Tue 20 July 2021: India’s excess deaths during the pandemic could be a staggering 10 times the official COVID-19 toll, likely making it modern India’s worst human tragedy, according to the most comprehensive research yet on the ravages of the virus in the south Asian country. Most experts believe India’s official toll of more than 414,000 […]
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Tue 20 July 2021: Inequalities between women and men in the job market that have been exacerbated due to the COVID-19 pandemic will persist and there will be 13 million fewer women employed in 2021 than in 2019, while men’s employment will have succeeded in recovering, an International Labor Organization (ILO) report projected Monday. “Even […]
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Mon 19 July 2021: All coronavirus restrictions, including facemasks and social distancing, were lifted in England on Monday, despite increasing case numbers. Venues across the country were allowed to open their doors without any restrictions from midnight. As the country moved to government’s Step 4, which lifts all remaining restrictions, the vaccine minister defended the […]
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Mon 19 July 2021: More than 3.66 billion doses of coronavirus vaccines have been administered worldwide, with Turkey ranking in the global top 10 for jabs given, according to Our World in Data, a tracking website affiliated with Oxford University. China leads the global count with over 1.46 billion jabs, followed by India with 406.48 […]
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Mon 19 July 2021: The delegations of the Afghan government and the Taliban movement (banned in Russia) have agreed to allow safe access to vaccines for people across the country, and to ensure safety for medical workers giving the shots, a communique released after the two-day talks in Qatar says. “The sides agreed that because […]
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Mon 19 July 2021: Multiple Chinese scientists have come to the conclusion that the novel coronavirus has natural origins and could not have been artificially created, a new report published by the Science China Life Sciences academic journal says. “In the comparison with SARS-CoVof 2003, SARS-CoV-2 is extremely well adapted to the human populations and […]
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Mon 19 July 2021: All adults in the UK have received at least one dose of coronavirus vaccine, reaching the target ahead of schedule, as well just hours before Monday’s controversial “freedom day,” on which nearly all coronavirus restrictions will be dropped. According to statistics published by the Department of Health and Social Care on […]
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Mon 19 July 2021: South Africa’s statutory health regulatory bodies, together with the National Health Department, have denounced the ongoing looting and violence, especially acts targeting healthcare facilities and the medicines supply chain. “We appeal to citizens looting and destroying the healthcare infrastructure and disrupting the provision of health care to consider the long-term consequences […]
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Sun 18 July 2021: Deaths of doctors from COVID-19 in Indonesia rose sharply in the first half of July, according to the profession’s association, as the Delta variant of the coronavirus fuelled a surge in infections across the country. A total of 114 doctors died during July 1-17, the highest number reported for any period […]
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Sun 18 July 2021: Thousands protest on Saturday against President Emmanuel Macron’s plans to force vaccination of health workers and require a COVID-19 free certificate to enter places such as bars, restaurants and cinemas, Reuters reported. After rapid surge in coronavirus infections, President Macron this week announced sweeping measures, which protesters say infringe the freedom […]
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