Schools in several US states have been forced to close in recent days due to a high number of coronavirus cases but also because of other viruses, such as the flu. All classes scheduled to take place Tuesday and Wednesday at schools in the Lee County, Ky., district have been …
Read More »New Zealand lifts its latest covid-19 restrictions
Government in New Zealand announced the lifting on Tuesday of all remaining measures relating to the fight against Covid-19, more than three years after they were first implemented, Reuters reported. New Zealand was one of the countries with the most severe and long-lasting restrictions in the world. It had adopted …
Read More »Covid-19 back in Europe with a new variant
Emergency room visits for suspected Covid-19 are on the rise among children under 2 and adults for the week of July 31 to August 6 in France, according to data from the Oscour network (Organization for Coordinated Emergency Surveillance). In its bulletin published on Tuesday, the network reports a 56% …
Read More »Uganda dispels fears of Covid cases as normal flu
Ugandan health authorities have allayed fears that coronavirus could be driving the wave of cough and flu, which is sweeping through the country. Local media reported increased cases of people being bedridden for days or losing their voices with the onset of an intense cough, flu and fever. In a …
Read More »US to lift the covid-19 vaccine requirement to enter the country
The United States will lift the obligation to be vaccinated against Covid-19 on the evening of May 11, which concerns federal civil servants and international travelers arriving by air, the White House announced on Monday. The United States is officially the country that has paid the highest price for the …
Read More »Joe Biden approves the end of national emergency in the US
US President Joe Biden officially ended the national state of emergency linked to Covid-19 on Monday, in place for three years in the country which has officially paid the highest price for the pandemic, with more than one million dead. The White House said in a statement that the president …
Read More »China blasts FBI comments on ‘laboratory incident’ on origin of Covid-19
Beijing said on Wednesday that the FBI was undermining its credibility after comments by its director saying that a laboratory accident in the Chinese city of Wuhan is “very likely” at the origin of the Covid-19 pandemic. FBI boss Christopher Wray’s statements to Fox News on Tuesday came two days …
Read More »France no longer requires PCR test for travelers from China
French authorities have decided to no longer require a negative PCR test less than 48 hours old for travelers coming from China, a measure that was taken in early January in the face of the outbreak of cases in the Asian country. “As of February 16, travelers from China to …
Read More »US sets end date for covid-19 health emergency
US President Joe Biden announced to Congress on Monday that he would end the state of health emergency linked to Covid-19 in the United States, the Associated Press reported The virus, which has killed more than a million people in America, will therefore settle into normality from May 11. Read …
Read More »WHO maintains maximum alert level for Covid-19 pandemic
The World Health Organization (WHO) confirmed on Monday that the Covid-19 pandemic remains a public health emergency of international concern as it first did on January 30, 2020. The world then had fewer than 100 cases and no deaths outside of China. The WHO on Friday identified more than 752 …
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