Austria is days away from locking up millions of people who have not been fully vaccinated against COVID-19, as daily infections are high and intensive care units are on the verge of collapse, Chancellor Alexander Salenberg said on Thursday. About 65% of the Austrian population is fully vaccinated against coronavirus, the lowest rate of any […]
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Italy: Coronavirus cases and hospital admissions continue to rise
Coronavirus cases have continued to rise in Italy over the past week, according to a new report from the Gimbe Scientific Foundation. More specifically, the new cases of covid-19 increased by 37.7%, hospital admissions by 14.8% and intensive care units by 9.4%. The increase in cases is even clearer in the last three weeks: on […]
Ukraine is sending 8,500 troops and police to the border with Belarus
LAST UPDATE 15:20 Ukraine will send another 8,500 troops and police as well as 15 helicopters to guard the border with Belarus to thwart possible attempts by migrants to cross them, the Ukrainian Interior Ministry said on Thursday, according to Reuters. The European Union has accused Belarus of encouraging migrants to come to its territory […]
Slovakia – Coronavirus: Authorities consider tougher measures as hospital admissions rise
An increase in the number of COVID-19 patients has intensified pressure on hospitals in Slovakia as the country’s parliament debates a law that will allow tougher measures to stem the new coronavirus epidemic. The central European country of 5.5 million recorded 6,546 new cases of coronavirus in the past 24 hours – slightly less than […]
Finland will allow employees to learn about their co-workers’ earnings
The Finnish government is drafting a new law that will allow employees to control the earnings of their co-workers in case of suspicion of discrimination against them, a move that is part of efforts to bridge the gender pay gap. The bill has been criticized by both workers ‘unions, which want even greater wage transparency, […]
Netherlands: Expert group advises government to impose partial lockdown
In the Netherlands, the main advisory committee for the management of the covid-19 pandemic today recommended to the government to impose a partial lockdown, the first since the summer in Western Europe, putting pressure on the government to take drastic and unpopular measures to deal with the epidemic. The caretaker Prime Minister of the Netherlands […]
Yemen: UN sanctions on three Houthi officials
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has added three Houthi Shiite rebel commanders to its list of natural and legal persons subject to sanctions on Tuesday. Nations yesterday Wednesday. The sanctions were imposed by Britain over ongoing Houthi attacks on targets in Saudi Arabia that have killed and injured civilians, and the ongoing […]
Erdogan-Lukashenko set up new ‘Evro’ at Polish border – EU prepares sanctions on Turkish Airlines
Turkey’s state-owned Turkish Airlines is facing EU sanctions over migrant flights to Belarus. The airline is accused of transporting migrants and others to Minsk, who tried to invade the Polish border on Monday. In March last year, the same scenes we see on the Polish border unfolded on the border between Greece and Turkey. At […]
US: Court overturns Texas governor’s decree banning compulsory mask use in schools
A federal court overturned a decree Wednesday by Texas Gov. Greg Abbott banning the use of masks in schools, paving the way for school districts to set their own rules. Lee Geikel, president of the West Texas District Court, argued in her ruling that the governor’s decree violates the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, […]
Merck promises simultaneous access to its anti-Covid pill for rich and poor countries
US drug giant Merck has vowed to avoid the pitfalls of vaccine distribution by making its new anti-Covid pill available in rich and poor countries almost simultaneously. Paul Sapper, the company’s director of global strategy, told AFP that Merck had begun drafting the access policy in July 2020, long before the first results on the […]
