Tunisian municipality employees seen carrying a casket of a COVID-19 victim at the regional hospital during the coronavirus infections. Jdidi Wassim | SOPA Images | LightRocket | Getty Images Africa, where less than 2% of the population is vaccinated against Covid-19, experienced its worst surge of cases last week since the pandemic began, the World
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Covid-19 vaccinations without prior registration being done at Sector 30 district hospital on June 22, 2021 in Noida, India. Sunil Ghosh | Hindustan Times | Getty Images New outbreaks of Covid-19 remain one of the top risks to a global economic recovery, the OECD’s secretary-general has warned, calling for developed nations to support less-developed nations
Dr. Kavita Patel warned that the longer people wait to get vaccinated, “the more it poses a risk down the line for even those of us who are vaccinated.” “It’s not just that vaccinations work, it’s that we have to vaccinate the whole world, and the more people that are unvaccinated or remain unvaccinated, the virus
A couple enjoys aperitivo evening drinks sitting down at a bar as much of the country becomes a ‘yellow zone’, easing coronavirus disease (COVID-19) restrictions allowing bars and restaurants to serve clients at outdoor tables, in Venice, Italy, April 26, 2021. Manuel Silvestri | Reuters The World Health Organization is urging “extreme caution” against lifting
Medics in a pneumonia ward in the Philippines. Ezra Acayan | Getty Images News | Getty Images LONDON — Mass vaccination campaigns are being rolled out across the developed world, but many countries are still contending with surges in coronavirus infections and new strains, such as the highly infectious delta variant. And now health experts
In this article AXP DVN AMZN AAPL After stocks took a dive to open the trading week Tuesday, CNBC’s Jim Cramer explained three ways investors can find buying opportunities. “Remember the three types of stocks to buy on down days: The ones that rallied anyway, the ones where you’re finally getting a long-awaited pullback, and
U.S. President Joe Biden speaks about the administration’s coronavirus disease (COVID-19) response and the vaccination program during brief remarks in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, June 18, 2021. Carlos Barria | Reuters President Joe Biden on Tuesday will again push for all eligible Americans to get Covid vaccinations, stressing the
SINGAPORE — Singapore aims to immunize 75% of its population by early October so that it can gradually ease border restrictions as the coronavirus turns into an endemic over time, its trade minister Gan Kim Yong told CNBC on Tuesday. “Covid-19 is likely to be endemic in time to come. That is why vaccination is
In this article @LCO.1 @CL.1 Oil pumping jacks, also known as “nodding donkeys”, operate in an oilfield near Almetyevsk, Tatarstan, Russia, on Wednesday, March 11, 2020. Andrey Rudakov | Bloomberg | Getty Images Oil jumped to its highest level in nearly three years on Monday after talks between OPEC and its oil-producing allies were postponed
Prime Minister Boris Johnson gives an update on the coronavirus Covid-19 pandemic during a virtual press conference inside 10 Downing Street on March 18, 2021 in London, England. Tolga Akmen – WPA Pool | Getty Images LONDON — U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Monday detailed the final steps in the easing of England’s lockdown
A person exercises at the Sydney Opera House during a foggy start to the day on June 30, 2021 in Sydney Australia. Lockdown restrictions continue as NSW health authorities work to contain a growing Covid-19 cluster. Brook Mitchell | Getty Images News | Getty Images A recent spike in Covid cases has Australian authorities scrambling
Search and rescue personnel work at the site of a collapsed Florida condominium complex in Surfside, Miami, U.S., in this handout image July 2, 2021. MIAMI DADE FIRE DEPARTMENT | via REUTERS The demolition of the partially collapsed condominium tower in Surfside, Florida will begin Sunday night, according to Miami-Dade police. Police said the demolition
In this article BBBY Bed Bath and Beyond may be beyond reach. Though the retailer got a rare buy rating this week from B. Riley, which initiated the name with a $44 price target and an optimistic case for its new management and cost-cutting strategies, the stock doesn’t look particularly appealing at its current levels,
Search and rescue personnel work at the site of a collapsed Florida condominium complex in Surfside, Miami, U.S., in this handout image July 2, 2021. MIAMI DADE FIRE DEPARTMENT | via REUTERS Authorities in Florida have accelerated plans to demolish a partially collapsed 12-story condominium building in Surfside, amid concerns that winds from Tropical Storm
Probability of storm force winds from Hurricane Elsa Source: NOAA Elsa weakened to a tropical storm force but continued to plow toward Haiti and the Dominican Republic on Saturday, a day after making landfall on the Caribbean island nations of Barbados and St. Vincent. The Category 1 storm was about 40 miles southeast from Island
In this article CCL RCL The cruise ships “Carnival Sunrise” (L) and “Carnival Vista” (R) part of the Carnival Cruise Line, are seen moored at a quay in the port of Miami, Florida, on December 23, 2020, amid the Coronavirus pandemic. Daniel Slim | AFP | Getty Images The Carnival Vista is set to sail
The potential impact of hurricane winds on the search-and-rescue operations at the collapsed Surfside, Florida condominium could make the building structure collapse further, structural engineer Richard Slider warned Friday. “These systems or the concrete columns and slabs that are there now, are already unstable, to a certain extent,” Slider told CNBC’s “The News with Shepard
In this article UAL DAL JBLU LUV AAL Travelers wait in line at a Transportation Security Administration (TSA) screening checkpoint at Orlando International Airport in May, 2021. Paul Hennessy | SOPA Images | LightRocket | Getty Images The Transportation Security Administration said Friday that airport screenings have climbed above 2019 levels for the first time
In this article REGN NTLA Following a breakthrough trial where gene-editing technology CRISPR completed its first systematic delivery as medicine to a human body, Intellia Therapeutics CEO John Leonard said he hopes the gene therapy could be made available to patients “very, very soon.” “These approaches are subjected to the standard sorts of clinical trials
Two women in face masks walk along a shopping area on April 19, 2021 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Francois Nel | Getty Images News | Getty Images Vaccination campaigns in several Middle East nations raced ahead of the rest of the world at the beginning of 2021. Israel, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain