JERUSALEM – In the latest addition to the measures that ensure Israel’s return to relatively normal condition, the mandatory rule of wearing face masks outdoors has been withdrawn. Boosted by a mass-vaccination campaign against the COVID-19 pandemic, the schools have also reopened.
WARSAW (POLAND) – As Poland fights a third wave of the coronavirus, Adam Niedzielski, the health minister said that doctors and nurses are just taking naps between shifts. the announcement comes amid reports of medical staff using oxygen and intravenous drips to boost their energy. “These are the toughest, the most difficult pictures, which reflect […]
BUENOS AIRES (ARGENTINA) – President Alberto Fernandez, the first-term Peronist leader tweeted that he has tested positive for coronavirus and is in good spirits despite having a slight fever. “I am in good physical condition,” the president, who turned 62 on Friday, said in a tweet. He had received Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine against the […]
RLIN (GERMANY) – The economy and finance ministries of Germany have agreed to provide further financial aid for companies hit by lockdown measures during the coronavirus pandemic. Among other measures, companies that lost half of their revenue or more for at least three months since November will be eligible for a capital injection, in addition […]
LONDON (UK) – Britain’s economy that shrank by the most in more than three centuries in 2020 due to coronavirus, has grown more quickly than previously thought in the final three months of last year. The figures also revealed the biggest pile of household savings on record last year, which the Bank of England thinks […]
WASHINGTON (US) – Hours after signing a $1.9 trillion stimulus bill into law, President Joe Biden has directed US states to make all adults eligible for the coronavirus vaccine by May 1. He added that the Americans should either vigilant or be ready to face more restrictions. To achieve his July 4 goal, Biden said […]
TOKYO (JAPAN) – The benefits of wearing two masks in order to prevent the spread of coronavirus have been doing rounds on the internet creating a lot of confusion to the public at large. However, Japanese supercomputer simulations that elaborate wearing two masks gave limited benefit in blocking viral spread compared with one properly fitted […]
TOKYO (JAPAN) – The Olympics’ are scheduled to happen in Tokyo, Japan this year and a survey conducted between Jan. 18 and Feb. 25 to know the public opinion about the same shows an overwhelming majority of Japanese are “interested in the Olympics”. The survey, which was conducted when much of the country remained in […]
TOKYO (JAPAN) – Japan’s COVID-19 cases reached a new daily record on Wednesday, even as the government was subjected to mounting pressure from health experts to enforce a strict state of emergency for the Tokyo greater metropolitan area. Rising infections have driven the Tokyo and surrounding areas to the highest level of a four-stage alert, […]
BANGKOK (THAILAND) – Thailand has nine new local coronavirus infections, which marks the biggest one-day rise in local transmissions in over seven months, health officials said on Saturday. The nine cases are connected to a shrimp market in Samut Sakhon province, near Bangkok, where four infections were reported on Friday, officials told a briefing. The […]