Fake negative Covid-19 tests forgers arrested in Benin
In Benin, the police have just detained 24 people suspected of being involved in the production or use of false certificates of negative tests for Covid-19.
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Airlines are canceling connections to South Africa
Several airlines have reduced or even canceled their connections to South Africa now that the coronavirus’s new South African variant is causing unrest
One of the last countries to have escaped Covid is now affected
Micronesia, one of the world’s last countries so far not yet affected by the novel coronavirus pandemic, has announced that it has recorded its first case of Covid.
Who warns: Covid-19 “is not necessarily the biggest pandemic” but wake-up call
Experts from the World Health Organization (WHO) warn: the corona pandemic is or has been very serious, but “not necessarily the biggest” we will know
These scientists and entrepreneurs became billionaire due to corona crisis
The corona crisis has benefited many doctors, scientists, and entrepreneurs in the health sector. They saw their bank accounts rise well above the billion this year
4 years in prison for reporting of outbreak of coronavirus in China
A Chinese citizen journalist who had reported on the coronavirus outbreak in Wuhan’s metropolis was sentenced to four years in prison on Monday.
2,500 Britons voluntarily get infected with Covid-19: “This could save thousands of lives”
About 2,500 Britons will voluntarily be infected with the coronavirus. They do this to give scientists new insights into the epidemic and to help develop vaccines
Doctor (52) dies of corona after cry of despair: “This is how black people die”
A female doctor from the US state of Indiana died from the effects of the coronavirus. Her death caused a lot because the hospital staff wouldn’t have taken her complaints seriously
After UK, South Africa, new strain of coronavirus detected in Nigeria
After the United Kingdom and South Africa have reported new variants of the coronavirus, it is Nigeria’s turn, where epidemiologists have detected the pathogen with a particular mutation.
No evidence that South African variant is even more contagious than British
Contrary to what British Health Minister Matt Hancock claimed on Wednesday, there is no evidence that the South African variant of the coronavirus is even more contagious
2020 deadliest year in US history: Life expectancy plummets by as much as three years
2020 will go down as the – for now – deadliest year in American history. The number of deaths will exceed the three million mark for the first time
Epidemiologist predicts new ‘roaring twenties’: “look for social contact”
Like the Spanish flu in 1918, this pandemic will also be followed by an eventful decade: the ‘roaring twenties’. That predicts Nicholas Christakis