Tag: #COVID_19
Nine dead on migrant boats heading for Canaries
Arguineguin, Spain, Nov 26 (AFP/APP):Nine migrants have been found dead in the last 24 hours around the Canary Islands, emergency services said ...France to ease lockdown as world ramps up vaccine preparations
Paris, Nov 24 (AFP/APP):France on Tuesday was set to become the latest country to ease coronavirus restrictions in the run-up to Christmas, ...Amazon offers up to $3,000 signing bonus for new holiday hires
New York, Nov 24 (AFP/APP):E-commerce giant Amazon is offering signing bonuses of up to $3,000 at certain facilities in the United States ...World’s poorest must not be ‘trampled’ in coronavirus vaccine race: WHO
UNITED NATIONS, Nov 24 (APP):The world’s poorest and most vulnerable must not be “trampled in the stampede” for coronavirus vaccines, the head ...Global warming likely to raise disease risk for animals
ISLAMABAD, Nov 24 (APP):Changes in climate can increase infectious disease risk in animals, with the possibility that these diseases could spread to ...World renews aid for Afghanistan with strings attached
Geneva, Nov 24 (AFP/APP):The international community on Tuesday pledged another four years of aid for Afghanistan, despite the Covid-19 crisis, but tied ...Virus crisis to cut airline 2020 revenues by 60%: IATA
Paris, Nov 24 (AFP/APP):Airline revenues this year will plunge by 60 percent as a result of the coronavirus pandemic which threatens the ...‘Half-measure’ virus vaccine intrigues experts
Paris, Nov 23 (AFP/APP):Evidence suggesting an initial half dose of the vaccine being developed by drugs firm AstraZeneca and the University ...US stocks gain after latest upbeat vaccine news
New York, Nov 23 (AFP/APP):Wall Street stocks rose early Monday after another upbeat coronavirus vaccine announcement offset worries about rising virus cases. ...Athens hospitals preparing ‘for the worst’ with virus second wave
Athens, Nov 23 (AFP/APP):Athens hospitals are monitoring a surge in virus cases in Greece’s second city Thessaloniki and preparing “for the worst” ...