Tag: pandemic
26 million jobs lost to pandemic in Latin America and Caribbean
(dpa) - Some 26 million jobs have been lost in Latin America and the Caribbean due to the coronavirus pandemic, the International Labour Organization...
Israel remembers Holocaust victims, mourns those lost to pandemic
(dpa) - Israel paused on Thursday to remember the murder of 6 million Jews by the Nazis and mourn those who survived the Holocaust...
‘We just have to keep busy’: Pandemic crushes South African vineyards
The good life has been forced by the pandemic to take a break in South Africa, which in normal times attracts gourmets and wine...
Cherry blossom season amid pandemic in Japan
Japan lifted the state of emergency for the Tokyo area on March 21 just before the cherry blossom season. As spring is in the...
‘Crying out to be seen’: Pandemic, drought rumours dog Victoria Falls
(dpa) - Tinashe Farawo is understandably frustrated. Reports from a year ago that Victoria Falls in southern Africa has dried up have stubbornly refused...
Kenya’s open-air market traders count losses amid pandemic
Margaret Mackenzie is one of the traders at the open-air Maasai market located in the downtown section of the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, which operates...
More than 300,000 people have died of Covid-19 in Brazil
dpa/GNA - Brazil has registered more than 300,000 deaths in connection with Covid-19 since the pandemic started, behind the United States with 545,000...
Wushu teaching goes online during the pandemic
With Eastern Europe experiencing a third wave of the coronavirus pandemic, Chinese martial arts lessons have moved online.
Tokyo Olympics to be held without overseas fans due to pandemic
dpa/GNA - The Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics have decided to prohibit overseas spectators from attending this summer's Games due to the coronavirus pandemic,...
China-Europe freight trains serve as lifeline for international trade amid pandemic
The first China-Europe freight train route celebrates its 10-year anniversary. The freight train service has been growing fast over the past decade. And it...
Germany exceeds 2020 climate target with the help of pandemic
dpa/GNA - Germany slightly exceeded its climate target for 2020 with the help of travel restrictions and other stoppages prompted by the pandemic.
Germany...
Union of Ghanaian Association in Germany supports Sekondi Prisons
The Union of Ghanaian Association in Germany (UGAG e.V) and all Ghanaians in the German Diaspora have donated sanitary equipment to the Sekondi Prisons...
GNPC Ghana’s Fastest Human to return on March 20
The 2021 edition of the Ghana National Petroleum Company (GNPC) will bounce back after it was suspended last year following the COVID 19 pandemic.
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Bundesliga revenue down amid pandemic but still third highest
dpa/GNA - Bundesliga clubs have seen their revenue drop by 217.5 million euros (258 million dollars) last season, due to the impact of...
Malaysia won’t hold elections until after the pandemic – Prime Minister
dpa/GNA - Malaysia will not hold parliamentary elections during the coronavirus pandemic, Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin, said in a Monday speech marking one year...
Zambian furniture maker seizes opportunities despite downturn amid COVID-19
While many are engrossed in conversations about prevailing harsh economic times, Josphat Shasulwi is busy utilizing opportunities presented by the COVID-19 pandemic to enhance...
Health workers protest controversial law in Bolivia despite pandemic
dpa/GNA - Health workers in Bolivia have taken to the streets against a controversial law in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic and...
Malawi government turns down teachers’ risk allowance demand
The Malawi government has turned down the demand by teachers for them to be provided with a risk allowance for teaching amid the COVID-19...
Blizzards, pandemic and America’s human rights fairy tales
The American people are being thrashed by one crisis after another: The raging coronavirus pandemic has so far taken almost 500,000 lives in the...
Finland amends Communicable Diseases Act to tackle pandemic
dpa/GNA - Finland's parliament on Friday approved several temporary amendments to the Communicable Diseases Act, allowing for mandatory health checks of people -...
COVID-19 – Traditional authorities must show leadership
Traditional authorities have been called upon to redouble their leadership roles in the fight against the coronavirus pandemic and not abandon the task to...
Forest peoples accuse governments of using pandemic to damage jungles
dpa/GNA - The novel coronavirus pandemic has facilitated government-backed "economic opportunism" in the world's rainforests, according to a report published on Thursday.
Authorities in...
Air quality in Germany improves in 2020 – not just due to pandemic
GNA/dpa - Air pollution in German cities declined significantly in 2020, and the reductions were not only due to coronavirus restrictions, according to...
United States faces major test in reopening schools amid pandemic
Roger, a high school teacher in the area around Washington DC, has already been vaccinated, but his school has yet to reopen.
Roger, who declined...
Disney first quarter revenue down 22 percent from last year due to pandemic
The Walt Disney Company on Thursday reported a revenue of 16.24 billion U.S. dollars for its fiscal first quarter of 2021, down 22 percent...
Young Boxing Champion Joseph Awinongya Jr To Convert To Nursing Practice
Joseph Awinongya Jr the exciting young fighter with 7 national boxing championships to his name has announced that he would like to become a...
President Kagame is Right: Africa Must Get Covid-19 Vaccinations
It is Morally and Economically Just.
February 9, 2021
The Guardian on February 7, published an insightful statement from Rwandan President, Paul Kagame, on the importance...
Drinking bars and pubs remain open in some areas in Koforidua
Drinking bars and pubs remain open in some areas in koforidua despite the ban on such facilities by government, as part of measures to...
Kenya’s slum health facility offers lifeline to pregnant mothers amid pandemic
The Lengo medical clinic, located at the heart of one of the largest slums in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, is the only private health...