17 December Global: Coronavirus infections have passed 74 million. Meanwhile, the global coronavirus death toll has passed 1,649,000 according to researchers at Johns Hopkins University. US: Covid-19 infections are nearing 17 million. Meanwhile, the US coronavirus death toll is 307,501 according to researchers at Johns Hopkins University. Australia: Australia’s largest city Sydney is battling to …

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17 December Economists believe that food shortages and lockdowns have led to an acute rise in malnutrition cases among children in Zimbabwe. Data reveals that one in three children in the country are malnourished amid a deepening health crisis. Prof. Steve Hanke, an applied economist at the John Hopkins University, shared an article on one …

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16 December Globally, the total confirmed cases of Covid-19 have reached over 73,613,000, with over 1,638,000 deaths and 41,732,000 recoveries. Despite having a high number of total cases in India (9,932,547), the number of deaths and subsequent death rate is lower than that seen in Brazil and the US, at 106.6 deaths per 1,000,000 population …

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16 December Global: Coronavirus infections have passed 73.5 million. Meanwhile, the global coronavirus death toll has passed 1,638,000 according to researchers at Johns Hopkins University. US: Covid-19 infections have passed 16.7 million. Meanwhile, the US coronavirus death toll is 303,867 according to researchers at Johns Hopkins University. US president, Donald Trump, will “absolutely” encourage Americans …

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16 December Nursing homes accounted for 40% of the US Covid-related mortalities towards the end of August, highlighting the urgent need to cut SARS-CoV-2 transmission routes in these facilities. Direct connections between nursing homes bridges other clusters of homes, potentially importing or exporting SARS-CoV-2 infection across different subnetworks. Frolian Ederer, an economist, re-tweeted on how …

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15 December Global: Global coronavirus infections have passed 73 million. Meanwhile, the global coronavirus death toll has passed 1,624,000 according to researchers at Johns Hopkins University. The World Health Organization is aware of a genetic variant of the virus identified in about 1,000 individuals in the UK, Executive Director Michael Ryan said during a press …

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15 December Globally, the total confirmed cases of Covid-19 have reached over 72,957,000, with over 1,623,000 deaths and 47,604,000 recoveries. Total Covid-19 cases continue to rise across the world, with the US, India and Brazil remaining as the top three most heavily affected countries. A new variant of the virus that causes Covid-19 has been …

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15 December David Wessel, a journalist and director of the Hutchins Centre on Fiscal and Monetary Policy, shared an article on the next six months after vaccine approvals being vaccine purgatory, a period where people will despair, worry and be confused about who will be prioritised for inoculations and how long will people have to …

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14 December Globally, the total confirmed cases of Covid-19 have reached over 72,352,000, with over 1,614,000 deaths and 47,334,000 recoveries. Total Covid-19 cases continue to rise across the world, with the US, India and Brazil remaining as the top three most heavily affected countries. Daily increases in the number of new confirmed cases are observed …

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14 December  Global: Global coronavirus infections pass 72.25 million. Meanwhile, the global coronavirus death toll has passed 1,612,000 according to researchers at Johns Hopkins University.  US: US Covid-19 infections have passed 16.25 million. Meanwhile, the US coronavirus death toll is 299,168 according to researchers at Johns Hopkins University.  A slowing of new Covid-19 cases in …

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