Describing the reveal regarding the Biden family’s alleged activities, Stear called it “the biggest political story” of his lifetime. Following the emergence of media reports about Joe Biden’s alleged involvement in the business dealings of his son Hunter during Obama’s presidency, US commentator Christopher Stear recently drew comparisons between the Biden family and a fictional mafia clan from a certain HBO series. While speaking to Sky News Australia regarding the matter, Stear remarked that “it’s a bit like the Soprano family, but probably worse”. “You’ve got Joe Biden on tape, admitting in front of an audience that he blackmailed the Ukranian […]
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https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/0a/12/1080806839_0:246:2363:1575_1200x675_80_0_0_2f04f339320e4da4216137ef380543e6.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/photo/202010181080807590-new-masks-for-fall-2020-how-different-countries-prepare-for-halloween/ Halloween is celebrated every year on 31 October, on the eve of All Saints’ Day, traditionally considered the only day of the year when the spirits of the dead can return to Earth. Have a look how people around the world are preparing for Halloween in Sputnik’s photo gallery. Halloween is most widely celebrated in the US and Canada, where children dress up in costumes and go door to door, asking for candy. Source link
IMF Seizes On Pandemic For Privatization In 81 Countries By Alan Macleod, Mintpress News. October 16, 2020 IMF Seizes On Pandemic For Privatization In 81 Countries2020-10-162020-10-16https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/10/priva.jpg200px200px Above photo: A demonstrator holds a banner against International Monetary Fund during a protest in Quito, Ecuador, May 18, 2020. Dolores Ochoa. Editing by MintPress News. 76 of the 91 loans the IMF has negotiated since the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic come attached with demands for deep cuts to public services and policies that benefit corporations over people. The enormous economic dislocation caused by the COVID-19 pandemic offers a unique opportunity to fundamentally alter […]
The number of people dying from COVID-19 since May 10th, is on average 50% higher than every other country in the study, adjusting for population size. Spencer Platt/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Spencer Platt/Getty Images The number of people dying from COVID-19 since May 10th, is on average 50% higher than every other country in the study, adjusting for population size. Spencer Platt/Getty Images During this pandemic, people in the United States are currently dying at rates unparalleled elsewhere in the world. A new report in the Journal of the American Medical Association finds that over the last 5 months […]
It’s been less than a month since Israel, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain inked historic US-brokered peace agreements, hailed by President Donald Trump as the “dawn of a new Middle East”, on the White House lawn. Since then, talk about which countries will follow suit has preoccupied many in Israel, especially after hints interjected by Trump himself, who suggested that “five or six” additional countries will join the club of states that recognise Israel. Which are they? What are their interests and what are their challenges? Sputnik has mapped them out. Next in Line? Saudi Arabia: Looking at its neighbour, […]
International financial authorities and seven of the world’s largest economies are establishing official standards for regulating and issuing sovereign digital currencies. The Group of Seven (G7) — an organization of finance ministers and central bank governors representing the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Germany, France, Italy and Japan — said in a report last week that it is working with the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the World Bank and the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) to formalize the use of central bank digital currencies (CBDC) in banking systems. According to a new report released today, by the end of 2022, the […]
MOSCOW (Sputnik) – The Russian Foreign Ministry will invite the ambassadors of Germany, France and other states, who have claimed that the case of historian Yuri Dmitriev was “politicised”, to its headquarters on Smolenskaya Square, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said. “We consider the calls of representatives of Berlin and Paris to release Dmitriev, who was charged with paedophilia, as immoral and unethical”, Zakharova said at a briefing. Zakharova slammed such statements as “inappropriate attacks” not only from Berlin and Paris, but also from other states whose foreign ministers and other officials allow themselves similar speculations that border on the […]
