Mon 30 August 2021: The European Union on Monday recommended that its member states reimpose travel restrictions on US tourists over rising covid infections in the country. The European Council, which represents the bloc’s 27 governments, said it was taking six territories off its list of locations exempted from restrictions on non-essential travel during the […]
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Mon 30 August 2021: Recently published research has revealed that the new COVID-19 variant C.1.2 has been identified in South Africa. According to the researchers, there are concerns that this SARS-CoV-2 variant of interest (VOI) has been associated with increased transmissibility, neutralisation resistance, and disease severity. “Here we report the identification of a potential variant […]
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Mon 30 August 2021: Around two million workers in restaurants and other service industries in France will now be required to display a health card in order to work. This is part of the French government’s response to the pandemic of coronavirus. A worker must apparently have confirmation of vaccination, a negative test result, or […]
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Mon 30 August 2021: Turkey’s national flag carrier Turkish Airlines announced on Sunday that passengers travelling on domestic routes will be required to submit a COVID-19 vaccination certificate or a negative COVID-19 test result before boarding. Bilal Eksi, CEO of the company, said in a tweet that the new arrangement will be effective from Sept. […]
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Mon 30 August 2021: France will be providing 10 million doses of AstraZeneca and Pfizer vaccines for Africa over the next three months, President Emmanuel Macron’s office announced on Monday. The jabs “will be allocated and distributed in the framework of the (African Union’s) African Vaccine Acquisition Trust (AVAT) and Covax,” the partnership for equitable […]
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Mon 30 August 2021: Intensive care cases in Australia’s New South Wales will hit a peak in October as COVID-19 infections accumulate, said the premier of the country’s most populous state, which reported record daily new infections on Monday. New South Wales, the epicentre of Australia’s current outbreak, declared a record 1,290 new cases as […]
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Mon 30 August 2021: The World Health Organization (WHO) and Unicef have recommended that teachers and school staff be prioritized for COVID-19 vaccinations so that schools in Europe and Central Asia can remain open. Measures to ensure that schools can stay open throughout the pandemic “include offering teachers and other school staff the COVID-19 vaccine […]
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Mon 30 August 2021: According to police, some 7,000 people rallied in central Athens on Sunday against a new law requiring health staff to acquire COVID-19 vaccines. The new law, which went into effect on Wednesday, requires all hospital employees to get vaccinated. The demonstrators waved Greek flags and brandished placards with such messages as […]
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Sun 29 August 2021: Coronavirus infections in England are 26 times more than they were last year, according to the UK’s Office for National Statistics (ONS). In a previous study, the ONS stated that COVID-19 instances in England had increased by over 15% after the UK government relaxed virus regulations. In Wales and Northern Ireland, […]
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Sun 29 August 2021: At least 10,000 children in South Africa have dropped out of school since the pandemic started, with students learning half or less than average in 2020 due to coronavirus, the education ministry said Sunday. Face-to-face lessons have only partially resumed since South Africa’s schools reopened in June last year, after more […]
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