image captionDevelopers have reported high success rates in late-stage trials of four Covid vaccines The world’s poorest and most vulnerable must not be “trampled in the stampede” for Covid-19 vaccines, the head of the World Health Organization has warned. Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said successful vaccines must be distributed equitably…

As the global pandemic batters economies and consigns billions of people around the world to isolation in their homes, our collective mental health is understandably taking a nosedive. With many people lacking their usual outlets for initiating contact with family, friends, and co-workers, depression has soared globally. But maybe you…

There were 11 new COVID-19 cases and nine recoveries in the region, Southwestern public health reported in its Monday update. The new and resolved cases bumped the active count in the region to 62. Woodstock had four new cases while Aylmer two reported new cases. Tillsonburg, Ingersoll, Blandford-Blenheim, Central Elgin…

By Reuters Staff ZURICH, Nov 23 (Reuters) – Coronavirus infections rose by 9,751 since Friday, data here from Swiss health authorities showed on Monday. The total number of confirmed cases in Switzerland and neighbouring principality Liechtenstein increased to 300,352 and the death toll rose by 213 to 3,788, while 410…

By Reuters Staff ZURICH, Nov 23 (Reuters) – Coronavirus infections rose by 9,751 since Friday, data here from Swiss health authorities showed on Monday. The total number of confirmed cases in Switzerland and neighbouring principality Liechtenstein increased to 300,352 and the death toll rose by 213 to 3,788, while 410…

Melissa and her husband, both Christian missionaries from Mexico, had been living outside Austin for about a year when they discovered she was pregnant. Melissa planned to deliver her baby at a birthing center a licensed facility that accepts cash payments from low-income women. But Ms. Rojas, who was helping…

By Reuters Staff ROME (Reuters) – – Italy has registered 28,337 new coronavirus infections over the past 24 hours, the health ministry said on Sunday, down from 34,767 the day before. FILE PHOTO: A medical worker is seen, as patients suffering with the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) are treated in the…

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While the state wasn’t necessarily trying to avoid a battle with Tesla, its decision could have that effect. The electric car maker closed its Fremont plant for six weeks when Alameda County ordered a shutdown in March, but it reopened the factory in early May in defiance of county rules.…

By Reuters Staff FILE PHOTO: Medical staff members transport a patient infected with the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) after transfer from Zlin region to Prague, Czech Republic, November 6, 2020. REUTERS/David W Cerny/File Photo PRAGUE (Reuters) – The number deaths in the Czech Republic linked to COVID-19 doubled in November and…