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2021-06-20 20:46:47 •News •GK •Finance •Riddle •Idiom •Quiz •Dictionary •Fun •Crypto

Third wave of COVID definitely underway in UK, says vaccine expert

The UK is undergoing a third wave of coronavirus infections as a result of the highly transmissible Delta variant, an expert who advises the government on its vaccination programme said on Saturday.

Professor Adam Finn, who advises on the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI), told the BBC that the country is now in a firm race between the vaccines and the Delta variant - first identified in India.

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2021-06-19 14:46:14 •News •GK •Finance •Riddle •Idiom •Quiz •Dictionary •Fun •Crypto

Delta Covid-19 Variant Becoming Globally Dominant, Says WHO Chief Scientist

The Delta variant of Covid-19, first identified in India, is becoming the globally dominant variant of the disease, the World Health Organization’s (WHO) chief scientist Soumya Swaminathan said on Friday.

Swaminathan also voiced disappointment in the failure of CureVac's vaccine candidate in a trial to meet the WHO's efficacy standard, in particular as highly transmissible variants boost the need for new, effective shots.

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2021-06-14 16:07:00 •News •GK •Finance •Riddle •Idiom •Quiz •Dictionary •Fun •Crypto

China Slams G7 "Manipulation" After Xinjiang, Hong Kong Criticism

China on Monday accused the G7 of "political manipulation" after it criticised Beijing over its human rights record in Xinjiang and Hong Kong.

In a communique after a three-day summit in England, G7 leaders slammed China over abuses against minorities in the Xinjiang region and pro-democracy activists in Hong Kong, while US President Joe Biden called for Beijing to "start acting more responsibly in terms of international norms on human rights".

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2021-06-13 17:38:50 •News •GK •Finance •Riddle •Idiom •Quiz •Dictionary •Fun •Crypto

G7 leaders to sign Carbis Bay Declaration to prevent pandemic in 100 days.

The leaders of the Group of Seven (G7) rich nations are on Saturday expected to sign the ‘Carbis Bay Declaration’, a landmark global health declaration aimed at preventing future pandemics, according to a Downing Street statement.

The UK government said the G7 leaders will commit to using all their resources to prevent a pandemic from ever happening again.

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