Tag Archives: COVID-19

Global power grids are about to face their biggest test in decades with electricity generation strangled in the world’s largest economies.

After mass shootings killed and wounded people grocery shopping, going to church, and simply living their lives, the nation marked a milestone of 1 million deaths from COVID-19.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday authorized the use of a booster shot of Pfizer and BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccine for children aged 5 to 11, making everyone in the country over the age of 5 eligible for a third shot. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention …

Officials have confirmed a total of 50 deaths and over 1.21 million cases of “fever” since late April

Iraq logged 126 COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, the Ministry of Health said today, Friday. The daily epidemiological report stated that no COVID-19 death was registered today. On the other hand, 128 patients had achieved full recovery. The cumulative count of COVID-19 patients since the emergence of the …

At least one person confirmed to have COVID-19 has died in North Korea and hundreds of thousands have shown fever symptoms, state media said on Friday, offering hints at the potentially dire scale of the country’s first confirmed outbreak of the pandemic. The data represents an unprecedented admission of an …

The land borders between Morocco and Spain’s North African enclaves of Ceuta and Melilla will reopen next week, Spain said Thursday, after being closed for more than two years due to COVID-19 restrictions and tensions between the two countries. Spanish Interior Minister Fernando Grande-Marlaska told reporters the reopening will start …

The United States has now recorded more than 1 million COVID-19 deaths, according to a Reuters tally, crossing a once-unthinkable milestone about two years after the first cases upended everyday life and quickly transformed it.

North Korea fired three ballistic missiles towards the sea off its east coast on Thursday, South Korea and Japan said, in the latest such move as the isolated country races to advance its weapons programmes on the day it first reported a COVID-19 outbreak. Three short-range ballistic missiles were fired …

Britain’s opposition Labour Party leader Keir Starmer will offer to resign if he is found by police to have broken COVID rules at a gathering last year, Sky News reported on Monday without citing sources. Starmer is due to make a statement at 1500 GMT, a Labour spokesperson said. The …

The 2022 World University Games have been postponed, the organizers said Friday.

Iraq recorded 45 COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, the Ministry of Health said today, Tuesday. In its daily epidemiological report, the Ministry registered 146 recovery cases and zero mortalities. The cumulative count of COVID-19 patients since the emergence of the virus in the country amounted to 2325397 of …

The World Health Organization is estimating that nearly 15 million people were killed either by the coronavirus or by its impact on overwhelmed health systems in the past two years, more than double the official death toll of 6 million. Most of the fatalities were in Southeast Asia, Europe, and …

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken tested positive for Covid-19 on Wednesday, State Department spokesman Ned Price said in a statement.

Iraq recorded 65 COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, the Ministry of Health said today, Wednesday. In its daily epidemiological report, the Ministry registered 179 recovery cases and no mortalities. The cumulative count of COVID-19 patients since the emergence of the virus in the country amounted to 2,325,352 of …

West Texas Intermediate dropped 3.58 percent while global benchmark Brent slid 3.2 percent. Oil declined in tandem with equities as China’s stringent measures to curb Covid-19 threatened a further hit to economic activity and fuel demand. West Texas Intermediate futures slid 3.4% as data showing a sharp economic contraction in …

Greece lifted COVID-19 restrictions on Sunday for foreign and domestic flights, its civil aviation authority said, ahead of the summer tourism season that officials hope will see revenues bouncing back from the pandemic slump. To fly in or out of the country, travelers were previously required to show either a …

Iraq recorded 110 COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, the Ministry of Health said today, Saturday. In its daily epidemiological report, the Ministry registered 201 recovery cases and no deaths. The cumulative count of COVID-19 cases since the emergence of the virus in the country amounted to 2,325,092 of …

The figures come as Beijing doggedly pursues a zero-Covid response leading to lockdown measures in several cities. China’s manufacturing activity slumped to its lowest level since February 2020, official data showed on Saturday, the latest sign of economic pain as Beijing doggedly pursues its zero-Covid response. The official Purchasing Managers’ …

Iraq recorded 135 COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, the Ministry of Health said today, Friday. In its daily epidemiological report, the Ministry registered 243 recovery cases and two mortalities. The cumulative count of COVID-19 cases since the emergence of the virus in the country amounted to 2,324,982 of …