Tag: Epidemics

A digital dance competition that extends from Argentina to the world

I’m Lucia Sejal 2 minutes to read Dancers Facundo Luque and Manuela Lafaye in Buenos Aires, in a photo dated August 24, 2020. Photo: Horacio Surya – Reuters. BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – With theaters around the world closed, three South American dancers have created a digital competition for eagernesses to dance and have chosen Instagram […]

A digital dance competition that extends from Argentina to the world

I’m Lucia Cigal 2 minutes to read Dancers Facundo Luque and Manuela Lafaye in Buenos Aires, in a photo dated August 24, 2020. Photo: Horacio Surya – Reuters. BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – With theaters around the world closed, three South American dancers have created a digital competition for eagernesses to dance and have chosen Instagram […]

Coronavirus live ticker: +++ 02:53 Vietnam relaxes flight ban +++

Wednesday, September 02, 2020 Vietnam plans to start scheduled flights to South Korea and Japan again for the first time in the middle of the month. The aviation authorities of the three countries had reached an agreement for initially four flight connections per week, which should begin on September 15, state media quoted the head […]

COVID-19 May Erase Decades of Advances in Health Care: WHO

Two people wear masks at a community workstation in Paris. August 31, 2020. REUTERS / Christian Hartmann GENEVA, Aug 31 (Reuters) – More than 90% of countries have seen routine health services disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic, leaving decades-long healthcare advances vulnerable to disappearing in a short time. period, showed a survey by the World […]

Coronavirus live ticker: +++ 06:58 Lauterbach: “Second lockdown will not be necessary” +++

The SPD health politician Karl Lauterbach considers a second lockdown to be unlikely in the Corona crisis. “A second lockdown will not be necessary”, Lauterbach told the business magazine “Business Insider”. It is important to test wisely and effectively track infection chains. He considers school and daycare closings to be “completely wrong. We definitely cannot […]

WHO Says 172 Countries Commit to Global COVID-19 Vaccine Plan

Illustrative Monday photo of a man holding a child on a street in Seoul. Aug 24, 2020. REUTERS / Kim Hong-Ji GENEVA / LONDON, Aug 24 (Reuters) – Some 172 countries have committed to the COVAX plan led by the World Health Organization (WHO), which seeks to ensure equitable access to COVID-19 vaccines, the institution […]

ICRC reports more than 600 violent incidents against health professionals and COVID-19 patients

FILE PHOTO. Reference image of healthcare workers at Fountain Valley Regional Hospital, California, USA. August 6, 2020. REUTERS / Mike Blake BOGOTA, Aug 19 (Reuters) – More than 600 incidents of violence, harassment or stigmatization against health professionals, patients and medical infrastructure have been registered worldwide during the first six months of the coronavirus pandemic, […]

WHO blasts ‘vaccine nationalism’ in last-ditch push against hoarding

GENEVA/MANILA (Reuters) – Nations that hoard possible COVID-19 vaccines while excluding others will deepen the pandemic, World Health Organization (WHO) chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Tuesday, issuing a last-ditch call for countries to join a global vaccine pact. The WHO has an Aug. 31 deadline for wealthier nations to join the “COVAX Global Vaccines […]

Thailand’s king swears in cabinet, silent on demands for royal reform

Thailand’s Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha and his new ministers take their oath in front of King Maha Vajiralongkorn and Queen Suthida at the Dusit Palace in Bangkok, Thailand, August 12, 2020. Thailand Royal Household Bureau/Handout via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS – THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NO RESALES. NO […]