Author Archives: Syndicated Content
India’s capital bans Christmas, New Year celebrations over Omicron fears
By Neha Arora and Aftab Ahmed NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India's capital New Delhi on Wednesday banned Christmas and other celebrations ahead of New Year to contain a possible surge in the Omicron coronavi...
Dec 22, 2021
Tourists flock to Dubai despite global COVID-19 concerns
By Doyinsola Oladipo and Suheir Sheikh DUBAI (Reuters) - Brazilian tourist Livya Feho used a 24-hour Dubai layover to visit the Expo 2020, in a city that remains one of the few international tourism h...
Dec 22, 2021
France cancels order for Merck’s COVID-19 antiviral drug
PARIS (Reuters) - France has cancelled its order for Merck & Co's COVID-19 antiviral drugs following disappointing trial data and hopes instead to receive Pfizer's drug before the end of January, the ...
Dec 22, 2021
Spanish PM says Omicron surge won’t ruin Christmas as curbs discussed
MADRID (Reuters) - Spanish families will be able to celebrate Christmas together, the prime minister said on Wednesday before meeting regional leaders to discuss ways of containing the fast-spreading ...
Dec 22, 2021
Fourth COVID-19 shot needed, says German health minister
BERLIN (Reuters) - German Health Minister Karl Lauterbach said on Wednesday that a fourth vaccination will be necessary in the fight against the coronavirus pandemic due to the more contagious Omicron...
Dec 22, 2021
South African province, epicentre of Omicron outbreak, passes peak of infections – scientists
(Reuters) - COVID-19 cases appear to have peaked in South Africa's Gauteng province, one of the first places in the world where the Omicron variant surfaced, and the impact of surging infections has b...
Dec 22, 2021
Hong Kong’s Lam says she will work to reopen China border soon
BEIJING (Reuters) - Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam said on Wednesday she will continue to work to restore normal travel between Hong Kong and China. "I will continue to work hard and hope to get the bord...
Dec 22, 2021
Denmark cuts COVID-19 booster shot interval for people aged 18 to 39
COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - Denmark will reduce the gap between second and third COVID-19 vaccinations for people aged 18 to 39 to 4-1/2 months, down from the six months initially planned, health minister ...
Dec 22, 2021
Bruised Santander faces battle to save face in Orcel defeat
By Jess Aguado MADRID (Reuters) - Santander plans to challenge a court ruling it must pay Andrea Orcel 68 million euros ($77 million) for changing its mind over making him CEO, though lawyers say the ...
Dec 22, 2021
Soccer-Child refugee to play for Gambia at Cup of Nations finals
BANJUL (Reuters) - AS Roma midfielder Ebrima Darboe, who made a perilous journey as a child migrant from Africa across the Mediterranean by boat, has been included in Gambia's squad for next month's A...
Dec 22, 2021
