Pandemic

Like masks and lockdowns, lateral flow tests have become a point of contention during the pandemic. A debate has raged about how and when they should be used. At the same time, as more evidence has been put forward to illustrate their strengths and weaknesses, an outline of a scientific…

Democrats expect to vote on the $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief package by the end of next week, securing a new round of $1,400 checks for most Americans. The current bill also increases the federal minimum wage to $15 per hour, but there are Democrats who don’t want to include the…

The last year had seen a lot of titles rise to huge popularity. The pandemic situation had us all trapped in our homes with mostly nothing but video games to keep us company. However, perhaps no other game in recent years has seen such a massive spike in its popularity…

The police Central Firearm Registry advises that firearm licence applications are taking longer to process, mainly due to challenges linked to the Covid-19 pandemic. Would-be legal gun owners are advised to be patient as licence applications are processed during the pandemic. File photo. Image: REUTERS/Jorge SilvaBrig Vish Naidoo, spokesperson for…

Frank Patterson, Disney’s Vice President of Sales Eastern Division, is leaving the studio after 17 years. The executive was part of the theatrical distribution team led by former Disney CEO Bob Iger and studio chairman turned chief creative officer Alan Horn that turned the studio into the undisputed box office…

Updated 3 hours ago · Published on 14 Feb 2021 10:10PM · Cyprus has begun cautiously easing its national lockdown following a decline in the spread of Covid-19 infections that peaked after Christmas. – EPA pic, February 14, 2021. ISRAEL and Cyprus have agreed in principle a deal allowing coronavirus-vaccinated…

Companies shrink, let go of staff or shut down while waiting for stalled world travel to resume One company scores with ‘virtual tours’, others venture into e-commerce to stay in business Topic |   Tourism E3B1C256-BFCB-4CEF-88A6-1DCCD7666635 Published: 9:00pm, 14 Feb, 2021 Updated: 10:57pm, 14 Feb, 2021 Read More

(THR) China's Lunar New Year box office opened with a roar Friday.Wanda Pictures' Detective Chinatown 3 was leading the pack of seven new releases as expected. By 3pm local time, the comedy tentpole already racked up $125 million (RMB 810 million) in sales on its way to an opening-day total in…

LONDON—The U.K. economy recorded its biggest contraction in more than three centuries in 2020, according to official estimates, highlighting the Covid-19 pandemic’s economic toll on a country that has also suffered one of the world’s deadliest outbreaks. Though the U.K. is grappling with a new, highly contagious variant of the…

This is an update on the projection that the US will reach 500,000 cumulative COVID deaths according to the Worldometer tracking. Worldometers reporting about 487,000 deaths on February 12, 2021. John Hopkins reports 471,567 total US COVID deaths as of February 10, 2021, 475k on Feb 11 and 478k as…