Around the world, #elderly people are paying a heavy price during the #Covid-19 pandemic: they are both the most vulnerable to the disease and the worst affected by lockdowns. In France, some senior citizens literally...
Historic moment as woman aged 90 gets first clinically-approved Covid vaccine – BBC News
90-year-old Margaret Keenan has become the first person in the UK to receive the Pfizer vaccination. It meant the UK became the first country in the world to begin using a clinically-approved Covid19 vaccine. Thousands...
Boris Johnson heads for Brussels after “No Deal” warning – BBC News
Boris Johnson is travelling to Brussels for a meeting over dinner with the EU Commission President in an attempt to unblock talks on a post-Brexit trade deal. It came as the EU’s chief negotiator Michel Barnier warned...
‘Medical terrorism’ | US block Iran from getting COVID vaccine – central bank head
Chief of #Iran‘s Central Bank says that #US is actively attempting to prevent Iran from buying any #COVID19 vaccines, echoing Tehran’s protests over Washington’s so-called “medical terrorism.”
Electoral fraud? | US & EU refuse to recognize parliamentary election in Venezuela
The US and the EU refuse to recognise the victory of Maduro’s political alliance in Sunday’s parliamentary election in #Venezuela
Failure to provide PPE led to ‘avoidable deaths’ among NHS workers – union
According to a report, between April and October, over 100 staff members, including those working in the care sector, died as a result of their job. Amnesty International states that over 600 health workers have died...
How does coronavirus attack your body? | COVID-19 Special
Most infected people, around 80 percent, will have mild symptoms which disappear after a few days. But coronaviruses can multiply fast… spreading from the throat to the lungs. And that’s how they can infect...