Coronavirus

Macron orders COVID-19 lockdown across all of France, closes schools

Apr 01, 2021 03:15

President Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday ordered France into its third national lockdown and said schools would close for three weeks as he sought to push back a third wave of COVID-19 infections that threatens to overwhelm hospitals.
Errors ruin 15 million doses of Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine

Apr 01, 2021 02:44

Nearly 15 million doses of Johnson & Johnson’s vaccine were ruined due to a factory error in the United States, dealing a blow to the company's efforts to quickly boost production.
Man charged with hate crime over attacking elderly Asian American woman

Apr 01, 2021 02:40

The man who attacked an elderly Asian American woman in New York City on Monday has been charged with hate crime.
Over 100 vaccinated people test positive for COVID-19 in Washington

Apr 01, 2021 02:26

More than 100 fully vaccinated people in the US state of Washington have contracted COVID-19 more than two weeks after receiving the disease’s vaccine, officials say.
Official warns of ‘dangerous’ situation in Gaza amid surge in COVID-19 cases

Apr 01, 2021 01:33

With Israel’s blockade in place and amid hard times of the coronavirus pandemic, the “epidemiological situation” in the besieged Gaza Strip is now “dangerous,” says Magdy Dahir, Deputy Director of Primary Care at the Gaza Health Ministry.
10 biggest pandemic profiteers

Mar 31, 2021 11:36

A year ago, the Institute for Policy Studies published "Billionaire Bonanza 2020: Wealth Windfalls, Tumbling Taxes and Pandemic Profiteers," and began tracking billionaire wealth gains as unemployment surged.
No basis to claims China withheld COVID-19 data: Chinese official

Mar 31, 2021 10:14

A senior Chinese health official has rejected allegations that Beijing withheld data from a team of experts from the World Health Organization (WHO) investigating the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic, saying there is no factual basis to the claims.
Virginia man shows severe reaction to Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine

Mar 31, 2021 10:08

The Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine has triggered a severe reaction in the body of a Virginia man four days after reciving the the one-dose vaccine.
US child hunger up 50% amid soaring consumer prices

Mar 31, 2021 09:55

Data from the United States census has found that child hunger has soared 50% since the pandemic hit one year ago.
Coronavirus cases worldwide up 14% in past week: WHO

Mar 31, 2021 03:02

More than 3.8 million novel coronavirus cases were registered worldwide in the past week, which is 14% more than during the previous seven-day period, the World Health Organization (WHO) said in a weekly bulletin released in Geneva on Wednesday.