Burma, where the health service collapsed after the coup, could become the "epicenter state" of the coronavirus pandemic - said in an interview with the "Guardian" daily UN representative for Burma, Tom Andrews, who demands that the UN Security Council appeal for a truce in this country.more
More countries warned against travel to Spain due to their rising Covid infection rates. In Spain the infection rate is now 702 cases per 100,000 residents.more
The Norwegian prosecutor's office accused a 50-year-old Pole of smuggling 40 kilograms of amphetamine in a van with the inscription Biontech, the producer of the vaccine against Covid-19.more
The European Union needs a vaccination coverage higher than 70% of adult population to stop the spread of new and highly transmissible COVID-19 variants, says Belgian virologist Marc Van Ranst, warning the virus can "happily circulate" among the unvaccinated.more
Italy is "likely" to change the rules for accessing its health pass for travel in the coming weeks, the country's deputy health minister said on Wednesday.more
Spain has a shortage of hands to work in construction, despite the country's youth unemployment being the highest in the EU at 37%. - reports the daily "ABC".more
The Norwegian government has delayed the final phase of its four-step strategy for easing coronavirus restrictions and returning to normal life for the second time, Health Minister Bent Høie announced on Wednesday.more
A counterterrorism organization formed by some of the biggest U.S. tech companies including Facebook and Microsoft is significantly expanding the types of extremist content shared between firms in a key database, aiming to crack down on material from white supremacists and far-right militias, the group told Reuters.more
The United Nation's cultural organisation (UNESCO) said on Tuesday that it had added the French Mediterranean city of Nice to its world heritage list.more
A mixed vaccination of first AstraZeneca and then a Pfizer COVID-19 shot boosted neutralizing antibody levels by six times compared with two AstraZeneca doses, a study from South Korea showed.more
The European Commission plans to limit cash payments in order to hinder criminal activities, especially money laundering. The Austrian government is opposed to these intentions and doubts their benefits.more
An explosion in a German industrial park on Tuesday killed at least two people and injured 31, setting off a fierce blaze that sent a pall of smoke over the western city of Leverkusen. Several people were still missing.more
Collective immunity has been achieved in the Republic of San Marino, the sanitary authorities of one of the smallest and oldest countries in the world have informed. There, over 90 percent of residents vaccinated against Covid-19 received the Russian drug Sputnik V there.more
In Canada, preparations are underway to open borders. There is no decision on vaccine passports, but some airports handle fully vaccinated people separately. Universities and the health service are also preparing.more
Preparations to clean up the river are underway in a bid to enable athletes to use it, but a new poll shows that public perception of the waterway is still poor.more
White House spokeswoman Jen Psaki confirmed that the Joe Biden administration "at the present moment" will maintain the current ban on traveling to the US for citizens of, among others, EU countries. She cited the spread of the Delta variant as the reason.more
The WDR station reports an explosion in the Buerrig district of Leverkusen, near the Bayer chemical plant. According to WDR, the bang shook the entire city. Witnesses report a huge black cloud over the district.more
German health expert Karl Lauterbach warns of the impending fourth wave of coronavirus infections. This would mean a "catastrophic" return of patients with Covid-19 to intensive care units, as well as the re-introduction of restrictions for the population, reports the RND portal.more
Mass migratory movements of people from completely different cultural backgrounds, people with little or no education have led to huge problems in Europe, said Sebastian Kurz, Austrian Chancellor.more
In Italy, "there is no sanitary dictatorship", assured the head of the Interior Ministry Luciana Lamorgese yesterday. She criticized the use of symbols by opponents of vaccination referring to Nazism and the Star of David.more
The German chancellor's most senior adviser has said that those who fail to get their coronavirus jabs will enjoy fewer freedoms. Helge Braun warned they may be denied entry to bars and cultural events.more
The highly contagious Delta variant of Sars-Cov-2 has been identified in 124 countries and is expected to become the dominant strain worldwide within months, the World Health Organization (WHO) warns.more
Dr. Anthony Fauci said Sunday that the US is "going in the wrong direction" as the number of Covid-19 cases continues to rise, particularly among unvaccinated Americans.more
The French parliament approved a bill early Monday that will require a health pass for access to restaurants, bars, trains and planes from the beginning of August. All venues accommodating more than 50 people already require proof of vaccination or a recent negative Covid-19 test, including museums, cinemas and swimming pools.more