The latest figures from Luxembourg show that 559 new cases of coronavirus were discovered over the last 24 hours.
down from 11,003 one week prior.
Huddled under blankets and thermal shields, dozens of elderly patients shivered on gurneys outside a hospital serving one of HongKong‘s poorest communities -- a grim tableau for the city as its health system buckles under an Omicron-fuelled coronavirus wave.
The Solomon Islands are experiencing a major outbreak, while only 11% of its population is fully vaccinated, and the nation’s healthcare system is at risk of becoming overwhelmed.
Beijing Olympics organisers said Thursday that there were no new Covid cases in the “closed-loop” bubble for the first time, hailing the success of China’s strict approach.
Israel is suspending the use of a digital ID card for the vaccinated and convalescent due to declining infection figures.
European aircraft giant Airbus posted record profits in 2021 after two years of losses as it cruises past the pandemic-induced crisis in the travel industry, company results showed Thursday.
Greece is going to ease the corona measures starting this Saturday. This was announced by the Ministry of Health, following advice from a corona committee.
Japan will ease its strict virus border rules to allow students and businesspeople into the country from March, but tourists will still be barred, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said Thursday.
Australian tennis player Alex de Minaur is among those being investigated over the purchase of false Covid passes, Spanish police sources told AFP on Thursday.
World number one Novak Djokovic said he has missed playing tennis on Thursday as he prepares for his comeback in Dubai after the coronavirus vaccine row that kept him from defending his Australian Open title.
Canadian police massed in the capital Thursday, readying to clear a trucker-led protest that has choked Ottawa’s streets and provoked the government to call on rarely-used emergency powers.
