India’s southern state of Kerala shut some schools and offices this week as officials raced to halt the spread of the deadly Nipah virus after it killed two people in the fourth outbreak since 2018. Here is what we know about the virus: WHERE DID THE VIRUS COME FROM? The Nipah virus was first identified […]
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No suspected case of Ebola virus reported in Pakistan: NIH
ISLAMABAD: The National Institute of Health (NIH) on Friday said no suspected case of Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) was reported in Pakistan. According to an NIH spokesperson, the report of any such case was not correct and termed it baseless. He made it clear that Pakistan was not facing a direct threat of Ebola cases. […]
Covid deaths in Europe pass two million mark: WHO
Copenhagen: The number of people who have died from Covid-19 in Europe, the long-time epicentre of the pandemic, has passed two million, the World Health Organization (WHO) said Thursday. “A devastating milestone has passed as reported confirmed Covid-19 deaths from countries in the WHO European Region have exceeded more than 2 million people,” the UN […]
Shanghai locals sleep at work and ration food as lockdown bites
Shanghai: By day it’s Romeo’s workplace, by night it’s his home. Like many other finance sector workers in Shanghai, he has moved into the office to keep the wheels of commerce turning during a harsh Covid lockdown of the megacity. Anticipating that creeping closures would catch him out, Romeo decamped to the Pudong district in […]
Poultry in lockdown after Belgium detects bird flu
Belgium ordered its poultry into lockdown from Monday after detecting a case of bird flu in a wild duck, extending avian quarantine measures already in place in neighbouring countries. Authorities are attempting to prevent farm birds coming into contact with wild migratory ones to prevent the H5N1 virus from spreading. The sickened wild duck was […]
Third Chinese city placed under Covid lockdown
China placed a third city under lockdown on Thursday to tackle Covid-19 numbers, with around six million people now under orders to stay home as Beijing chases zero cases before the upcoming Winter Olympics. The country has taken a zero-tolerance approach to the virus since it first emerged in central China in 2019, stamping out […]
Covid cases and deaths on the rise again in Europe
Covid infections and deaths are on the rise again in Europe, with Russia, Ukraine, and Romania registering the highest fatalities on the continent, a tally showed on Tuesday. About 1,672,000 new cases have been registered on the continent over the past week, an average of about 239,000 per day. That was an increase of 18 […]
US working on plan to reopen to fully-vaccinated foreigners
0 The United States, which closed its borders to much of the world as the pandemic took hold, plans eventually to begin allowing fully vaccinated foreigners back in, a White House official said Wednesday. President Joe Biden’s administration, recognizing the importance of international travel, wants to reopen to visitors from abroad in a “safe and […]
England to drop quarantine rule for fully jabbed arrivals from France
The UK government said late Wednesday it will ease English entry rules requiring arrivals from France to quarantine even if they are fully vaccinated, following its latest review of travel curbs. The change — which will come into effect at 4:00 am (0300 GMT) on Sunday — puts France back on England’s so-called “amber” list […]
New York is first US city to mandate vaccines for restaurants, gyms
New York will become the first major US city to require proof of vaccination for people attending indoor venues such as restaurants, gyms and shows, under a plan announced by Mayor Bill de Blasio Tuesday. The announcement comes as public bodies and private businesses in the United States step up vaccine requirements as the country […]