Tag: health

Interpol warns of ‘alarming’ cybercrime rate during pandemic, to spike again once vaccine becomes available

  LYON, France (AFP) — Global police body Interpol warned Monday of an “alarming” rate of cybercrime during the coronavirus pandemic, with criminals taking advantage of people working from home to target major institutions. An assessment by the Lyon-based organisation found a “significant target shift” by criminals from individuals and small businesses to major corporations, governments and critical infrastructure. “Cybercriminals are developing and boosting their attacks at an alarming pace, exploiting the fear and uncertainty […]

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Russia aims to produce ‘millions’ of vaccine doses by 2021

by Maria ANTONOVA MOSCOW, Russia (AFP) — Russia said Monday it aims to launch mass production of a coronavirus vaccine next month and turn out “several million” doses per month by next year. The country is pushing ahead with several vaccine prototypes and one trialled by the Gamaleya institute in Moscow has reached advanced stages of development and is about to pass state registration, officials said. “We are very much counting on starting mass production […]

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PM urges France ‘not to let down guard’ to prevent new virus lockdown

LILLE, France (AFP) — Prime Minister Jean Castex on Monday urged France “not to let down its guard” in the fight against the coronavirus in order to prevent the need for a new national lockdown, as concern grows over a recent surge in cases. “The virus has not gone on holiday and neither have we,” the premier said on a visit to the northeastern city of Lille. “We need to protect ourselves against this virus, […]

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Australian city begins curfew as global virus cases top 18 million

  by Carly Waters, with AFP Bureaus Agence France Presse MELBOURNE, Australia (AFP) — Australia’s second-largest city started a six-week curfew and the Philippine capital was ordered back into lockdown, as the number of global coronavirus cases on Monday topped 18 million. The spread of the virus is gathering pace with worldwide deaths nearing 700,000, and a White House adviser warning that it was “extraordinarily widespread” in the United States — the worst-hit nation. There […]

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China’s young jobseekers struggle despite economic recovery

by Beiyi SEOW ZHENGZHOU, China (AFP ) — Biology student Ma Jingjing wandered the hall of a job fair in central China among other young Chinese hoping to find work in an economy crushed by the coronavirus pandemic. Ma, 26, is one of almost nine million people graduating and entering the job market this year at a time of great uncertainty, an issue that has the ruling Communist Party worried to the point that President […]

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Dozens of police injured in Berlin protests against virus curbs

BERLIN, Germany (AFP) — Some 45 police officers were injured in a wave of weekend demonstrations in Berlin including protests against coronavirus restrictions, police said as protesters gathered again in smaller numbers on Sunday. The unruly protests, in which many demonstrators failed to wear masks or respect social distancing rules, have sparked a chorus of condemnation including calls for tougher penalties against those who violate restrictions aimed at curbing transmission of the deadly virus. A […]

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Kosovo PM tests positive for coronavirus

PRISTINA, Kosovo (AFP) — Kosovo Prime Minister Avdullah Hoti said late Sunday he had tested positive for the novel coronavirus and would self-isolate for the next two weeks. “Today I did the test for the COVID-19 and tested positive,” Hoti wrote on his Facebook account. The prime minister said he had started 14 days of self-isolation, during which he would perform his duties from home. “I have no signs (of the disease), except a very […]

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Global virus cases top 18 million as Australian city imposes curfew

by AFP Bureaus MELBOURNE, Australia (AFP) — The number of coronavirus cases recorded worldwide topped 18 million on Monday with the illness continuing its march, after Australia’s second-largest city imposed a curfew to halt the spread. Six months after the World Health Organization declared a global emergency, the virus has killed more than 687,000 people since it first emerged in China late last year, according to an AFP tally compiled from official sources. Fresh clusters […]

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Pandemic an ‘apocalypse’ for restaurants in US

by Jocelyne ZABLIT Agence France Presse LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — For Gabriel Gordon and his wife Lena, the small restaurant they opened 14 years ago in the coastal California town of Seal Beach was a dream project and the cornerstone of their future success. But this weekend, Beachwood BBQ, which had become a staple in the community, permanently shut down — yet another casualty of the carnage the coronavirus pandemic has unleashed on […]

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BARMM gets UNICEF support in strengthened anti-polio campaign

Health officials say no Bangsamoro child must be left unprotected https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_OiHYX8YVqQ   By Odessa Cruz Eagle News Service correspondent   COTABATO CITY, Philippines (Eagle News)  – The Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) is putting all efforts to reach every Bangsamoro child with its strengthened anti-polio vaccination campaign this year. This, as the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) extended technical support to BARMM’s Ministry of Health so that anti-polio vaccination can be carried out […]

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Virus wreaks economic havoc as global cases top 17 million

by Heather Scott with AFP Bureaus WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — The scale of economic devastation from the pandemic was laid bare on Thursday as Western economies recorded historic slumps, just as resurgent caseloads forced many countries into agonising new trade-offs between health and financial stability. Six months after the World Health Organization declared a global emergency, the novel coronavirus has infected more than 17 million people worldwide. The WHO warned Thursday that young people […]

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Recovered from virus, Bolsonaro says nothing to fear

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (AFP) — Fresh off a bout of COVID-19, President Jair Bolsonaro said Friday nearly everyone will probably end up catching the new coronavirus, urging Brazilians to “face up to it” and saying there was nothing to fear. The far-right leader’s latest bid to downplay the pandemic came as Brazil closed in on the grim milestone of 100,000 people killed by the virus, the second-highest death toll in the world, after the […]

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