A patient, wearing an oxygen mask, sits outside Lok Nayak Jai Prakash Narayan Hospital (LNJP), one of India’s largest facilities for coronavirus disease (COVID-19) patients only, in New Delhi, India, April 22, 2021. REUTERS/Adnan AbidiIndia recorded the world’s highest daily tally of coronavirus cases for a second day in a row on Friday, while daily…
Health and ScienceNew Covid variant detected at Texas A&M lab shows signs of antibody resistance and more severe illness in young peoplePublished Thu, Apr 22 202111:41 AM EDTUpdated 4 Hours AgoRich Mendez@richmendezcnbcShareShare Article via FacebookShare Article via TwitterShare Article via LinkedInShare Article via EmailKey PointsScientists at Texas A&M University Global Health Research Complex say they’ve detected…
Nurses finish proning a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) patient inside the intensive care unit of Humber River Hospital in Toronto, Ontario, Canada April 19, 2021. Picture taken April 19, 2021. REUTERS/Carlos OsorioOver the course of a single shift last week, critical care physician Laveena Munshi saw her intensive care unit (ICU) at Toronto’s Mount Sinai Hospital…
Israel and Bahrain have agreed to recognise each other’s COVID-19 vaccination programmes and let people who have had shots travel without restriction between the countries, Israel’s Foreign Ministry said on Thursday.The arrangement, the ministry said, will help boost tourism, trade and economic ties between the states, which normalized ties last year in a U.S.-sponsored deal.Israel…
The African Union’s disease control body and World Health Organization on Thursday urged African countries not to waste COVID-19 vaccines donated to them, after confusion in Malawi and South Sudan about whether doses they received had expired.”My appeal to member states is: if we are doing our part to mobilise these vaccines, you do your…
The US and UK are relaxing restrictions as their vaccinations continue to ramp up. But scientists worry the countries are developing a false sense of security. More contagious variants and vaccine skepticism could still pose a barrier to herd immunity. See more stories on Insider’s business page. Countries that have vaccinated more than a third…
Patients suffering from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) receive medical attention in the emergency area of the Quito South Social Security Institute, in Quito, Ecuador April 9, 2021. REUTERS/Santiago ArcosEcuador on Wednesday implemented a nighttime curfew and other mobility restrictions as a spike in coronavirus cases again overwhelms hospitals in the Andean country, which in 2020…
Singapore’s Minister of Manpower Josephine Teo tours a dormitory room for migrant workers who have recovered from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), amid the outbreak in Singapore May 15, 2020. REUTERS/Edgar SuSingapore’s manpower ministry said authorities were investigating the possibility of COVID-19 re-infections among residents in a migrant workers’ dormitory, after finding about a dozen positive…
MarketsDow rises 200 points as economic recovery plays reboundPublished Tue, Apr 20 20216:09 PM EDTUpdated Moments AgoYun Li@YunLi626ShareShare Article via FacebookShare Article via TwitterShare Article via LinkedInShare Article via EmailU.S. stocks rose on Wednesday led by a rebound in cyclical names as equities tried to recover from two straight days of losses. The S&P 500…
China reported 21 new mainland COVID-19 cases on April 20, up from 10 cases a day earlier, the country’s national health authority said on Wednesday.The National Health Commission said in a statement that two of the new cases were local infections in southwestern Yunnan province, where a city on the border with Myanmar reported a…