2% since July, the […]
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Thu 16 September 2021: The pace of climate change has not been slowed by the global COVID-19 pandemic and the world remains behind in its battle to cut carbon emissions, the United Nations said on Thursday. The virus-related economic downturn caused only a temporary downturn in CO2 emissions last year and it was not enough […]
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Wed 15 September 2021: The US has set aside $470 million for a nationwide investigation of COVID-19’s long-term effects, according to the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The main grant will go to New York University (NYU) Langone Health, a leading US research facility with a medical school and multiple hospitals. Langone will make multiple […]
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Wed 15 September 2021: If healthcare personnel in France are not vaccinated against COVID-19, they will be fired starting today. In a speech earlier this summer, President Emmanuel Macron stated that medical professionals and others who interact with vulnerable people, such as nursing home non-medical personnel, must receive the vaccine. He gave them until September […]
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Wed 15 September 2021: The World Health Organization (WHO) considers requiring passports confirming vaccination against COVID-19 as a precondition for travel discriminatory given the shortage of vaccines in some regions, but believes this measure could be considered when vaccine coverage increases globally, WHO Director General Tedros Adhanom said on Tuesday. “We don’t want vaccine […]
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Tue 14 September 2021: The British government published its coronavirus plans for the forthcoming autumn and winter seasons on Tuesday, which may include the return of some lockdown restrictions. Sajid Javid, the Health Secretary, said in a statement to the House of Commons that such efforts will include delivering vaccination booster shots to those most […]
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Tue 14 September 2021: The Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza said on Monday that it has received 50,000 expired Covid-19 vaccine doses sent by the Palestinian Authority in Ramallah. It blamed Israel for the fact that the vaccine’s effectiveness had expired. According to the ministry, the Sputnik vaccines entered Gaza through Karm Abu Salem […]
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Tue 14 September 2021: Russian President Vladimir Putin is self-isolating as a precaution after several members of his entourage fell ill with COVID-19, but is “absolutely” healthy and does not have the disease himself, the Kremlin said on Tuesday. Putin, 68, will therefore not travel to Tajikistan this week for planned regional security meetings which […]
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