The country is also now one of the most dangerous places in the world to be a medical worker. At least 30 doctors have been killed since the coup, a rights group says.
Tag: Coronavirus (2019-nCoV)
Which U.S. Airlines Dropped Their Mask Mandate
After a federal mandate was struck down, major carriers said masks would be optional on domestic flights.
As Congress returns from break, calls for Covid funding are renewed.
A tense battle may soon resume over the stalled $10 billion pandemic aid package that senators failed to pass earlier this month.
A Second Global Covid-19 Summit Led By the White House Is Set for May
Efforts to subsidize more global vaccinations have stalled in Congress, and new coronavirus cases are on the rise in the U.S.
Americans Over 60 Should Get Second Booster, Official Says
Citing data from Israel, the Biden administration’s Covid response coordinator said a second booster offered significant protection to older people.
Pope Speaks of Ukraine’s Suffering on ‘an Easter of War’
In his blessing to pilgrims, Pope Francis quoted a manifesto against nuclear weapons and said conflict in Europe should bring increased attention to violence around the world.
India Is Stalling the W.H.O.’s Efforts to Make Global Covid Death Toll Public
The agency has calculated that 15 million people have died as a result of the pandemic, far more than earlier estimates, but has yet to release those numbers.
Families of U.K. Covid Victims React to Boris Johnson Fines
Those unable to be with dying loved ones find no satisfaction or closure with the penalty Prime Minister Boris Johnson faces for breaking lockdown rules.
Shanghai’s Isolation Facilities Have Prompted a Backlash
Hundreds of thousands of Shanghai residents have been sent to quarantine and isolation facilities. One woman described her ordeal.
Tanzania’s First Female President Wants to Bring Her Nation in From the Cold
Samia Suluhu Hassan became the only female head of government in Africa when her predecessor suddenly died. She is setting a new course.