Two coronavirus patients in Europe have been re-infected with COVID-19 in a confirmed development that one scientist called “bad news”, according to a report on Wednesday. One of the patients, from Belgium, suffered mild symptoms after catching COVID-19 in March and then again in June, health officials said Tuesday, according …
Read More »WHO cautions on COVID-19 plasma as US issues emergency authorization
(Reuters) – The World Health Organization on Monday was cautious about supporting the use of recovered plasma from COVID-19 patients to treat people who are ill, saying that evidence that it works remains “low quality”, even if the United States emergency authorization for such issued therapies. PHILO PHOTO: Convalescent plasma …
Read More »Merkel tells Russia to investigate suspected poisoning of Kremlin critic
BERLIN (Reuters) – German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Monday called on Russia to investigate the suspected poisoning of Russian opposition figure Alexei Navalny and hold criminals accountable after doctors found evidence of a toxic substance in his body. Navalny, a critic of Russian President Vladimir Putin, crashed on a plane …
Read More »Alexander Lukashenko flies over Belarus in protest by helicopter
As mass demonstrations over a contested presidential election begin in Belarus for a third week, tens of thousands of people gather in the capital and across the country over the weekend to demand change and a new presidential poll. While Sunday’s protest in Minsk was unfolding, Lukashenko’s press service recorded …
Read More »German doctors say tests indicate Kremlin critic Navalny was poisoned
BERLIN (Reuters) – German doctors say on Monday that medical investigations indicate that Russian opposition figure Alexei Navalny, who is in a Berlin hospital after crashing into a plane in Russia last week, was poisoned. Medical specialists carry Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny on a stretcher in an ambulance en …
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