New York: Scott Conger, the mayor of Jackson, Tenn, campaigned on a modest promise to improve local infrastructure. He planned to build sidewalks, open a senior center and repair the aging storm-water disposal system in his city. But as he begins his fourth year in office, Conger, 38, has adopted a new favourite cause: cryptocurrencies. … Read more
The recent rise in COVID-19 cases in NSW marks the beginning of a new wave, a leading epidemiologist says.Key points:The effective reproduction number is going up across NSWThe state could see a peak in cases in FebruaryOne expert says public health measures should be maintained despite the high rates of vaccinationsYesterday, there were 560 new locally … Read more
New Brunswick reported 111 new cases of COVID-19 on Wednesday and announced it’s reducing the time people 50 or older have to wait to get their COVID-19 vaccine booster shot to five months. Premier Blaine Higgs told reporters the decision was prompted in part by fears of an “unmanageable” wave of cases after Christmas holiday gatherings. … Read more
PARIS, Dec 8 (Reuters) – The fifth wave of COVID-19 hitting France has not yet reached its peak, government spokesman Gabriel Attal said on Wednesday, and the cabinet’s top adviser on the coronavirus indicated a fourth vaccine shot to fight the disease was possible.”The peak is clearly not behind us, the pandemic continues to gain … Read more
It remains unclear whether the omicron coronavirus variant causes less severe disease, but even if this is true, hospitals could still be overwhelmed by the sheer number of cases Health 6 December 2021 By Michael Le Page A health worker at a covid-19 testing site in Cape Town, South AfricaDwayne Senior/Bloomberg via Getty Images There … Read more
JOHANNESBURG, Dec 6 (Reuters) – South Africa is preparing its hospitals for more admissions, as the Omicron coronavirus variant pushes the country into a fourth wave of COVID-19 cases, President Cyril Ramaphosa said on Monday.Omicron was first detected in southern Africa last month and has triggered global alarm as governments fear another surge in infections. … Read more
In February 2020 as the first Covid-19 cases emerged in Italy, public health officials, virologists and epidemiologists started talking about a ‘Lock-Down’. The idea was greeted with shock and horror. Was it really being suggested that an entire country stop working? That people not leave their homes? That factories, shops and restaurants close down? But … Read more
UK ministers have been warned they cannot wait for new research on the Omicron variant and must act now to prevent a potentially “very significant wave of infections” that risks overwhelming the NHS.The Guardian understands the government has been privately urged by some of its own scientific advisers to tell people to work from home … Read more
The crypto mania generated a kind of lure of easy money few other things could match. Overnight rises of 64,000% per cent are almost inconceivable and defy any logic of investment and growth. This, coupled with the ever-extending advisements from crypto exchanges started luring everyone to this crypto maze. Then came NFT cryptos. Everyone thought … Read more
The European Central Bank (ECB) and the skyline with its financial district are photographed during sunset as the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues in Frankfurt, Germany, April 13, 2021. REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach/File PhotoRegister now for FREE unlimited access to reuters.comRegisterIfo business climate index falls for fifth month in a rowDrop in November more severe … Read more
Founded in 2017, WazirX is an Indian platform for cryptocurrency and bitcoins exchange that has been making a mark in the Indian crypto market. In a recent conversation with YourStory’s Daily Dispatch, Nischal Shetty, Founder, WazirX, shared that there has been a boom in the crypto market and the COVID-19 pandemic has been the biggest … Read more
“I never thought, when I started this job, that I would live through something like this,” said Ionita. “I never thought such a catastrophe could happen, that we’d end up sending whole families to their graves.” Several floors above, all the beds but one in the hospital’s now-expanded intensive care units were full. A nurse … Read more
Germany’s disease control agency reported 52,826 new coronavirus cases on Wednesday — a number that has roughly doubled in two weeks — stoking calls for fresh measures to curb the country’s steadily rising infections.Key points:COVID-19 infections increase among unvaccinated people in Germany’s east and southThe WHO lists Germany among countries with the most new COVID-19 cases in … Read more
VIENNA: Austria on Monday became the first country in the European Union to impose a lockdown on the unvaccinated and start inoculating children as young as five after coronavirus cases surged across the continent. Infection rates have zoomed, placing Western Europe once again at the heart of the global epidemic and governments are being forced … Read more
Once again the UK and Europe are heading in opposite directions. While Covid-19 cases in Britain have been declining, those in France, Germany, Austria and several other countries have risen dramatically in recent weeks. A fourth pandemic wave threatens to break over these nations, raising the prospect of renewed lockdowns there.This raises a critically important … Read more
A medical specialist wearing protective gear helps a patient to drink at the City Clinical Hospital Number 1, where people suffering from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) are treated, in Volzhsky, Russia October 25, 2021. REUTERS/Kirill BragaMOSCOW, Nov 9 (Reuters) – Russia said the nationwide workplace shutdown it ended this week had helped turn the tide … Read more
HOME > News As people have stopped using masks, says Dr Faisal Sultan SAMAA | TV – Posted: Nov 1, 2021 | Last Updated: 3 hours ago Posted: Nov 1, 2021 | Last Updated: 3 hours ago Your browser does not support the video tag.Pakistan could face the fifth wave of coronavirus in winter this … Read more
Concerns are mounting in Germany about a rapidly growing and hard to predict fourth wave of Covid-19 this autumn, as the government is in transition and flatlining vaccination rates lag behind those in the rest of western Europe.An increasingly mobile population, a largely dismantled pop-up testing infrastructure and reduced staffing at hospitals have led some … Read more
Shoppers, wearing protective face masks, walk past posters for a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccination centre installed inside a supermarket in Brussels, Belgium, August 30, 2021. REUTERS/Bart BiesemansBRUSSELS, Oct 22 (Reuters) – Belgium’s daily COVID-19 cases have jumped to the highest level in almost a year, prompting health experts to say that a fourth wave of … Read more
A key measure of coronavirus infections in Germany rose sharply over the past week, figures showed, raising the prospect of tougher restrictions as winter approaches. The seven-day incidence rate of cases – which has been used to decide Covid-19 curbs – jumped more than 26 points in a week, the Robert Koch Institute responsible for … Read more
by Shivani Muthyala October 16, 2021 Litecoin is a cryptocurrency that was up by more than 140% the previous year. But now when we take a look at LTC, it is one of the fastest-growing coins until May this year, but with the external factors colliding the situation has drastically changed. Litecoin prices have been … Read more
JERUSALEM, Oct 15 (Reuters) – Four months into one of its worst COVID-19 outbreaks, Israel is seeing a sharp drop in new infections and severe illness, aided by its use of vaccine boosters, vaccine passports and mask mandates, scientists and health officials said.Israel was struck by its fourth coronavirus wave in June, fuelled by the … Read more
The broader stock market appears top heavy, and I expect it to struggle to make new all-time highs into year-end. I especially remain bearish on the recent high-flying tech IPOs and SPAC conversions, most of which have gotten slammed during the past couple of weeks. In the coming weeks and months, don’t be surprised to … Read more
Internally displaced Syrian girls play together at Teh camp in northern Idlib, Syria May 5, 2021. Picture taken May 5, 2021. REUTERS/Khalil AshawiNew surge threatens collapse of health serviceLow vaccinations and summer visitors help spread Delta variantSurge worse in overcrowded rebel-held northwestAMMAN, Sept 22 (Reuters) – Syria is facing a new surge in COVID-19 infections … Read more