Health & Science

• Tuesday, January 4th 2022 - 20:08 UTC

  Facebook too suspends Republican Congresswoman's account

  

  Just hours after Twitter banned Republican Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene permanently, Facebook gave her a 24-hour suspension for remarks she made on the alleged negative side of covid-19 vaccines.

• Tuesday, January 4th 2022 - 06:22 UTC

  German cruise to Canary Islands interrupted in Portugal because of Covid outbreak

  

  Some 3,000 passengers saw their Canary Islands-bound cruise definitively halted on Monday in Lisbon following an outbreak of Covid 19 in the AIDAnova vessel. At least 64 people tested positive for the virus while on the ship, which is owned by the German company Aida Cruises.

• Monday, January 3rd 2022 - 21:53 UTC

  Kenyan paleoanthropologist Richard Leakey dies at age 77

  

  Paleoanthropologist Richard Leakey, whose surname is tantamount to the origins of mankind, has died Sunday at his native Nairobi, it was announced. He was 77.

• Monday, January 3rd 2022 - 09:50 UTC

  Belgian station in Antarctica hit by COVID-19 infections

  

  Although Project Manager Joseph Cheek said the situation was “not dramatic,” at least 16 of the 25 workers at Belgium's Princess Elisabeth polar station have tested positive for COVID-19 and the whole staff will remain isolated until Jan. 12, it was reported.

• Monday, January 3rd 2022 - 09:31 UTC

  Brazil's Sanitary regulator strongly recommends suspending the cruise season: Covid-19 in several vessels

  

  Brazil's National Sanitary Surveillance Agency, ANVISA has advised the suspension of the cruise season because of several covid-19 outbreaks onboard pleasure vessels sailing along the Brazilian coast.

• Monday, January 3rd 2022 - 09:09 UTC

  US Congresswoman has Twitter account banned permanently

  

  Republican Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene Sunday had her personal Twitter account canceled permanently for postings deemed untrue regarding COVID-19. “We have permanently suspended the account for repeated violations of our Covid-19 disinformation policy,” the company noted.

• Friday, December 31st 2021 - 18:15 UTC

  Boris Johnson celebrates success of vaccine program in New Year's message

  

  British Prime Minister will deliver his New Year’s message today (Friday 31 December) where he will celebrate the achievements of the vaccination program over the last year with over 7 in 10 eligible adults in England boosted so far - an increase of 8 million top-up jabs (45%) since the target was brought forward on 12 December.

• Friday, December 31st 2021 - 09:45 UTC

  Argentine Health Ministry eyes shortening isolation for those fully vaccinated

  

  The Government of Argentina is monitoring the Uruguayan case closely to determine whether it is still useful to isolate COVID-19 close contacts who are already vaccinated against the disease, Health Minister Carla Vizzotti said the day after she announced a reduction in the number of quarantine days.

• Friday, December 31st 2021 - 09:00 UTC

  South Africa loosens up COVID-19 restrictions

  

  South African health authorities have agreed to lift a midnight curfew after the number of omicron cases of COVID-19 was beginning to slow down, it was reported Thursday. South Africa is the country hardest hit by the coronavirus in Africa, with more than 3.4 million cases recorded and 91,000 deaths.

• Thursday, December 30th 2021 - 20:39 UTC

  Peru closes all beaches for New Year's celebrations to keep strains at bay

  

  Peru's Health Minister Hernando Cevallos Thursday said closing the countries' beaches for the remainder of the Summer season was not on the agenda.