Pandemic

ET INTELLIGENCE GROUP: The latest guidelines on Covid treatment released by the health ministry have made sweeping changes by excluding drugs such as ivermectin, azithromycin, doxycycline, zinc tablets, favipiravir and plasma therapy from the list of approved treatments for Covid patients and recommending extreme caution for the emergency use of…

If 2020 taught us anything, it was that our lives could be turned upside down without warning. In the harshest months of the pandemic, we learned that one has to be prepared for the unpredictable. You have to think a few steps ahead and assess all possible scenarios, even the…

Join us on Tuesday, June 8 at 12 pm PT for the roundtable discussion “Cancel Culture in Comedy: How Far is Too Far?” — a part of TheWrap’s multi-media series “Conversations on Cancel Culture.” During this session comedians Maz Jobrani (“Pandemic Warrior”), Skye Townsend (“A Black Lady Sketch Show”), Matt Rife (“Brooklyn Nine-Nine”),…

Given that Apple last year formally announced its plan to ditch Intel for its own ARM-based chips, it’s pretty unlikely that WWDC 2021 will be as momentous an event as WWDC 2020. Still, Apple engineers have been working hard over the last year — through a pandemic, no less —…

KwaZulu-Natal is recording a “concerning rise” in the number of new Covid-19 infections but the province has not yet entered the third wave of the pandemic, according to the latest statistics released by the provincial government. KZN Premier Sihle Zikalala told journalists at a media briefing on Sunday that the…

Updated 5 hours ago · Published on 6 Jun 2021 11:45PM · People queue to cast the ballot at a polling station in Mexico City. – EPA pic, June 6, 2021. MEXICANS began voting today in elections seen as pivotal to President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador’s promised “transformation” of a…

A recent report on the health preparedness of states in Nigeria saw Lagos, Ondo, Cross River, Ogun and Kwara state emerge as the top five most prepared states in Nigeria. The report, titled: ‘The 2021 SBM Health Preparedness Index’ was made by the Geopolitical and Socioeconomic Research firm, SBM Intelligence…

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Retailer shows appreciation for associates’ continued hard work BENTONVILLE, Ark. – WEBWIRE – Friday, June 4, 2021 Today, Walmart announced all U.S. store locations will close for Thanksgiving Day, Nov. 25, as a ‘thank you’ to associates for their continued hard work during the pandemic. Associate Elizabeth Brown, a people…

Photo: Happy Stock Photo (Shutterstock)Are you sitting on a large pile of air miles reward points? You might want to use them before they’re reduced in value, as the liabilities tied to airline loyalty programs in the U.S. have soared during the pandemic, making the threat of devaluation in 2021…