Covid-19: US approves plasma to treat virus, global death toll above 800,000
WASHINGTON, Aug 25 (NNN-AGENCIES) –– The United States announced anemergency authorization to use blood plasma from recovered coronaviruspatients as a…
Covid-19: Pandemic appears to be leveling off in Brazil, according to WHO
GENEVA, Aug 22 (NNN-MERCOPRESS) — The coronavirus crisis in Brazil appears to be leveling off, if not easing, the World…
Ebola cases climb to 100 in latest DR Congo outbreak
KINSHASA, Aug 22 (NNN-AGENCIES) — One hundred cases of Ebola have been recorded in DR Congo’s northwest in less than…
Covid-19: WHO, UNICEF urge safe school reopening in Africa
GENEVA, Aug 22 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The unprecedented and prolonged school closures aimed at keeping students safe from COVID-19 are harming…
Covid-19: Argentina confirms 329,043 cases, 6,730 deaths
BUENOS AIRES, Aug 22 (NNN-XINHUA) — The Argentine Health Ministry on Friday confirmed 8,159 new COVID-19 cases and 213 more…
Covid-19: Germany’s cases soar by 2,034 to 232,082; 41 schools infected
A sign reads “Social distance” as schools re-open after summer holidays and the lockdown due to the outbreak of the…
Brazil military plane flew illegal Amazon miners to meet minister: prosecutors
BRASILIA, Aug 22 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Brazilian prosecutors alleged that a military airplane was inappropriately used to fly a group of…
13 of 15-member UN Security Council oppose US push for Iran sanctions
UNITED NATIONS, Aug 22 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The United States was further isolated over its bid to reimpose international sanctions on…
Covid-19: Russia approves trial of AstraZeneca vaccine – registry filing
MOSCOW, Aug 22 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Britain’s AstraZeneca has received regulatory approval to conduct part of a Phase III trial of…
Covid-19: Brazil’s squalid jails get even worse as pandemic spreads
More than 17,300 inmates have been infected and nearly 100 have died, according to the National Penitentiary Department BRASILIA, Aug…