A 116-year-old woman in Turkey has survived COVID-19, according to her son, making her one of the oldest patients to beat the disease. Ayse Karatay has now been moved to a normal ward, her son Ibrahim told the Demiroren news agency on Saturday. “My mother fell ill at the age of 116 and stayed in […]
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Sat 04 September 2021: Due to a lack of favorite food brought in by tourists who have been kept away by the COVID-19, hungry monkeys on the resort island of Bali have begun invading residents’ homes in search of something good to eat. Bananas, peanuts, and other treats are among the monkeys’ favorite foods. According […]
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Sat 04 September 2021: On Saturday, Italian Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio indicated that Rome may restart its mission to Afghanistan in Doha, Qatar. The spokesman for the Taliban’s political office, Mohammad Naeem, tweeted on Friday that Italy has committed to restore its embassy in the Central Asian country. The tweet was later removed. Earlier […]
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Sat 04 September 2021: Residents of Paris took to the streets again on Saturday to protest the required COVID-19 passes. The demonstrators had assembled earlier in the day near the Eiffel Tower in the Champ de Mars park at the request of Florian Philippot, the head of the right-wing Patriots party, who gave a brief […]
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Sat 04 September 2021: If the COVID-19 outbreak situation improves, France may be able to relax health pass regulations that are restricting the activity of large shopping malls, Labor Minister Elisabeth Borne said on Saturday. “The health situation is improving. If this is confirmed, we will be able to ease the rules,” Borne told France […]
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Sat 04 September 2021: The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Africa reached 7,844,232 as of Friday afternoon, the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) said. The Africa CDC, the specialized healthcare agency of the African Union, said the death toll from the pandemic across the continent stands at 197,986. Some 7,015,476 […]
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Fri 03 September 2021: The South African Health Products Regulatory Authority (SAHPRA) has joined the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to caution against the use of Ivermectin to treat COVID-19. According to SAHPRA, its position to align itself with the FDA is reflected in the statement issued in January this year, outlining its […]
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Fri 03 September 2021: Health Minister, Dr Joe Phaahla, says the question on whether government should issue a legislation or regulation on mandatory COVID-19 vaccination, is currently not among its priorities. “The position of government is very clear. Our priority is to mobilise and convince people to come forward voluntarily and take the vaccine, [and] […]
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Fri 03 September 2021: A double dose of a vaccine is most likely to halve the likelihood of long-term COVID-19 effects for adults, according to a study released on Thursday. Research conducted by a team from King’s College London showed that double-jabbed people who contract the virus were 73% less likely to be admitted to […]
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Thu 02 September 2021: Hundreds of healthcare workers in Greece marched through Athens this morning to protest against mandatory Covid vaccines for anyone working in their sector. The regulation came into effect yesterday and any healthcare worker who isn’t vaccinated against Covid or recovered from the disease within the past six months will be suspended from work without pay. […]
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