Author Archives: Syndicated Content
As Omicron looms, Amazon caps how many COVID-19 tests shoppers can buy
(Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc is limiting sales of its own at-home COVID-19 test kits to ten units per customer following actions taken by retailers including Walmart Inc and CVS Health Corp, as more peo...
Dec 22, 2021
Biden says he was tested for COVID-19, no results yet
By Trevor Hunnicutt WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden said he received another COVID-19 test on Wednesday, five days after exposure to the virus from a member of his staff, but has not r...
Dec 22, 2021
EU approves further COVID aid for Portuguese airline TAP
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Commission approved on Wednesday a further, smaller aid measure from Portugal's government for the country's ailing flag carrier TAP, having also signed off on a 2.55...
Dec 22, 2021
Omicron severity question answered in 3-4 weeks, WHO official says
By Philip Blenkinsop BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Omicron will become the dominant coronavirus variant in Europe by the start of 2022 and three to four weeks is needed to determine the severity of the COVID-1...
Dec 22, 2021
Spain’s top court annuls 2.1 million euro fine on Barcelona’s Pique
MADRID (Reuters) - Spain's top court has annulled a 2.1 million euro ($2.37 million) fine imposed on 34-year-old FC Barcelona defender Gerard Pique in 2016 as part of a dispute over his tax returns in...
Dec 22, 2021
Exclusive: Vaccine maker Serum waives AstraZeneca shot indemnity for refugee programme
By Francesco Guarascio and Pushkala Aripaka (Reuters) - The Serum Institute of India (SII) has waived its protection from legal liabilities for any AstraZeneca-Oxford COVID-19 shots it supplies to a g...
Dec 22, 2021
French rush for COVID tests before Christmas reunions
PARIS (Reuters) - Student Jules de Biase is fully vaccinated and has no COVID-19 symptoms, but on Wednesday, ahead of seeing his elderly grandmother over the Christmas holidays, he took a test to be c...
Dec 22, 2021
U.S. authorizes certain transactions with Taliban to ease flow of aid to Afghanistan
By Daphne Psaledakis and Jonathan Landay WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States on Wednesday formally exempted U.S. and U.N. officials doing official business with the Taliban from U.S. sanctions, c...
Dec 22, 2021
Blue ice cavern in Swiss Alpine glacier delights visitors
LES DIABLERETS, Switzerland (Reuters) - An ice cave which forms each year on a high-altitude glacier in the Swiss Alps delighted visitors who came on Wednesday to marvel at its huge blue vault. The 20...
Dec 22, 2021
WHO: still too soon to say if Omicron more transmissible than Delta
(Reuters) - The World Health Organization does not yet have enough data on the new Omicron variant of the coronavirus to say if it is more transmissible than the Delta variant, an official said on Wed...
Dec 22, 2021
