Tag: COVID19
New UK Coronavirus Spreads To At Least 60 Countries, Says WHO
The UK coronavirus strain has spread to at least 60 countries, the World Health Organization reported.
The arrival of mass inoculation drives in...
Global Investors Call on UN To Protect Seafarers’ Welfare
A group of 85 institutional investors representing over $2 trillion in assets, joined forces calling on the United Nations to take further action to...
Ice Cream in North China Tests Positive for Coronavirus
COVID-19 has been found in ice cream produced in China, causing the government to recall them and to quarantine 1,662 employees of the...
Global Economy Crises To Crumble Amid Surging Shipping Rates
Supply chains are getting hit again by curbs to control virus.
Chinese new year holidays, strong demand adding to the crunch.
Shocks to supply...
COVID-19 Not Going Away, Likely To Stay Forever: Warns Moderna CEO
Stephane Bancel, CEO of COVID-19 vaccine maker Moderna, warned that the virus will be around “forever.”
Public health officials and infectious disease experts...
Stranded Sailors Deferred From Disembarkation
Twenty three seafarers stranded aboard Indian vessel MV Jag Anand off the Chinese coast for the past 10 months are set to return via...
US Revamps Vaccination Criteria Amid Surging Deaths
U.S. federal officials agreed to send states additional coronavirus vaccine doses requested by several governors, as the country tries to ramp up the...
COVID19 Causes ‘Biggest Emissions Fall’ Since Second World War
The economic fallout from the uncontrolled spread of COVID-19 resulted in a sharper emissions drop than the 2009 recession, when emissions slid 6.3%.
Reuters...
WHO Team To Reach China on Jan 14 To Investigate COVID...
According to a Business Standard report, China said on Monday that a group of experts from the WHO will arrive in the country on...
China Blocks WHO Team’s COVID19 Origin Investigation
The head of the World Health Organization said on Tuesday he was "very disappointed" that China has still not authorised the entry of a...