PARIS (Sputnik) – France and Germany will send proposals to European countries on sanctions in connection with the case of Russian opposition figure Alexei Navalny, the foreign ministers of the two countries said in a joint statement. “Drawing the necessary conclusions from these facts, France and Germany will share with European partners proposals for additional sanctions. Proposals will target individuals deemed responsible for this crime and breach of international norms, based on their official function, as well as an entity involved in the Novichok programme”, it says. The communique notes that France and Germany have repeatedly called on Russia to shed […]
WASHINGTON (Sputnik) – US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo expressed confidence after meeting Croatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic that Croatia and other European countries will act to prevent China from accessing their citizens’ private data via 5G networks. Pompeo was speaking to reporters en route to Shannon, Ireland, after visiting to Dubrovnik, Croatia, where he also met with Foreign Minister Grlic Radman, and Defence Minister Banozic. “I’m confident that many more European countries now, frankly because of just sharing information with them, they’re going to make their own sovereign decision that says no”, Pompeo said on Friday. “We don’t want our […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/0a/01/1080635556_0:125:3320:1993_1200x675_80_0_0_18fb231b851441980a11a444f0a68626.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/world/202010011080635535-leaders-of-eu-countries-agreed-during-eu-summit-on-sanctions-against-belarus–reports/ EU politicians have declined to endorse Alexander Lukashenko as the legitimate president of Belarus, despite him winning the August election with over 80 percent of the popular vote. The leaders of the EU countries have reached an agreement on sanctions against the Belarusian government, Agence France-Presse reported on Friday, citing its diplomatic sources. Mass opposition protests broke out across Belarus following the presidential election on 9 August that saw President Alexander Lukashenko reelected for a sixth term. While electoral authorities maintain that Lukashenko collected over 80 percent of the vote, the opposition insists that […]
Nine months after the first reported fatality in China last January, the world has hit a sobering milestone. (Image credit: Andre Coelho/Getty Images) Source link
GENEVA (Sputnik) – Swiss voters have rejected a proposal to limit the free movement of people from countries of the European Union, according to the preliminary results of a referendum that was held on Sunday. Roughly 62 percent of voters rejected the proposal, which would have imposed restrictions on labor migration into Switzerland, the preliminary results showed. The Swiss People’s Party tabled the motion, expressing a desire to take away the European Union’s control over the country’s migration laws. At present, Switzerland is obliged to accept workers from EU countries, although a deal was struck with Brussels following a 2014 referendum […]
Azerbaijan launched “an offensive” against Nagorno-Karabakh, the Armenian PM said amid reports of Azeri aircraft being shot down. Baku insists it is taking “retaliatory measures” in the disputed Armenian-populated region. Hostilities resumed along the frontier of Nagorno-Karabakh earlier on Sunday, with top officials in both Armenia and Azerbaijan confirming the news.“The enemy has started an attack on Artsakh,” Armenia’s Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan told his Facebook audience, referring to the Armenian name for the territory claimed by Azerbaijan. Nagorno-Karabakh forces “successfully repel the attack,” and the situation is under control, the premier informed. Separately, Azerbaijan’s Defense Ministry said the military has […]
UNITED NATIONS (Sputnik) – Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Muallem has called on all countries targeted with sanctions to unite and take joint political and economic action to resist the measures. “Unilateral coercive measures imposed by some countries clearly violate international law. The humanitarian exemptions they repeatedly invoke do not exist on the ground. […] We call on all affected countries and those that reject such measures to close ranks against them and alleviate their impact on our peoples. This should happen through cooperation, coordination and concrete political, economic and commercial means,” Muallem said at the UN General Assembly. He said that […]
A new cryptocurrency trading platform is gearing up to offer zero-fee trades to users in six countries in the Gulf Region. Announced on Thursday, the platform Fasset Exchange (FEX) has started sign-ups for its private beta and is planning a public rollout later this year. Source link
