Covid-19: Excess deaths due to pandemic up to three times higher than reported, says WHO

GENEVA, May 22 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Up to three times more people have died due to the pandemic than indicated by the officially reported COVID-19 deaths, the World Health Organization said. So far, more than 3.4 million deaths worldwide have officially been attributed to COVID-19 since the disease first surfaced in China…

Iran Rejects Canadian Court Rule On Ukraine Plane Crash

TEHRAN, May 22 (NNN-IRNA) – Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, yesterday, rejected a recent rule by a Canadian court, on the Ukrainian plane which crashed near Tehran in Jan, 2020. “Everyone knows that the Canadian court has no authority to rule about this plane crash … which took place outside…

Canine coronavirus detected in Malaysian patients: US research

WASHINGTON, May 21 (NNN-AGENCIES) — When the Covid-19 pandemic struck, Professor Gregory Gray at Duke University’s Global Health Institute tasked a graduate student at his lab with developing a pan-species coronavirus test in order to help prevent the next catastrophe. The idea was to deploy the tool, once its accuracy…

Covid-19: Brazil reports 2,403 more deaths; Argentina to go into total lockdown

BRASILIA, May 21 (NNN-AGENCIES) — BRAZIL on Thursday reported 2,403 more deaths from COVID-19, raising the national death toll to 444,094, the Ministry of Health said. A total of 82,039 more infections were detected, raising the nationwide tally to 15,894,094, the ministry said. Brazil has the world’s second highest COVID-19…

Covid-19: US states offer cash incentives for vaccinations

WASHINGTON, May 21 (NNN-AGENCIES) — First launched in Ohio, cash prize incentives to get people vaccinated are taking off in other US states to boost a slowing Covid-19 shot campaign. Ohio Governor Mike DeWine announced a week ago that five adults who get vaccinated will each win $1 million in…

Nearly 200 activists killed in Colombia in 2020: NGO

BOGOTA, May 21 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Nearly 200 human rights and labor activists were killed in Colombia in 2020, the worst toll in 11 years, an NGO said as the country battles ongoing violence despite a 2016 peace deal ending decades of civil war. Attacks have increased during the coronavirus pandemic,…

Canadian court rules Iran downing of Ukraine Flight 752 ‘act of terrorism’

OTTAWA, May 21 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A Canadian court ruled that the shooting down of Ukraine International Airlines flight PS752 was deliberate and an “act of terrorism,” paving the way for possible compensation for victims’ families. The Superior Court of Justice of Ontario found that “on a balance of probabilities” two…

Covid-19: Bolivia battles fake news in inoculation drive, leaving vaccination centres half empty

LA PAZ, May 21 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Bolivia’s immunisation drive against COVID-19 is being hit by anti-vaccine misinformation that is stoking scepticism and leaving inoculation centres half empty, a challenge for the government facing a wave of new infections. Health workers and officials have raised concerns about low turnout at some…

US Sec of State Blinken to travel to Middle East ‘in the coming days’

WASHINGTON, May 21 (NNN-AGENCIES) — US Secretary of State Antony Blinken will travel to the Middle East “in the coming days,” the State Department said after Israel and Hamas agreed to a ceasefire halting 11 days of fighting. Blinken spoke with his Israeli counterpart Gabi Ashkenazi, who “welcomed Secretary Blinken’s…

Covid-19: Uruguay eases down travel restrictions

MONTEVIDEO, May 21 (NNN-MERCOPRESS) — The Government of Uruguay has decided that foreign travellers with both doses of any vaccine against covid-19 and a negative PCR test will not have to undergo a mandated quarantine upon entry. However, the vaccination plan needs to have been completed at least 15 days…
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