Covid-19: US administers 161.7 million doses of vaccines; puts J&J in charge of plant that botched vaccine, removes AstraZeneca

WASHINGTON, April 4 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The United States has administered 161,688,422 doses of COVID-19 vaccines in the country as of Saturday morning and distributed 207,866,645 doses, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said. The tally is for Moderna, Pfizer-BioNTech, and Johnson & Johnson’S vaccines as of 6:00am ET on Saturday,…

Covid-19: UK says 5 million get second shot as daily deaths fall to 10

LONDON, April 4 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Britain reported 10 deaths from COVID-19 within 28 days of a positive test on Saturday (Apr 3), the lowest daily figure since early September, as its vaccine rollout reached another milestone. Official data also showed 31,301,267 people had received their first shot of a COVID-19…

Bulgarian PM seeks 4th time lucky at ‘work, work, work’ election

SOFIA, April 4 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Bulgarians vote Sunday to electa new parliament with Prime Minister Boyko Borisov’s centre-right partytipped to finish first amid predictions of low turnout on pandemic fears. Support for Borisov’s GERB party — in power almost uninterruptedly forclose to a decade now — has been eroded by…

Daredevil detained after freeclimbing 120-metre Spain skyscraper

British skyscraper climber George King free-climbs the Melia Barcelona Sky hotel in Barcelona BARCELONA, April 4 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A 21-year-old British man was briefly detained on Friday after freeclimbing one of the tallest skyscrapers in Spain. George King, 21, nicknamed “Daredevil” after a superhero character, scaled with his bare hands…

Two migrant boats at sea for days now safe: rescue group

ROME, April 4 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Two migrant boats on their third day at sea in the Mediterranean have been rescued, a migrant charity said on Saturday, although another 110 people on another boat were still unaccounted for. Alarm Phone, a volunteer-run Mediterranean rescue hotline said lateSaturday that two out of…

Haiti women protesters denounce violence, political instability

PORT-AU-PRINCE, April 4 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Hundreds of women protested in Haiti’s capital, denouncing gang violence and political instability that they say could lead to a new dictatorship. At the Saturday demonstration marking the national day for the Haitian women’s movement, the protesters deplored the rising power of gangs in recent…

Ukrainian soldier killed amid fresh tensions in east

KIEV, April 4 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Russian-backed separatists accusedUkrainian forces of killing a child in a drone attack on Saturday, as Kievreported the death of one of its soldiers in a mine explosion. Kiev has been battling pro-Russian separatists in the eastern Donetsk andLugansk regions since 2014, following Moscow’s annexation of…

UN chief welcomes revocation of US sanctions against ICC officials

UNITED NATIONS, April 4 (NNN-Xinhua) — UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres welcomed the revocation by the United States of former President Donald Trump’s executive order on sanctions against senior officials of the International Criminal Court (ICC). The ICC plays an important role in advancing accountability for international crimes. The secretary-general affirms…

Covid-19: First baby born in Spain with covid antibodies – reports

First baby born in Spain with Covid-19 antibodies MADRID, April 4 (NNN-Xinhua) — A boy born last week on the Spanish island of Ibiza has become the first newborn in Spain with COVID-19 antibodies, after his mother received the vaccine in the third trimester of her pregnancy, according to local…

Covid-19: Brazil surpasses 330,000 deaths

Brazil has become the global epicentre of the pandemic in recent weeks BRASILIA, April 4 (NNN-Xinhua) — Deaths from COVID-19 in Brazil surpassed 330,000 on Saturday after 1,987 new fatalities registered, bringing the country’s death toll to 330,193, the Ministry of Health reported. Besides, 43,515 new cases were registered, bringing…