Stories for 2020

Monday, November 23rd 2020 - 09:15 UTC
Spain to begin a Covid-19 vaccination program in January, president Pedro Sánchez announced

Spain will begin a comprehensive coronavirus vaccination program in January and expects to have covered a substantial part of the population within six months, Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said on Sunday.
Monday, November 23rd 2020 - 09:12 UTC
Highly contagious strain of bird flu forces Netherlands to cull tens of thousands of chickens

Dutch authorities have culled some 190,000 chickens after a highly contagious strain of bird flu broke out in at least two poultry farms, the agriculture ministry said on Sunday.
Monday, November 23rd 2020 - 09:10 UTC
Brazil denies racism but the Porto Alegre incident when a black man was beaten to death shows something different

Emotions were running high on Saturday at the funeral of a black Brazilian man beaten to death by white security guards in an assault that sparked protests across the country.
Monday, November 23rd 2020 - 09:10 UTC
Falklands' 26 capital program projects focused on new port and power plant, Tussac House and housing

The Falkland Islands' government has released new information on the current state of the Capital Development Program, saying that progress has been good despite the disruption from Covid-19.
Monday, November 23rd 2020 - 09:05 UTC
Moderna vaccine will cost some US$ 25 per doses, depending of the amount, CEO Stephane Bancel

Moderna will charge governments between US$ 25 and US$ 37 per dose of its Covid-19 vaccine candidate depending on the amount ordered, CEO Stephane Bancel told German weekly Welt am Sonntag (WamS).
Monday, November 23rd 2020 - 09:01 UTC
WHO official anticipates third wave of Covid-19 in Europe, early 2021; “countries failed to prepare in summer”

A World Health Organization (WHO) special Covid-19 envoy predicted a third wave of the pandemic in Europe in early 2021 if governments repeat what he said was a failure to do what was needed to prevent the second wave of infections.
Monday, November 23rd 2020 - 09:00 UTC
Germany ready to begin Covid-19 vaccination in mid-December

Germany could start administering shots of COVID-19 vaccines as soon as next month, Health Minister Jens Spahn was quoted as saying.
Monday, November 23rd 2020 - 08:59 UTC
US top disease center, CDC, advises against cruise travel: risk of Covid-19 is “very high”

The United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has advised against cruise ship travel, as the risk of Covid-19 on liners is very high.
Monday, November 23rd 2020 - 08:38 UTC
US expects to begin Covid-19 vaccination by mid-December, a day after regulatory approval

US healthcare workers and others recommended for the nation’s first Covid-19 inoculations could start getting shots within a day or two of regulatory consent next month, a top official of the US government’s vaccine development effort said on Sunday.
Monday, November 23rd 2020 - 08:31 UTC
World leaders join forces to fight the accelerating crisis of antimicrobial resistance

The heads of the and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE), and the World Health Organization (WHO) launched the new One Health Global Leaders Group on Antimicrobial Resistance.