Category: Coronavirus (COVID-19)

Wed 28 July 2021: On Wednesday, the UK government announced that fully vaccinated people from the United States and the European Union (EU) will be able to travel to England without undergoing quarantine. Heathrow Airport and the airline sector in the United Kingdom has urged the UK government to allow vaccinated passengers to travel in […]

Wed 28 July 2021: The count of COVID-19 vaccine shots administered worldwide topped 3.93 billion as of Tuesday, according to Our World In Data, a tracking website affiliated with Oxford University. China, where the outbreak originated in late 2019, ranks first globally, with more than 1.57 billion vaccine jabs delivered within the country, according to […]

Tue 27 July 2021: According to the New York Times, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) will encourage coronavirus vaccine recipients to wear masks indoors, reversing previous guidelines that said face masks were no longer necessary. The updated guidance would apply to areas of the US experiencing a surge of infections, including […]

Tue 27 July 2021: Classrooms are not major sources of coronavirus infection, schools should be the last institutions to close and the first to reopen in parts of the world where coronavirus vaccines are in low supply, according to the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF). “Reopening schools cannot wait for all teachers and students to be vaccinated. With the global vaccine shortages plaguing low and middle-income countries, vaccinating frontline workers and those most at risk of severe illness and death will remain a priority,” UNICEF spokesperson James Elder told reporters.   Clear evidence […]

Tue 27 July 2021: As Delta variant  fuels surge of new cases, Mayor Bill de Blasio declared on Monday that all government workers in New York City must take a coronavirus vaccine or face weekly tests. “The Delta variant is deadly and this city is taking it seriously,” de Blasio via Twitter post that went out simultaneously with […]