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/106827/37/1068273784_0:266:5098:3133_1200x675_80_0_0_04121059d36c2c5c3a7b2ab60ea9c6b5.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/us/202009201080520474-pompeo-slams-european-countries-for-failing-to-support-reinstating-un-sanctions-on-iran/ MOSCOW, September 20 (Sputnik) – US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Sunday has slammed European countries for failing to support Washington’s efforts to reinstate United Nations sanctions on Iran. On Saturday, Pompeo stated that UN sanctions against Iran were being reinstated after the US triggered a 30-day snapback mechanism. Following the announcement, the EU’s foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said that Washington cannot unilaterally restore international sanctions on Tehran. During an appearance on the Fox News broadcaster, Pompeo accused European countries of failing to put the work in to punish Iran. “The Europeans […]
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MOSCOW (Sputnik) – Water accumulated as a result of flash floods that hit Sudan and South Sudan amid the stalled talks on the Great Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) construction should not be wasted but rather efficiently utilized by the Nile basin countries, South Sudan’s Ambassador to Russia Chol Tong Mayay Jang said. “We in South Sudan are also concerned because we are all along the Nile. The Nile basin countries are supposed to sit and reach an agreement on how to use the Nile water. The downstream countries and the upstream countries should really agree because each of them are beneficiaries… […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/106161/05/1061610571_0:203:3888:2390_1200x675_80_0_0_7bbb2bb47af1206ff34f2d501fc78cee.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/military/202009081080394860-several-nato-countries-organizing-joint-arctic-operation-royal-navy-says/ MOSCOW (Sputnik) – A number of NATO states will hold an operation in the Arctic, the United Kingdom’s Royal Navy has announced, saying that the operation aims to help maintain peace in the region. “Type 23 frigate HMS Sutherland and RFA Tidespring will work alongside the United States Navy’s Arleigh Burke-class destroyer USS Ross and the Norwegian Fridtjof-Nansen-class frigate HNoMS Thor Heyerdahl, supported by Danish patrol aircraft,” the Royal Navy said in a statement on Monday. According to the release, participants in the NATO operation, which builds on a previous UK/US operation held in […]
The new app does not include the iconic “trollbox” feature of BitMEX’s site, but will in future, the firm said. Source link
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/08/1f/1080325619_0:0:3024:1702_1200x675_80_0_0_f85a31e94e17f422505ec14a4cbc7096.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/middleeast/202008311080325686-first-israel-uae-flight-takes-off-from-tel-aviv-after-countries-reached-historic-peace/ JERUSALEM/TEL AVIV (Sputnik) – The first direct passenger flight took off on Monday from Israel’s Tel Aviv to the UAE’s Abu Dhabi after the two reached a historic accord to establish diplomatic ties, a Sputnik correspondent reported. The plane, carrying high-level US and Israeli delegations, has taken off from Ben Gurion International Airport and will pass through the Saudi airspace to reach the UAE capital. The US delegation is headed by Senior Presidential Adviser Jared Kushner and National Security Adviser Robert O’Brien. The Israeli delegation is chaired by the National Security Council head, Meir […]
On 12 August, Russia become the first country in the world to register a vaccine against the new coronavirus. The fact that the vaccine was approved before large-scale safety trials prompted disbelief on both sides of the Atlantic – but now health authorities there say they might do the same. A Russian official linked to COVID-19 vaccine research has hit back at the United States and United Kingdom’s about-face on vaccine approval. Kirill Dmitriev, director of the Russian Direct Investment Fund, told reporters on Monday that the fund “notes the desire of the US and British authorities to follow the fast-track […]
China released the coronavirus sometime in late 2019. By early March China was pushing countries around the globe to put in place economic shutdowns similar to what the CCP did in Wuhan. They clearly wanted the world to suffer economically from the virus. One individual on Twitter put together a lengthy Twitter thread outlining the efforts China took to ensure the rest of the world would participate in shutdowns like China put in place in Hubei Province. 2/5 The fact that CCP’s disinformation campaign focused on Italy is crucial. Italy was the first country outside China to lock down. The rest […]
