coronavirus
WHO issues new clinical advice on treating COVID-19 patients
World
January 26, 2021
WHO issues new clinical advice on treating COVID-19 patients
GENEVA (Reuters) – The World Health Organization (WHO) issued fresh clinical advice on Tuesday for treating COVID-19 patients, including those…
Coptic Orthodox Church to resume daily masses at 25% capacity
Egypt
January 26, 2021
Coptic Orthodox Church to resume daily masses at 25% capacity
The Coptic Orthodox Church has announced its plans to resume daily masses at 25 percent capacity, according to Pope Tawadros…
COVID-19 in Egypt: 669 new cases and 53 deaths as of Monday, total now 162,486
Egypt
January 26, 2021
COVID-19 in Egypt: 669 new cases and 53 deaths as of Monday, total now 162,486
Egypt’s Health Ministry on Monday announced 669 new coronavirus cases, bringing the country’s total number of confirmed cases up to…
Asia Today: Taiwan quarantines 5,000 after hospital cluster
World
January 26, 2021
Asia Today: Taiwan quarantines 5,000 after hospital cluster
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Health authorities in Taiwan are quarantining 5,000 people while looking for the source of two new…
COVID-19 variant brings new dimension to Europe’s pandemic
World
January 26, 2021
COVID-19 variant brings new dimension to Europe’s pandemic
LISBON, Portugal (AP) — In the first week of December, Portugal’s prime minister gave his pandemic-weary people an early Christmas…
Egyptian scientist part of Lanchester University team developing new coronavirus vaccine
Science
January 25, 2021
Egyptian scientist part of Lanchester University team developing new coronavirus vaccine
An Egyptian scientist named Mohamed Rahim is among the members of a research team at the University of Lancaster in…
Job losses from virus 4 times as bad as ’09 financial crisis
World
January 25, 2021
Job losses from virus 4 times as bad as ’09 financial crisis
GENEVA (AP) — Four times as many jobs were lost last year due to the coronavirus pandemic as during the…
Japan likely to hit COVID-19 herd immunity in October, months after Olympics: researcher
World
January 25, 2021
Japan likely to hit COVID-19 herd immunity in October, months after Olympics: researcher
(Reuters) – Japan is likely to achieve herd immunity to COVID-19 through mass inoculations only months after the planned Tokyo…
COVID-19 in Egypt: 674 cases and 57 deaths on Sunday, total now 161,817
Egypt
January 25, 2021
COVID-19 in Egypt: 674 cases and 57 deaths on Sunday, total now 161,817
Egypt’s Health Ministry on Sunday confirmed 674 new coronavirus cases, bringing the country’s total number of confirmed cases up to…
China pushes fringe theories on pandemic origins, virus
World
January 25, 2021
China pushes fringe theories on pandemic origins, virus
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Chinese state media have played up questions about Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine and whether it could be…