A strain of coronavirus ten times more contagious detected in Malaysia.
Image Credit: Reuters On Sunday, Malaysian health authorities reported that a mutation of the virus that is ten times more infectious than the COVID-19 strain from Wuhan was detected in […]
New Zealand marks 100 straight days without new cases.
Image Credit: Hagen Hopkins/Getty Images On Sunday, New Zealand marked the 100th day without a single coronavirus case. The country managed to stop the spread of the virus through a […]
Brazil surpasses 100,000 deaths
Image Credit: EPA On Saturday night, Brazil surpassed 100,000 deaths due to COVID-19. Five months after their first case, Brazil has been hardly hit by the coronavirus pandemic. The country […]
Millions of people in Philippines return to lockdown.
Image Credit: AP Philippine authorities imposed a two week lockdown in Manila and four neighbouring villages on the island of Luzon. Going out is only permitted to purchase essential goods […]
Dozens of people test positive for COVID-19 on Norwegian Cruise ship.
Image Credit: Reuters Norwegian authorities reported that 41 people onboard the Norwegian cruise ship, MS Roald Amundsen tested positive for COVID-19. Hundreds of other passengers are in quarantine and are […]
Greece announces two new measures to combat the spread of COVID-19
Image Credit: AMNA The Prime Minister, Kyriakos Mitsokatis, announced two new measures, which were concluded after a teleconference he had with the Health Minister, Vassilis Kikilias and Deputy Minister for […]
Kosovo Prime Minister tests positive for COVID-19.
Image Credit: Armend Nimani/AFP via Getty Images On Sunday, the Prime Minister of Kosovo, Avdullah Hoti, 44, announced that he tested positive for COVID-19. He said that he did not […]
Mexico reports more than 9000 daily COVID-19 cases for the first time.
Image Credit: AFP On Saturday, Mexico reported 9,556 daily coronavirus cases and 784 deaths. Mexico has now more cases than UK, placing it in the top three countries with the […]
BioNtech and Pfizer to supply 120 million doses of vaccine to Japan.
Image Credit: EP News Bureau On Friday, Pfizer and BioNtech agreed to supply Japan with 120 million doses of their experimental vaccine in the first half of 2021. No financial […]
