Antarctica can no longer be considered the last region free of Covid-19, writes the BBC. The first coronavirus infection in Antarctica was discovered at the Chilean O'Higgins base. It is located relatively close to the Ukrainian station “Akademik Vernadsky” (370 km), however, there is no data on contacts between Chileans and Ukrainians...
On December 21, the U.S. Congress passed a massive bill including a $ 19 billion COVID-900 relief package and $ 1,4 trillion in annual government funding. Writes about this "Voice of America". The House of Representatives approved the document of more than 5 thousand pages in two votes. ...
More and more countries are stopping rail and air links with the UK because of the new VUI-202012/01 coronavirus strain, the first cases of which were recorded there. The BBC writes about it. The new strain is more infectious and spreads faster than the previous one. However, there is no evidence yet ...
Several countries around the world, including Russia, Britain and Canada, have begun vaccination against COVID-19. The first in line for vaccination were health workers and vulnerable elderly people or those with serious chronic diseases. Why some people still refuse vaccination, said the publication ...
An official said that Moderna Inc. 400 doses of COVID-000 vaccine had to be destroyed. The problem with filtration spoiled the product in the final stages of production. Bloomberg writes about it. Moncef Sloughi, Chief Scientific Advisor for Operation Warp Speed, spoke about the production failure. ...
On December 18, US Vice President Mike Pence was vaccinated against COVID-19 on camera. It was broadcast live to boost American confidence in the safety and efficacy of a new vaccine developed by Pfizer and BioNTech. The Voice of America writes about it. I got my dose ...
While details of a new coronavirus relief package are still being worked out, it looks like payments to American families will still be included in legislative proposals, CNBC writes. On Monday, December 14, a bipartisan group of senators released a $ 908 billion legislative proposal ...
An 18-year-old Georgia student and her water sports boyfriend have been sentenced by a Cayman Islands court to four months in prison for violating quarantine. Writes about this New York Post. The girl was punished for removing the monitor bracelet worn by the authorities from her arm ...
On December 17, a group of experts from the FDA's advisory board recommended that Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine be authorized for use during a pandemic. This decision paved the way for six million doses to be shipped already ...
White House security chief Creed Bailey has part of his leg amputated after severe COVID-19. This is the most serious publicly reported case of the consequences of coronavirus infection associated with the White House, writes ABC News. Bailey was in intensive care for three months ...