WASHINGTON, Nov 22 (Reuters) – The White House is set to announce Monday that more than 90% of 3.5 million federal employees covered by a presidential COVID-19 vaccine mandate have received at least one vaccine dose ahead of a Monday deadline, Biden administration officials told Reuters. In total, the administration[Read More…]
WASHINGTON, Oct 29 (Reuters) – U.S. intelligence agencies said on Friday they may never be able to identify the origins of COVID-19, as they released a new, more detailed version of their review of whether the coronavirus came from animal-to-human transmission or leaked from a lab. The Office of the[Read More…]
PARIS, Aug 18 (Reuters) – French health authorities reported on Wednesday that the number of patients being treated in intensive care units (ICUs) for COVID-19 has risen above 2,000 for the first time since June 14. That figure has more than doubled in less than a month as the highly[Read More…]
New global rules are urgently needed to tackle climate-driven migration and regulate emerging “geoengineering” technologies that could potentially be used to deal with runaway warming, military and security officials said on Monday. Without coordinated policies on both issues, the world “risks more contestation and conflict without any mechanism for addressing[Read More…]
A lawyer for the European Union accused AstraZeneca on Wednesday of failing to respect its contract with the 27-nation bloc for the supply of COVID-19 vaccines and asked a Belgian court to impose a large fine on the company. The EU took the Anglo-Swedish firm to court in April after[Read More…]
India will recruit hundreds of former army medics to support its overwhelmed healthcare system, the defense ministry said on Sunday, as the country grapples with record COVID-19 infections and deaths amid calls for a complete nationwide lockdown. Some 400 medical officers are expected to serve on contract for a maximum[Read More…]
The Swiss government said on Thursday a U.S. announcement to support waiving intellectual property rights for COVID-19 vaccines was a significant announcement but left many questions unanswered. “This is an important announcement by the U.S., but many questions remain unanswered about the specific solutions it is considering in this context,”[Read More…]
Britain will send another 1,000 ventilators to India, the government said on Sunday, stepping up its support as India’s healthcare system struggles to cope with a huge surge in cases of COVID-19. India has reported more than 300,000 daily cases for more than 10 days straight, leaving hospitals, morgues and[Read More…]
Argentina has frozen the price of medicinal oxygen for 90 days and directed liquid oxygen producers in the country to give priority to the health system due to a spike in COVID-19 cases, the government said on Thursday. The country is getting hit by a second wave of infections, pushing[Read More…]
A Pakistani court on Thursday ordered that a batch of the Russian Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine imported by a private company be immediately made available to the public for sale, according to a court document and officials. The government had argued that pricing issues should be settled first. “Any restriction[Read More…]
