South Australia will end its COVID-19 lockdown on schedule after reporting no new virus infections. Premier Steven Marshall says the result is a “huge relief” and will allow the week-long shutdown to end at one minute past midnight on Wednesday. He says it vindicates the state’s “go hard and go early” approach to combating virus… Read More »
Loading the player… South African President Cyril Ramaphosa announced Sunday that his country will return to stricter lockdown measures in the face of a sharp rise in COVID-19 cases that indicate the virus is “surging again” in Africa’s worst-affected nation. Positive cases in South Africa in the past seven days were 31% higher than the… Read More »
Victoria’s fourth COVID-19 lockdown is now underway as authorities urge people to get vaccinated to ensure this is the state’s last. The seven-day, statewide shutdown kicked in from midnight after a cluster of 26 cases of the Indian variant of the virus emerged in Whittlesea in Melbourne’s north. “The vaccine is really our only ticket… Read More »
India’s surge in coronavirus cases is having a dangerous effect on neighboring Bangladesh By JULHAS ALAM Associated Press May 9, 2021, 2:18 AM • 3 min read Share to FacebookShare to TwitterEmail this article DHAKA, Bangladesh — India’s surge in coronavirus cases is having a dangerous effect on neighboring Bangladesh, with health experts warning of… Read More »
The death toll climbed to 9,213 after 58 fatalities were registered in the 24 hours to 8 am Saturday, according to data released by the government. Another 2,364 people recovered from COVID-19 through treatment at home and in hospital care in the same period, bringing the tally of recoveries to 549,775. As many as 24,548… Read More »
A Harvard proponent of rapid, inexpensive coronavirus tests has teamed up with a banking giant to measure whether testing thousands of employees several times a week can prevent cases from becoming outbreaks and provide a way to keep businesses and schools open despite the pandemic flare-ups expected to reoccur during cold and flu season, even… Read More »