[ad_1] Share on PinterestInternational travel may require a vaccination passport next year. Viorel Kurnosov / EyeEm / Getty Images The International Air Transport Association is in the final stages of developing a digital COVID-19 vaccine passport for travelers. Most airlines have yet to announce whether they will require passengers to …
Read More »John Lennon remembered 40 years after his murder
[ad_1] NEW YORK (Reuters) – John Lennon’s wife, son, former Beatles bandmates and fans paid tribute to one of the world’s most revered singer-songwriters on Tuesday, 40 years after his assassination in New York. The group’s co-founder from Liverpool, England, had just celebrated his 40th birthday on October 9, 1980 …
Read More »William Shakespeare receives the Covid vaccine
[ad_1] So Mr. Shakespeare’s vaccination brought heartwarming news to the people of Britain and to his family. Within hours of Tuesday, he and Keenan had become the face of the country’s resistance against a virus that has killed more people in Britain than anywhere else in Europe. “He’s sick of …
Read More »Duterte observes free tests with Covid swab
[ad_1] President Rodrigo Duterte directed the Health Department to find ways to implement free swab tests, saying that coronavirus testing is crucial to responding to the pandemic. In a televised meeting with members of his cabinet on Monday, Duterte asked Health Secretary Fransisco Duque 3rd if the government could bear …
Read More »“It has given people hope”: NHS patients and staff on the first day of Covid vaccination | World News
[ad_1] IIt was 6.31am when Margaret Keenan, an early riser, rolled up her sleeves while sitting in a chair at her local hospital in Coventry, with the world press watching, and became the first person in the world to receive the vaccine. Pfizer / BioNTech Covid-19. . The 90-year-old made …
Read More »The World Bank expects a GDP reduction of 8.1% in 2020 – The Manila Times
[ad_1] The World Bank cut its growth projection for the Philippine economy even further this year after taking into account continued contraction in the third quarter and losses suffered by recent typhoons. In its Philippines Economic Update (PEU) report on Tuesday, the Washington-based financial institution said that gross domestic product …
Read More »Job losses driving 3 million Filipinos into poverty
[ad_1] WITH a quarter of the breadwinners in the Philippines out of work in 2020 due to Covid-19, the World Bank expects nearly 3 million Filipinos to fall into poverty by the end of this year. According to the Philippine Economic Update (PEU), the World Bank said growth is expected …
Read More »World Bank sees worse contraction for PH economy due to viruses and typhoons
[ad_1] Commercial establishments along the banks of the Marikina River continue to clean up on November 20, 2020, as the local government provides dump trucks, excavators and haulers to clear the main roads. Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News MANILA – The World Bank further downgraded its 2020 economic outlook for the …
Read More »ASEAN Football Federation reschedules Suzuki Cup for the second time
[ad_1] The ASEAN Football Federation (AFF) has rescheduled the Suzuki Cup for the second time due to the coronavirus pandemic. Originally scheduled to take place this year, the event was delayed from April 11 to May 8, 2021 as a result of the COVID-19 crisis. The tournament is now scheduled …
Read More »WHO says vaccine immune barrier ‘is still far away’
[ad_1] Margaret Keenan, 90, is applauded by staff as she returns to her ward after becoming the first person in Britain to receive the Pfizer / BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine at University Hospital, at the start of the largest immunization program in British history, in Coventry, Great Britain December 8, 2020. …
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