Pandemic

TOKYO - Organisers of the Tokyo Olympics discarded 5 million yen ($45,508) worth of surgical masks, gowns, and disinfectant after the Games, held practically with no fans amid the pandemic, left much of that medical equipment unused, media said on Tuesday. The Asahi daily quoted an organising committee official as…

A scientist involved in the mathematical modelling of India’s COVID-19 pandemic on Monday claimed that the country is likely to see the third wave peaking between October and November if a more virulent mutant than the existing ones emerges by September. He, however, said that the infection’s intensity would be…

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This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Author of the article: Article content BERLIN — Several thousand people marched through the streets of Berlin on Sunday for a second day of unauthorized protest against coronavirus vaccinations and restrictions aimed at curbing a fourth wave of the…

Published: 10:52pm, 29 Aug, 2021 Updated: 11:32pm, 29 Aug, 2021 Read More

Published August 28, 2021 9:48pm A Commission on Audit (COA) official on Saturday posed a question to President Rodrigo Duterte about when is the right time to audit pandemic funds. Duterte earlier appealed to COA to give government agencies "elbow room" to comply with its recommendations,  after the commission revealed…

Duterte lifts casino ban on Boracay Philippine president opposes gambling but government needs revenue to pay for Covid fight published : 28 Aug 2021 at 18:45 An empty beach is seen before the temporary closure of the holiday island Boracay in the Philippines in 2018 in order to help its…

In just over two months, an intersection of two pandemics will manifest in Glasgow, Scotland. The 2021 edition of the United Nations Conference of Parties — COP26 — will be its first international gathering since the advent of the Covid-19 pandemic at the beginning of 2020.  Involving an expected 30 000…

TORONTO — Several Ontario universities will be going hybrid for orientation week next month. TORONTO — Several Ontario universities will be going hybrid for orientation week next month.  The University of Toronto, York University, Hamilton's McMaster University, Laurentian University in Sudbury and Lakehead University in Thunder Bay are among those…

The United States is shipping more than two million doses of Covid-19 vaccines to Algeria, Ghana and Yemen, the White House said Thursday, boosting efforts to combat a third wave of the pandemic across Africa. The shipments, which a White House official told AFP would land before the end of…