A regional chief of the World Health Organization (WHO) said Thursday that the growing expectations on science and vaccine development are causing tensions in communities as cases and deaths swell.”More than 700,000 Europeans have lost their lives to a…
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Djibouti: Mission on Kenya-Somalia tiff ‘professional’
Djibouti said Thursday that it carried out a professional and impartial fact-finding regarding the situation between Kenya and Somalia.“With regards to the way the mission was fulfilled, there is no doubt that it was carried out with professionalism an…
Turkey reports over 7,200 new coronavirus cases
Turkey on Thursday reported over 7,200 new coronavirus cases, according to the Health Ministry data.A total of 7,279 cases, including 670 symptomatic patients, were confirmed across the country, the data showed.Turkey’s overall case tally is over 2.45 …
COVID-19: Japan to locally produce AstraZeneca vaccine
Japan on Thursday confirmed it will locally produce a COVID-19 vaccine manufactured by Britain’s pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca .Speaking at a news conference in the capital Tokyo, Japan’s Chief Cabinet Secretary Katsunobu Kato said: “Yesterday, we r…
Africa’s COVID-19 death toll nears 88K
The death toll from the novel coronavirus in Africa reached 87,937, the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said in an update on Thursday.The continent registered 3,494,117 cases since February last year, while 2,977,335 patients have rec…
China: WHO team ends quarantine to begin virus probe
A team of international experts representing the World Health Organization (WHO) in China ended their mandatory 14-day quarantine on Thursday.The team, along with their Chinese counterparts, is now set to begin a full-fledged probe in to origins of the…
New York nursing home virus deaths undercounted: Report
Coronavirus-related deaths in nursing homes across New York state may have been undercounted, according to a report released Thursday.The study included a sample of 62 nursing homes, or 10% of total facilities in the state. It said a larger number of r…
Neo-Nazi man sentenced to life for killing German politician
A German court sentenced neo-Nazi Stephan Ernst to life in prison on Thursday for the murder of pro-refugee politician Walter Luebcke in 2019.The 47-year-old extremist had admitted last year that he killed the conservative politician from Chancellor An…
Portugal’s hospitals overflowing as contagion increases
Portuguese Health Ministry registered 15,073 additional infections and a record 293 coronavirus deaths Wednesday as the situation in several hospitals becomes increasingly critical.The daily infection figure threatens to put more pressure on the nation…