Tag: COVID-19

• Saturday, November 6th 2021 - 09:44 UTC

  US markets soar on the October jobs' report and Pfizer's announcement of an anti coronavirus pill

  

  United States stocks closed the trading week at new records with NASDAQ hitting 16,000 points for the first time, following a strong jobs increase report from the US Labor Department.

• Saturday, November 6th 2021 - 09:30 UTC

  Germany ponders return to lockdowns amid 4th wave of COVID-19

  

  German health authorities were said Friday to be entertaining the thought of returning to quarantine as a possible response to the growing number of COVID-19 cases.

• Friday, November 5th 2021 - 18:35 UTC

  Pfizer announces pill against COVID-19 which reduces risk by 89%

  

  The Pfizer laboratories Friday announced the development of an experimental pill to treat COVID-19, which the pharmaceutical company claims cuts down the risk of hospitalization and death by 89% of people infected with the virus.

• Friday, November 5th 2021 - 08:55 UTC

  UK green-lights use of Merck's COVID-19 pill

  

  The United Kingdom Thursday became the first country in the world to authorize the use of molnupiravir, a pill developed by US laboratories Merck, to treat COVID-19.

• Thursday, November 4th 2021 - 18:58 UTC

  WHO gives green light for use of Indian COVID-19 vaccine

  

  The World Health Organization (who) has approved the COVID-19 vaccine developed by India's Bharat Biotech laboratory for emergency use, it was announced. The drug is known worldwide under its commercial brand: Covaxin.

• Wednesday, November 3rd 2021 - 19:16 UTC

  Germany going through a “pandemic of the unvaxxed”

  

  Germany's Health Minister Jens Spahn said his country was going through a “pandemic of the unvaccinated” and called for measures to curb the peak of coronavirus cases registered over the past few days.

• Tuesday, November 2nd 2021 - 09:59 UTC

  Uruguay reopens borders to fully immunized foreigners

  

  Around 3,000 foreign tourists arrived in Uruguay before sunset Monday after borders were fully reopened to vaccinated travellers following nearly two years of closure to fight COVID-19.

• Tuesday, November 2nd 2021 - 09:01 UTC

  Brazil's Labour Ministry bans sacking of unvaccinated workers

  

  Brazil's Labour Minister Onyx Lorenzoni has signed a resolution banning the dismissal of workers because they are not vaccinated against COVID-19. The ministerial document also labels such a requirement on the part of employers as “discriminatory.”

• Monday, November 1st 2021 - 21:50 UTC

  Bolsonaro tells WHO boss he was the only leader under investigation for genocide regarding COVID-19

  

  Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro was recorded telling World Health Organization (WHO) Director Tedros Adhanom he was the only head of state charged with crimes against humanity for his handling of the COVID-19 pandemic. The conversation is said to have taken place on the sides of the G20 Summit in Rome.

• Monday, November 1st 2021 - 17:53 UTC

  Shanghai Disneyland shut down after one tourist tests positive for COVID-19

  

  Chinese authorities have decided to shut down Disneyland and Disneytown temporarily In Shanghai between Monday and Tuesday out of COVID-19 concerns, it was announced.