Around half of the 53 nations comprising the WHO’s European Region could face a period of “high or extreme stress” when it comes to hospital beds this winter, the UN health watchdog said on Tuesday. The agency added that in all but four of them, intensive care units would likely …
Read More »Germans will be ‘vaccinated, cured or dead’ by winter’s end – minister
“Probably by the end of this winter, as is sometimes cynically said, pretty much everyone in Germany will be vaccinated, cured or dead,” Spahn said on Monday. The minister once again urged everyone to get vaccinated, but remained skeptical about making the shots compulsory. The minister said that herd immunity …
Read More »Russia set to launch winter invasion of Ukraine, US media claims
The likelihood of a potential Russian assault on Ukraine is “increasing as the weather gets colder,” CBS News reported on Saturday, citing the customary unnamed US intelligence “sources.” Quite why Moscow would choose the coldest months of the year, with the shortest days, is left unclear. “An incursion is weather-dependent, but …
Read More »Pandemonium looms for the world as the ‘Everything Shortage’ meets a ‘Dark Winter’ thanks to collapsing global supply chains
The coming years will be marked by extreme socio-economic turbulence. The world is reportedly facing an “everything shortage” where essential goods are getting harder, farther, and more time-consuming to find. These shortages affect the entire gamut of the social pyramid structure. The typical production to delivery cycle is repeatedly hammered …
Read More »A cold winter could send oil prices soaring past $100
The spike in oil prices to the highest in years after OPEC+ said it will not add more barrels than the initially agreed 400,000 bpd monthly was expected. The forecasts by bank analysts that oil could go higher before the year is over were also expected. Now, some are expecting …
Read More »European gas prices push higher as winter season approaches
The price of November futures on the Dutch TTF exchange was trading at $1,247.4 per 1,000 cubic meters (or €104 per MWh). Gas prices fell sharply earlier on Monday on news that the Danish Energy Agency approved the start of testing of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline’s first string. …
Read More »‘Unusual’ winter vomiting bug outbreaks on rise in England, public health agency finds, as Covid-19 restrictions are eased
A “routine surveillance” across the health system has revealed an “unusual” increase in the number of “out-of-season” disease outbreaks caused by the vomiting bug over the last five weeks, Public Health England (PHE) said in a statement on Friday. A total of 154 outbreaks have been reported between late May …
Read More »Russia doubles electricity exports as cold winter & hot summer ensure lucrative price environment
Russian sales of electricity in the first half of 2021 may amount to 10.2 billion kilowatt-hours (kWh) against 5.2 billion kWh sold in the same period a year ago. In pre-pandemic 2019, the country exported 9.3 billion kWh. The growth was mostly boosted by the surging supplies to the Baltic …
Read More »A winter lockdown for flu? That’s incredible mission creep from Boris Johnson & Matt Hancock
It’s mid-summer, but instead of getting us dreaming of happier days ahead, the UK government is already warning us of the ‘horrors’ that may await in the autumn/winter months. “We do expect this winter to be challenging,” said Health Secretary Matt Hancock. But he wasn’t referring to yet another ’wave’ of …
Read More »‘Wait till winter!’ It’s easy for EU to advocate ditching Russian gas when it’s warm, energy minister says
“It’s easy to call for this in the summer. And when winter comes – everyone starts to consume both coal and gas,” Shulginov said in an interview with RIA Novosti on the sidelines of the St. Petersburg Economic Forum. In May, a group of 39 lawmakers, mostly from the Green …
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