MUMBAI (Reuters) – India exceeded 10 million infections of the new coronavirus on Saturday, much later than predicted only a month ago as the pace of infections slows, despite many in the country giving up on masks and social distancing.
Month: December 2020
UK ministers discuss COVID-19 concern amid rise in cases
LONDON (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was holding a conference call with his senior ministers on Saturday to discuss concern over a new strain of the COVID-19 virus which is rising across parts of Britain, his spokesman said.
The government on Monday said a rise in infections might be partly linked to a new more transmissible variant of the virus when it moved London and other swathes of the country into the highest tier of restrictions to curb the spread of COVID.
U.S. authorizes Moderna COVID-19 vaccine, elderly next in line for shots
(Reuters) -Moderna Incβs coronavirus vaccine on Friday became the second to receive emergency use authorization (EUA) from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, welcome news to a nation with a staggering COVID-19 death toll of over 307,000 lives lost.
Ontario reports nearly 2,300 new cases with record testing
Bulgaria expels Russian diplomat over espionage
SOFIA (Reuters) – Bulgaria has given a Russian diplomat 72 hours to leave the country after prosecutors alleged he had been involved in espionage since 2017, the foreign ministry said on Friday.
The Russian diplomat is the sixth to be expelled by NATO member Bulgaria since October 2019 for suspected espionage.
βThe Russian diplomat was declared persona non grata and was given 72 hours to leave,β a foreign ministry spokesman said.
Anthony Fauci issues Christmas COVID-19 warning: ‘We have a big problem’
Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nationβs top infectious diseases expert, on Wednesday once again urged Americans to have a low-key Christmas in a bid to curb the spread of the coronavirus.
βIβm going to be with my wife β period,β Fauci toldΒ The Washington Post. βThe Christmas holiday is a special holiday for us because Christmas Eve is my birthday. And Christmas Day is Christmas Day. And they are not going to come home. Thatβs painful. We donβt like that. But thatβs just one of the things youβre going to have to accept as we go through this unprecedented challenging time.β
Astronomers detect possible radio emission from exoplanet
By monitoring the cosmos with a radio telescope array, a Cornell University-led international team of scientists has detected radio bursts emanating from the constellation BoΓΆtes. The signal could be the first radio emission collected from a planet beyond our solar system.
https://phys.org/news/2020-12-astronomers-radio-emission-exoplanet.html
Coronavirus origins: WHO says Beijing βwelcomesβ investigatorsβ trip to China
The Chinese authorities will welcome an international team of Covid-19 investigators who plan to travel to China in January, the World Health Organization (WHO) has said.
Its regional emergencies director in the Western Pacific, Dr. Babatunde Olowokure, told reporters on Thursday that the WHO and China are continuing to discuss which places the team might visit.
βOur understanding at this time is that China is welcoming the international team and their visit,βΒ he said.Β βThis is anticipated, as far as we are aware, to happen in early January.β
