International

Monday, March 1st 2021 - 08:34 UTC
More than 20 million people in UK have been given at least one dose of a Covid-19 vaccine

More than 20 million people in the UK have been given at least one dose of a coronavirus vaccine, the country's Health Secretary Matt Hancock announced on Sunday evening. Government figures revealed that 20,089,551 people from a population of some 66 million had been administered a jab.
Monday, March 1st 2021 - 05:50 UTC
Empowered Miss Germany 2021, Anja, 33 and mother of two daughters

Anja Kallenbach, 33 year old mother of two daughters, was named Miss Germany 2021 on Saturday evening after competing against 15 other finalists. There was no audience present for the event due to coronavirus restrictions, but the show was broadcast live over YouTube. The event carried the tagline: “Empowering authentic women.”
Sunday, February 28th 2021 - 13:21 UTC
Households in England with school children will have two rapid Covid-19 tests per week

All households in England with school or college-aged children will be offered two rapid Covid-19 tests per person per week to support the government's priority to get young people back in the classroom, the health ministry said on Sunday.
Sunday, February 28th 2021 - 11:21 UTC
A million foreign workers are believed to have left Britain: reverse migration, lockdown, Brexit

Foreign workers are leaving Britain at the fastest pace since World War II, presenting a challenge to an economy already roiled by Brexit and the coronavirus. London alone has lost 700,000 people over the last year, recent research suggests.
Sunday, February 28th 2021 - 11:13 UTC
Prince William and Catherine urge those eligible to get vaccinated

Prince William has warned that anti-vaccination messages are rife on social media and urged those eligible to get jabs, following a similar appeal by his grandmother, Queen Elizabeth II.
Sunday, February 28th 2021 - 10:15 UTC
Pope Francis expects to die in Rome, “I will not return to Argentina”

Pope Francis expects to die in Rome, still the Catholic pontiff, without returning to spend his final days in his native Argentina, according to a new book titled The Health Of Popes.
Sunday, February 28th 2021 - 10:11 UTC
Caged cattle in a rogue vessel stranded in the Mediterranean will be sacrificed

Some 864 head of cattle aboard the ship “Karim Allah” are to be sacrificed, Spanish authorities confirmed on Saturday, following days of controversy over the animals' health.
Saturday, February 27th 2021 - 18:21 UTC
Uruguay starts vaccination campaign on Monday counting 600 deaths due to Covid-19

Without a great media hype, the first 192,000 doses of Covid-19 vaccines from the Chinese laboratory Sinovac arrived in Montevideo in the early hours of Friday morning. However, a police operation was deployed throughout the day to begin distributing the vaccines, which will begin to be administered on Monday, March 1, to a small group of essential workers in different parts of the capital and the interior of the country.
Friday, February 26th 2021 - 21:27 UTC
Drones in New Zealand to protect endangered dolphins

The New Zealand's government is supporting a new project using drone technology to understand and protect the endangered Māui dolphins in the country. Maui dolphins live in a small stretch of ocean off the west coast of New Zealand's North Island and current estimates suggest that only 63 dolphins older than one year remain, raising concerns that they may soon become extinct.
Friday, February 26th 2021 - 21:27 UTC
Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine can be stored at -20 degrees pharmaceutical freezers

Frozen vials of Pfizer's Covid-19 vaccine may be stored at temperatures commonly found in pharmaceutical freezers for a period of up to two weeks, the US Food and Drug Administration said on Thursday. The move loosens a previous requirement that the vaccine should be stored at ultra-low temperatures, between -80 to -60 deg C.