President Alexander Lukashenko has likened recent events in Belarus to color revolutions, saying protesters are trying to follow a similar, foreign-backed template to overthrow the government. “Everything is clear. As we expected, everything is following the plan of color revolutions by whipping up domestic political tensions in the country,” Lukashenko said. The embattled leader, who has headed Belarus for 26 years, also accused foreign countries of interfering with its internal affairs and of seeking “regime change.” ‘Color Revolution’ is a term used to describe anti-government movements throughout the world, particularly in the former Eastern Bloc. Upheavals in countries like Armenia, Georgia, […]
The Global Peace Index is an annual report produced by the Institute for Economics & Peace, which ranks countries by evaluating such factors as crime levels, security, militarization, internal and external conflicts, potential terrorist acts and peacefulness. If you ever wondered what the best place is for weathering out World War III (2020 showed us that anything is possible), then wonder no longer – the Global Peace Index revealed the countries that would likely be safest during a global conflict. Topping the list is Iceland, the country that has held the position as the most secure and peaceful nation since 2008. […]
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Israel on Thursday agreed to sign a treaty to begin the process of normalising relations, in a deal said to have been brokered by US President Donald Trump. The Israeli Prime Minister claims that the new relationship between Abu Dhabi and Tel Aviv will lead to an agreement with the Palestinians. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday said that a normalising of relations with the United Arab Emirates shows that Arab countries will not be “held hostage by the Palestinians”. In an interview with Fox News’ Eric Shawn, Netanyahu enthusiastically celebrated the promise of the […]
Numerous vaccines for SARS-CoV-2 are currently being developed across the world, with more than 20 entering the final stages of trials. The World Health Organisation has warned, however, that there may never be a “silver bullet” for the disease, which has infected 18.2 million people worldwide and killed almost 700,000. “Even if you have an optimistic assessment of the scientific progress, there is not enough coronavirus vaccines for the world”, said Rasmus Bech Hansen, CEO of the analytics company Airfinity. The statement comes as health advocates across the world fear that wealthier countries could monopolise the supply of COVID-19 vaccines, leaving […]
MOSCOW (Sputnik) – Jordan will resume air travel on 5 August to and from countries seen as low-risk after they managed to contain coronavirus, the head of the civil aviation authority said Saturday. Jordan grounded international flights on 17 March amid the novel coronavirus pandemic. “Jordanian airports are ready to welcome international flights from some countries chosen by the Health Ministry according to their epidemiological situation”, Haitham Misto, of the Civil Aviation Regulatory Commission, said. He did not disclose the list of countries, but the Roya news website said it included Canada, China, Georgia, Malaysia, New Zealand, Norway, Switzerland, Thailand and […]
New research by travel website Asher & Lyric has found that the US is the second-worst wealthy nation in the world in which to raise a family during 2020. The travel site ranked 35 countries that are part of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), which is an intergovernmental economic organization. “We only used OECD countries because they have reliable data in a wide range of key topics useful for this study. Our definitive ‘Raising a Family Index’ is comprised of 30 critical statistics from trusted international sources broken down into 6 categories identifying favorable conditions for raising a […]
With nearly 44,000 confirmed fatalities, the UK has the highest coronavirus toll in Europe, according to the World Health Organisation’s latest estimates. The UK Department for Transport (DfT) has confirmed that as of 10 July, people arriving in England from countries deemed to be at a “reduced risk” for the coronavirus will no longer have to self-isolate for two weeks. About 60 countries, among them France, Spain, Germany, and Italy are expected to be included in the list which will be published later on Friday. British Transport Secretary Grant Shapps touted the move as “good news for British people and great […]
Travelers to Switzerland from 29 countries will from July 6 have to register with the authorities and go into self-isolation, the government said on Thursday. The move is part of measures to prevent a resurgence of the coronavirus. The list includes the United States, Sweden, Brazil and Russia, which have been designated as countries with a high risk of infection, Reuters reported. Visitors who have spent time in the named countries in the previous 14 days must notify the Swiss authorities immediately on arrival and then go into quarantine for 10 days, according to the government. Source link
