Wed 29 December 2021: The rapid circulation of the Delta and Omicron variants of COVID-19 worldwide is creating a “tsunami of cases”, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus says. Addressing reporters at a news briefing, Tedros also repeated his call for countries to share vaccines more equitably and warned that the emphasis on delivering booster jabs […]
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Wed 29 December 2021: Greece banned music in bars and restaurants on Wednesday in an effort to limit New Year’s Eve parties as part of new measures to combat the spread of the coronavirus. “Omicron is now the dominant strain and the public health system is under pressure,” Health Minister Thanos Plevris said in a […]
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Wed 29 December 2021: Rapid Covid home tests are more likely to give a false negative with the heavily-mutated Omicron variant compared to earlier strains, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said Tuesday. The news comes as the country is facing a massive surge in cases that experts say is being under-captured as a result of a testing […]
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Wed 29 December 2021: According to a report in the Guardian, around 12,000 Afghan refugees will usher in the new year in hotels as the UK government struggles to persuade enough councils to look for permanent homes. “Over 4,000 individuals have either moved into a settled home or are in the process of being moved […]
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Wed 29 December 2021: The British government has launched a new campaign to encourage smokers to quit, claiming that teenagers who have smoking parents are four times more likely to do so themselves. It’s called the ‘Better Health Smoke-Free’ campaign, and it’s encouraging smokers to quit as a new year’s resolution. The campaign emphasizes the […]
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Wed 29 December 2021: The risk posed by the Omicron variant is still “very high”, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Wednesday, after COVID-19 case numbers shot up by 11 percent globally last week. Omicron is behind the rapid virus spikes in many countries, including those where it has already overtaken the previously-dominant Delta […]
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Wed 29 December 2021: Scientists have discovered an exquisitely preserved dinosaur embryo that was preparing to hatch from its egg like a chicken at least 66 million years ago. The embryo was discovered in Ganzhou in southern China and researchers estimate it is at least 66 million years old. It is believed to be a […]
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Tue 28 December 2021: The S&P Dow Jones Indices (S&P DJI) said on Tuesday that US home prices rose slightly more than 19 percent in the year to October, despite falling slightly from September. “In October 2021, US home prices moved substantially higher, but at a decelerating rate,” S&P DJI Managing Director Craig Lazzara in […]
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Tue 28 December 2021: According to a recent Opinium poll commissioned by The Guardian newspaper, the UK Labour Party has a seven-point lead over the current Conservative Party in vote intention, as Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s popularity continues to decline. According to the survey, which was conducted between December 15 and 22, 39 percent of […]
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Tue 28 December 2021: Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro will not vaccinate his 11-year-old daughter against COVID-19, he said on Monday, maintaining the firm anti-vaccine stance that has drawn criticism from public health experts and hit his poll numbers. The right-wing leader added that the nation’s health minister, Marcelo Queiroga, will divulge on January 5 the manner […]
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