Covid-19: Slow vaccine rollouts globally fuel worry as US logs record daily Covid death toll

LONDON, Jan 6, 2021 (BSS/AFP) – England went back into full lockdown as Europe battled Wednesday to stem a rising tide of coronavirus cases, and the United States logged its worst daily death toll of the pandemic. The Covid-19 crisis has shown no signs of slowing, with known infections nearing…

US elections: Democrats Win the Senate as its candidates defeated Republican rivals in Georgia runoff

Jon Ossoff and the Rev. Raphael Warnock campaigning in Atlanta. Both defeated their Republican opponents, assuring that the balance of power in the Senate will shift WASHINGTON, Jan 7 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Democrats took control of the Senate on Wednesday with a pair of historic victories in Georgia’s runoff elections, assuring…

US Congress in turmoil as violent Trump supporters breach building

Tear gas is used to disperse protesters at the Capitol building WASHINGTON, Jan 7 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Violent supporters of President Donald Trump have breached the Capitol in Washington, as lawmakers met to confirm President-elect Joe Biden’s poll win. In dramatic scenes, demonstrators swarmed the building as Congress members were escorted…

Central African Republic President Touadéra wins re-election

President Faustin Archange Touadera BANGUI, Jan 5 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Central African Republic President Faustin Archange Touadéra has been reelected in the first round of the presidential vote on Dec 27 by securing more than 53% of votes in the first round, according to provisional results announced by the electoral commission.…

Covid-19: Cases of new variant detected in LatAm

MEXICO CITY, Jan 5 (NNN-Xinhua) — Cases of a new and more infectious coronavirus variant that was first identified in Britain have been detected in Latin America. South American countries including Brazil and Chile have both reported two cases of the COVID-19 variant. Brazil’s southeast Sao Paulo state on Monday…

Covid-19: Africa to get 50 million doses from Pfizer and BionTech

The distribution will commence from March 2021 PRETORIA, Jan 5 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Pharmaceutical companies, Pfizer and BioNTech will supply up to 50 million doses of their COVID-19 vaccine to Africa, starting from March 2021.This was disclosed by South Africa’s President, Cyril Ramaphosa in a news report on Sunday. The report…

Covid-18: Kenya reopens schools after 10-month closure

NAIROBI, Jan 5 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Millions of Kenyan pupils returned to school on Monday for the first time since classes were dismissed 10 months earlier due to the coronavirus pandemic. Mask-wearing students had their temperatures checked before entering school to repeat their lost academic year, in what was both a…

Covid-19: Most US vaccines go idle as New York, Florida move to penalise hospitals

Nurse Sandra Lindsay receives the second dose of a Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine, at Long Island Jewish Medical Center, New York City NEW YORK, Jan 5 (NNN-AGENCIES) — More than two-thirds of the 15 million coronavirus vaccines shipped within the United States have so far gone unused, US health officials said, as the…

Bolivia: Tuni glacier is disappearing and so is the water it supplies

LA PAZ, Jan 5 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Bolivia’s Tuni glacier is disappearing faster than initially anticipated, according to scientists in the Andean nation, a predicament that will likely make worse water shortages already plaguing the capital La Paz, just 60km away. Scientists from the Universidad Mayor de San Andres (UMSA), who…

Update: Germany mulls delaying second vaccine shot, Denmark approves delay

Germany has vaccinated around 239,000 people since starting its campaign BERLIN/COPENHAGEN, Jan 5 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Germany was weighing whether to allow a delay in administering a second dose of the COVID-19 vaccine from BioNTech and Pfizer to make scarce supplies go further, after a similar move by Britain last week.…