BRUSSELS (Sputnik) – The EU members will continue to work on Monday on the list of countries that can be reopened for traveling to and from in early July, the spokesperson for the European Commission said. European officials spent most of Friday behind closed doors in heated debates about which countries to allow in, which not, and by what metrics; however, no results were achieved. According to the EC spokesperson, the final list of countries was not agreed on throughout the past week. At the same time, the European Commission stresses that the states must agree among themselves on the list […]
Conservative watchdog group Judicial Watch obtained Secret Service records for the first five years of the Obama Admin showing Hunter Biden took 411 flights and visited 29 countries. The Secret Service did not disclose, as requested by Judicial Watch, if Hunter Biden flew on Air Force One, Air Force Two or other government planes or whether other family members were in attendance. The records reveal Hunter Biden visited China 5 times. The new documents also show that Hunter Biden never visited Ukraine prior to being hired by Burisma Holdings, a corrupt Ukrainian natural gas company. TRENDING: EXCLUSIVE: Police Source: Woman Who […]
Left wing protesters who call for the disbanding of police departments have no idea how good they have it in our peaceful, law and order society. That’s obviously the point that former NFL star Herschel Walker was making recently when he offered to send protesters to countries with no police. The Daily Caller reports: Herschel Walker Offers To Send Protesters To Countries Without Police Former NFL running back and Heisman Trophy winner Herschel Walker is offering to send activists who want to defund police departments to countries that don’t have them. “I have an idea,” Walker tweeted Wednesday. “For all these […]
New Alliance Against China: D-10 Countries Threatened By China Unite Against It By Vijay Prashad, Frontline. June 19, 2020 New Alliance Against China: D-10 Countries Threatened By China Unite Against It2020-06-192020-06-19https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/05/us-and-china-conflict-escalating.-credit-ians-e1590505573952.jpg200px200px Above photo: US and China conflict escalating. Credit IANS. Note: In addition to the D-10, described below, the Five Eyes Spy Alliance of the US, Australia, New Zealand, the UK and Canada, is also escalating its actions against China. They are expanding to include economic strategy, in what experts say presents a “significant departure” from its focus on intelligence sharing. They are planning regular meetings to coordinate their economic responses to Covid-19 […]
Spain’s borders will be unlocked for members of the EU’s Schengen zone on June 21, with Portugal being the only exception to the move, Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez announced during a video conference call with regional leaders as reported by local media. The border with the neighboring Pyrenean country will remain shut until July 1 by the request of the Portuguese premier Antonio Costa. Travelers from other nations will also be allowed in the country without self-quarantining from July 1 onwards, provided there is a reciprocal agreement on travel. Unlike the rest of Spain, the Balearic Islands will start taking in […]
Of the world’s poorest states, the Democratic Republic of the Congo spends the least per citizen on health care — $19 per person annually. And in Sierra Leone, the highest health spender south of the Sahara, it’s over triple — $66 per capita. That’s still just a fraction of how much the world’s wealthiest countries spend on each of their residents’ health. In the United States, the number is nearly $10,000. Half of the 20 richest countries spend at least $5,000 per person. While experts warn that higher health spending doesn’t necessarily lead to better outcomes, it helps in a pandemic. […]
Swedish Interior Minister Mikael Damberg voiced his disappointment with Finland’s decision to keep the border closed over the high number of COVID-19 cases. Unlike its fellow Nordic nations, which are experiencing a cooldown, Sweden is seeing a steep increase in infections, which is attributed to increased testing. The Finnish government has announced that it will open its borders to residents of Norway and Denmark from 15 June as part of a wider reopening to Nordic and Baltic nations. Starting from Monday, the Nordic nation will open its borders to Norway, Denmark, Iceland, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. Visitors to these countries will […]
BRUSSELS (Sputnik) – The European Union has mobilized nearly one billion euros ($1.1 billion) in funds and equipment to help the countries of the Eastern Partnership combat the epidemiological and economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, European Commissioner for Neighbourhood and Enlargement Oliver Varhelyi said Thursday. “During the pandemic, we have mobilized almost one billion euros in help. We have tried to do it as fast as we could”, Varhelyi said at a press conference after an informal meeting of the Eastern Partnership foreign ministers. According to the commissioner, the EU’s support was divided into three separate streams, which included immediate […]
