[block type="summary”]The latest figures from the Ministry of Health show that 129 new cases of coronavirus have been recorded in the last 24 hours. This brings the total number of cases to 5,854, while the number of deaths remains at 111.
South Africa restaurateurs protested on Wednesday against a coronavirus curfew and an alcohol ban that they said were wrecking their industry.
The coronavirus death toll in the United States has spiked again with President Donald Trump conceding the pandemic crisis is likely to get worse, as governments across Asia and Europe battled second waves of infections.
Irish no-frills airline Ryanair plans to close its Frankfurt-Hahn base in Germany -- and other hubs could follow after German pilots rejected pay cuts, it emerged on Wednesday.
Mandatory masks and temperature screenings will be among the COVID-19 safety measures at next month’s Indianapolis (US) 500, expected to draw the largest US sports crowd since the pandemic began.
The United States on on Tuesday signed a $1.95 billion agreement with US pharma giant Pfizer and Germany’s BioNTech for 100 million doses of their experimental COVID-19 vaccine, part of an aggressive push to start immunizing Americans early next year.
[block type="summary”]After four days of squabbling there is a little something for everyone in the 750-billion-euro recovery package agreed by EU leaders -- but the details reveal real winners and losers.
