Pandemic

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The government's pandemic task force will not hesitate to place Metro Manila under a stricter Alert Level 4 if hospitalization rate and daily infections continue to escalate, Malacañang said on Monday. The National Capital Region is under Alert Level 3 until January 15. "We will not hesitate to do Alert…

Cala Homes topped its pre-pandemic performance in 2021 and is on course to turn over £1.8bn a year by 2026, the company has claimed. Unaudited results for the year to 31 December 2021 showed the company, which is owned by Legal & General, made a pre-tax profit of around £130m…

Updated 1 hour ago · Published on 9 Jan 2022 7:20PM · A teenager receives a jab of Covid-19 vaccine at a drive-through vaccination facility at the Zwartkops Raceway in Pretoria, South Africa. Africa has recorded more than 10 million Covid-19 cases, according to figures from the African Union’s health…

As the COVID-19 pandemic hampers on, crypto-criminals have increasingly exploited the situation by using phishing campaigns and other forms of crypto-related schemes to attack unsuspecting victims. The level of cryptocurrency-related crime increased to an all-time high in 2021, but the statistic doesn’t tell the whole story, according to Chainalysis. The…

Author of the article: Scott Laurie Dan Guiry, manager of Blackjack BBQ on Gerrard St. E., is seen here on the restaurant's patio on Friday, Jan. 7, 2022. Photo by Jack Boland /Toronto Sun/Postmedia Network Their first lockdown comedy night happened Thursday on their new heated patio. It’s something novel…

In the final days of 2021 the South African government eased its COVID regulations. On December 30th the government scrapped a curfew that had been in place since March 2020. It also initially announced an easing around quarantines and contact tracing but subsequently reversed these plans. Nevertheless, its approach sets…

Image: The Entertainment Software Association The Electronic Entertainment Expo, or E3, will shift to an online-only showcase for the second consecutive year and a year off, according to GamesBeat. In a statement shared with GamesBeat, the Entertainment Software Association (ESA), which runs E3, cited concerns regarding the ongoing pandemic, now…

By Michael Le Page, Clare Wilson, Jessica Hamzelou, Sam Wong, Graham Lawton, Adam Vaughan, Conrad Quilty-Harper, Jason Arunn Murugesu and Layal Liverpool Free covid-19 rapid lateral flow test kits are handed out in Walthamstow, north London, England TOLGA AKMEN/AFP via Getty Images Latest coronavirus news as of 2pm on 6…

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau listens to Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos during a press conference in Ottawa on Jan. 5.DAVE CHAN/AFP/Getty Images If you were keeping score, you might have found that as Prime Minister, it wasn’t Justin Trudeau who was doing the announcing at his Wednesday press conference. His health…