By Michael Dargaville for VT The aliens and ETs who are surrounding this planet in spaceships called the Galactic Federation have declared they will give full military protection to smaller countries who join this extraordinary organization working for good. This was recently announced by a major Galactic Federation alien in what is a most important new change and development for this planet. The world lives under a huge lie that the “established” fascist media is denying by omission – that this planet is being surrounded by spaceships of galactic human aliens from other star nations within our galaxy. These aliens […]
With access to medical care limited during the pandemic, patients in countries where abortion is legal, such as Colombia, the United Kingdom and the United States, are turning to telemedicine for a prescription for drugs like mifeprostone and misoprostol to end a pregnancy. Photo Illustration by Olivier Douliery/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Photo Illustration by Olivier Douliery/AFP via Getty Images With access to medical care limited during the pandemic, patients in countries where abortion is legal, such as Colombia, the United Kingdom and the United States, are turning to telemedicine for a prescription for drugs like mifeprostone and […]
There is a “definite threat” of a repeat Covid-19 outbreak if nations emerging from their first wave aren’t vigilant, a senior official at the UN’s health watchdog has warned the Russian diaspora, as countries ease restrictions. Hans Kluge, the European director for the World Health Organization (WHO) on Wednesday reiterated the body’s message: even though the coronavirus pandemic has apparently been brought under control, its threat remains as persistent as it was when the infection first emerged in China last year. “We still have neither a vaccine nor a cure for Covid-19,” he said, during a news conference. Kluge was speaking in […]
Some Countries Have Brought New Cases Down To Nearly Zero June 1, 2020 Some Countries Have Brought New Cases Down To Nearly Zero2020-06-012020-06-01https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/04/covid-19-will-change-the-world.-from-news-karnataka.png200px200px Above photo: COVID-19 will change the world. From News Karnataka. Over the past month, Hong Kong has averaged one new confirmed coronavirus case a day. Taiwan has reported only one case in the past three weeks. The situation is similar in Vietnam. Although the number of coronavirus cases continues to grow globally, there are places that have managed to successfully control COVID-19. New Zealand’s triumph Perhaps the greatest success story is New Zealand, which has stopped local transmission and has a […]
Special Edition: Sanctioned Countries Speak Out On COVID-19 By Margaret Flowers and Kevin Zeese, Clearing the FOG. May 26, 2020 | Featured Campaign, Podcast Special Edition: Sanctioned Countries Speak Out On COVID-192020-05-262020-05-26https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/05/sanctions-zimbabwe.jpg200px200px On May 9, 2020, the Sanctions Kill coalition based in the United States held the first in a series of webinars on the United States’ illegal economic coercive measures imposed on 39 countries and one-third of the global population. This webinar featured representatives from six countries: Cuba, Zimbabwe, Nicaragua, Syria, Venezuela and Iran. Each of these targeted countries shares common struggles to maintain their sovereignty and provide basic necessities […]
The WHO’s top official in Europe, Dr Hans Kluge, has voiced his concerns that a second wave of coronavirus may be inevitable this winter, possibly exacerbated by seasonal flu or a potential measles outbreak. In the absence of a vaccine, countries that have not been hit as hard as the UK, Italy or Spain should carefully calculate the risks of easing their lockdowns and scrapping social distancing measures, Kluge, the World Health Organization’s (WHO) regional director for Europe, told the Telegraph in an exclusive interview. We know from history that in pandemics, the countries that have not been hit early on can be hit in […]
Herd immunity may be an unrealistic tactic for dealing with Covid-19, new research has warned, calling into question the strategy of several countries – such as Sweden – who shied away from quarantine measures in its favor. Europe is a long way from reaching the levels of exposure required for herd immunity, according to a new study published by the Italian Institute for International Political Studies (ISPI). Belgium tops the list, with just 6.2 percent of its population exposed to Covid-19 so far, and Sweden – with no enforced lockdown measures – is even lower down the list at just 2.5 […]