Health & Science

• Thursday, December 3rd 2020 - 07:54 UTC

  French former president Giscard d'Estaing dies at 94 of Covid-19 complications

  

  Former French president Valery Giscard d'Estaing died on Wednesday from complications linked to Covid-19, his foundation said. “In accordance with his wishes, his funeral will take place in the strictest family intimacy,” the Foundation Valery Giscard d'Estaing said on Twitter.

• Wednesday, December 2nd 2020 - 13:45 UTC

  UK steps forward and approve Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine for rollout ‘next week’

  

  The United Kingdom steps forward the United States and Europe and became the first Western country to approve a Covid-19 vaccine for general use as it announced on Wednesday a rollout of Pfizer-BioNTech’s drug from next week.

• Wednesday, December 2nd 2020 - 09:22 UTC

  Covid-19: US officials unveil details to vaccinate 20 million Americans by end of 2020

  

  U.S. officials unveiled details of their plan to distribute COVID-19 vaccines to millions of Americans starting later this month, as the United States again broke records for new coronavirus infections and hospitalizations.

• Wednesday, December 2nd 2020 - 08:59 UTC

  CDC new guidance cuts quarantine time to seven days for Covid-19 negative tests

  

  The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) told President Donald Trump's coronavirus task force on Tuesday that its new guidance would cut quarantine time for individuals exposed to the virus by as much as half.

• Wednesday, December 2nd 2020 - 08:32 UTC

  French rescuers evacuate a morbid obesity case from his flat with a crane and a large container

  

  French rescuers had to go to extremes to evacuate a man suffering from morbid obesity from his flat on Tuesday after he was immobilized in his home following an accident last year. Some 50 rescuers and a crane were used in the operation in the southern city of Perpignan.

• Tuesday, December 1st 2020 - 08:22 UTC

  Strong recovery in Asian factories during November spurred by China

  

  Asian factories continued to recover steadily in November thanks to a boom in economic powerhouse China, private surveys showed on Tuesday, offering hope the region was shaking off the drag from the COVID-19 crisis.

• Monday, November 30th 2020 - 09:36 UTC

  UK's NHS Test and Trace system inaccurately informed 1,300 people they were infected with coronavirus

  

  Over 1,300 people in Britain were inaccurately informed they were infected with coronavirus after a laboratory error at the government's NHS Test and Trace system, the Department of Health and Social Care admitted on Saturday to Reuters.

• Monday, November 30th 2020 - 08:30 UTC

  Maradona's personal doctor under investigation for alleged manslaughter

  

  Diego Maradona's doctor is under investigation for manslaughter four days after the football idol died of a heart attack at his home, the Argentinean news agency Telam reported on Sunday.

• Monday, November 30th 2020 - 08:05 UTC

  Christmas turkeys culled in England because of bird flu H5N8

  

  All 10,500 turkeys will be culled at a farm in North Yorkshire, in England after bird flu was confirmed at the site. The H5N8 strain of avian influenza was found at a turkey fattening premises near Northallerton on Saturday.

• Saturday, November 28th 2020 - 09:04 UTC

  British Overseas Territories and the Joint Ministerial Council

  

  This week Penguin News gave up its editorial space to allow for the publication of a last-minute Op-ed from Wendy Morton MP, Minister responsible for the Falkland Islands in the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, on the Joint Ministerial Council 2020