Libya called Monday on people to come forward to be vaccinated after it received two million doses of the Chinese vaccine Sinopharm, with more on the way. “We call on all our fellow citizens to be vaccinated,” Prime Minister Abdulhamid Dbeibah told reporters at Mitiga airport near Tripoli after the shipment arrived. Adding to its […]
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Poland steps up security at vaccination centres after attacks
Poland on Monday said it was stepping up security at vaccination points following two arson incidents overnight in a single town and an attempt by anti-vaccine activists to break into another. “These incidents are recurring unfortunately,” Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki told reporters. “They will all be severely punished in accordance with current regulations and we […]
Millions under virus lockdown as China battles Delta outbreak
Millions of people were confined to their homes in China Monday as the country tried to contain its largest coronavirus outbreak in months including seven positive tests found in Wuhan, where the virus first emerged in late 2019. China reported 55 new locally transmitted cases on Monday as an outbreak of the fast-spreading Delta variant […]
Malaysia’s Mahathir, Anwar shelve rivalry to protest PM
Malaysian political heavyweights Mahathir Mohamad and Anwar Ibrahim put aside long-running animosity and joined an opposition protest Monday against the shutdown of parliament and demand the country’s embattled premier resign. The final day of a parliament session, due to take place Monday, has been cancelled after the discovery of several coronavirus cases in the legislature. […]
Scuffles in Berlin as Covid sceptics defy protest ban
Thousands of anti-lockdown demonstrators defied a court-ordered protest ban on Sunday and gathered in the streets of Berlin, resulting in scuffles with police. Police said some protesters had “harassed and attacked” officers and ignored roadblocks, disrupting traffic in parts of the German capital. “They tried to break through the police chain and pull out our […]
Rome region website hacked, affecting vaccine bookings
The website of Lazio, the Italian region that includes Rome, was down on Sunday after being hit by a cyber attack, meaning that people could no longer use it to book a Covid vaccine. “A hacker attack is underway… all defence and verification operations are ongoing to avoid prolonging the cut in services,” the region […]
Nigeria receives four million vaccine doses from US
Nigeria received four million doses of the Moderna Covid-19 vaccine from the United States on Sunday as the West African nation steps up efforts to battle a third wave of infections. The doses, which came on two planes, were received by officials from the UN children agency UNICEF on behalf of Nigeria at the airport […]
Chinese cities test millions as virus cases surge
Chinese cities rolled out mass testing of millions of people and imposed fresh travel restrictions as health authorities battled Sunday to contain the country’s most widespread coronavirus outbreak in months. China on Sunday reported 75 new coronavirus cases with 53 local transmissions, with a cluster linked to an eastern airport now reported to have spread […]
Judo medallists stripped of Olympic passes over Tokyo sightseeing trip
Two judo silver medallists from Georgia were stripped of their Tokyo 2020 accreditation for breaking coronavirus rules by leaving the Olympic Village, an official from their National Olympic Committee said Saturday. It is the first case since the Games began of athletes being punished for breaking strict anti-infection rules, which forbid team members from leaving […]
Uganda eases Covid curbs as admissions fall
Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni on Friday ordered an easing of a six-week Covid lockdown following a dramatic reduction in serious cases of the disease. Infections had soared during a second wave driven by the highly transmissable Delta variant but since the lockdown, the authorities say daily admissions of severe and critical patients dropped from a […]