Topic: coronavirus-pandemic

WHO calls for halt to sale of live wild mammals in food markets to limit disease risk

WHO calls for halt to sale of live wild mammals in food markets to limit disease risk

Holly Chik, South China Morning Post
Posted at Apr 14 08:45 AM

The World Health Organization on Tuesday called on countries to impose emergency regulations to stop the sale of live wild mammals in food markets to limit thThe World Health Organization on Tuesday called on countries to impose emergency regulations to stop the sale of live wild mammals in food markets to limit the risk of new diseases emerging.e risk of new diseases emerging. Read more »

Indians flock to the Maldives to escape coronavirus pandemic

Indians flock to the Maldives to escape coronavirus pandemic

South China Morning Post
Posted at Apr 08 09:25 AM

Indians are jetting off to the Maldives in ever greater numbers to escape the coronavirus pandemic. Visitors from the South Asian nation to the sandy paradise known for its clear water and white beaches jumped 50 per cent to just over 44,000 in the first two months of the year versus 2020, figures from the island nation's ministry of tourism show.  Read more »

India posts record COVID-19 cases, 13-fold jump over two months

India posts record COVID-19 cases, 13-fold jump over two months

Krishna N. Das and Rama Venkat, Reuters
Posted at Apr 07 04:06 PM

India's second wave of coronavirus infections continued to swell as it reported a record 115,736 new cases on Wednesday, a 13-fold increase in just over two months and raising pressure on the government to expand its vaccination campaign.   Read more »

Lockdown mental fatigue rapidly reversed by social contact, study finds

Lockdown mental fatigue rapidly reversed by social contact, study finds

The Conversation/Reuters
Posted at Apr 06 04:23 PM

Many of us are looking forward to a summer of relative freedom, with road-mapped milestones that will grant us more opportunities to see our friends and family. But we’ll be carrying the effects of months of isolation into those meetings, including a sense that our social skills will need dusting off, and our wits will need sharpening. Read more »

'Clandestine' COVID-defying luxury dinners in Paris spark probe

'Clandestine' COVID-defying luxury dinners in Paris spark probe

Guillaume Daudin and Stuart Williams, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Apr 06 07:15 AM

PARIS, France - A report by a French television channel alleging "clandestine" luxury dinners in Paris despite the pandemic has sparked an investigation and public furor over claims the nation's political elite were brazenly ignoring rules they themselves had set. Read more »

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