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US says it’ll give ‘additional support’ to India Covid-19 crisis amid calls to release unused vaccine doses to hardest-hit nations

Facing a vaccine shortage amid surging infections and a lack of timely oxygen supplies by some hospitals, India has urged…

3 years ago

Nurse launches petition to opt out of mandatory Covid-19 vaccination at Texas hospital as it vows to FIRE those who refuse the jab

The Houston Methodist hospital system said its employees must take the shot by June 7, making it the first healthcare…

3 years ago

Lack of real leadership: Covid-19 exposed ‘massive problems’ in the EU & the West, Russia’s FM spokeswoman tells RT

The European Union (EU) has repeatedly exhibited an inability to make decisions and defend its own interests lately, Russia’s Foreign…

3 years ago

At least 13 dead after fire breaks out in ICU ward of Covid-19 hospital near Mumbai, India

The fire erupted around 3am local time on Friday in the ICU ward of the Vijay Vallabh private hospital, housing…

3 years ago

Indian ‘double-mutant’ Covid-19 variant adds 55 infections in UK as strain that ‘evades immune system’ reaches Belgium

The latest figure, reported by Public Health England on Thursday, puts the total number of B.1.617 Covid-19 strain cases in…

3 years ago

Covid-19 no longer leading cause of death in England and Wales, govt data shows for first time in months

The latest data on monthly deaths found dementia was responsible for the largest number of fatalities in England in March,…

3 years ago

UK corruption watchdog report alleges ‘systemic bias,’ says Downing St’s Covid-19 procurement favoured firms friendly with MPs

According to a Transparency International UK paper released on Thursday, over 20% of the £18 billion in public money spent…

3 years ago

‘As sorry as we are’: German lawmakers approve new controversial Covid-19 lockdown bill following heated debate

The bill introducing new binding lockdown rules for the German states with high infection rates was approved by a narrow…

3 years ago

Saying America scored a Covid-19 ‘victory’ against China is wrong and offensive

A few days ago, I arrived in the United States to spend a few weeks visiting friends as things begin…

3 years ago

Sweden’s goal was to live with the Covid virus rather than try to suppress it, and this new book sets out its success

As someone who tends towards scepticism about anything governments do in relation to health – I always prefer giving people…

3 years ago