The COVID-19 pandemic continued to surge in North America this week even as it eased elsewhere. Here is the global state of play according to a specialised AFP database. Standstill The average number of new daily cases stabilised globally at…
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Tensions over vaccine equity pit rural against urban America
Rita Fentress was worried she might get lost as she traveled down the unfamiliar forested, one-lane road in rural Tennessee in search of a coronavirus vaccine. Then the trees cleared and the Hickman County Agricultural Pavilion appeared. The 74-year-old woman…
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Why AstraZeneca and J&J’s Vaccines, In Use the World Over, Are Still on Hold in America
The World Health Organization greenlighted emergency use of AstraZeneca and Oxford’s covid-19 vaccine this month, following in the steps of the United Kingdom, the European Union and others, who are already injecting it as quickly as possible into the masses….
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UK bans travel from South America over Brazil variant fears
The United Kingdom is banning travel from the whole of South America and Portugal amid concerns over a new variant of the coronavirus in Brazil, authorities announced Thursday. British Transport Secretary Grant Shapps said that as of 4 a.m. Friday,…
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1st batch of approved COVID vaccines reaches Latin America
The first formally approved batch of COVID-19 vaccine to arrive in Latin America was met with ceremonies fitting a VIP on Wednesday: flags, television cameras and Cabinet-level dignitaries lined up along the runway. A DHL flight touched down at Mexico…
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Sewage Shows America Awash With COVID-19
THURSDAY, Oct. 29, 2020 — Samples taken from sewage water across the country show that COVID-19 is widespread, CNN reported Wednesday. Rosa Inchausti and her colleagues have been testing wastewater in Tempe, Arizona, since 2018 looking for traces of opioids….
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Deaths and desperation mount in Ecuador, epicenter of coronavirus pandemic in Latin America
Dead bodies are lying at home and in the stree … f Guayaquil, Ecuador, a city so hard-hit by coronavirus that overfilled hospitals are turning away even very ill patients and funeral homes are unavailable for burial. Data on deaths…
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