India to increase oxygen supplies amid shortage -govt
At least 22 patients died on Wednesday in a hospital in western India after a disruption to their oxygen supply caused by a leaking tank, the health minister said, as a nationwide surge in coronavirus cases soaks up supplies of the crucial gas. The incident in the city of Nashik, one of India’s worst-hit areas, […]
How a sweetheart deal gives GameStop CEO a $179 mln goodbye gift
Gamestop Corp (GME.N) chief executive George Sherman can step down this summer with a $179 million windfall that dwarfs CEO salaries at many larger corporations thanks to a sweetheart deal that was turbocharged by this year’s furious meme stock rally, compensation experts said. GameStop said on Monday that Sherman would step down by July 31. The struggling U.S. videogame […]
Prices matter when tracking economic development and recovery after the pandemic
Measuring purchasing power is an effective way to track economic recovery after the pandemic, estimate the real sizes of economies, and gauge poverty.
Another Disaster struck by the Novel Coronavirus & Another Nation is in Shock.
Covid-19 cases are on the rise once more. Vanuatu, a Pacific island country, has reportedly limited all of its external relations. They made the decision after discovering a body washed up on the beach that tested positive for Covid-19. It was covered by Radio New Zealand. The alleged body was of a Filipino fisherman, as […]
The impact of COVID-19 on artificial intelligence in banking
COVID-19 has not dampened the appetite of European banks for machine learning and data science, but may in the short term have limited their artificial-intelligence investment capacity.
Hong Kong widens COVID-19 vaccine scheme to under 30s
HONG KONG (Reuters) – Hong Kong authorities said on Thursday that the city’s vaccine scheme would be widened to include those aged between 16 to 29 years old for the first time, as they aim to boost lackluster demand for inoculations in the Asian financial hub.
Latin America and the Caribbean after Covid-19
Latin America and the Caribbean suffered from several regional preconditions in advance of the Covid-19 crisis, including weak health infrastructure, low growth, and inefficient taxation. Now the pandemic threatens to leave the region with even higher poverty levels, greater inequality, and debts across virtually all countries.
The United States’ global immunisation campaign: An attempt to effectively end the Covid-19 pandemic.
As the SARS-CoV-2 has resurfaced and continues to rise, countries are relentlessly trying to implement new health guidelines and measures to prevent the entry and spread of the virus. The US as a nation has suffered the most as a result of the COVID. Every day, the number of cases have grown. The state is […]
European countries may have to mix COVID-19 shots amid AstraZeneca crisis
PARIS (Reuters) – Several European countries are considering mixing up COVID-19 vaccines for citizens who received a first dose of AstraZeneca’s shot, an unprecedented move that highlights challenges for governments struggling to tame fresh rises in infections. Vaccination programmes have been upset after a small number of reports that recipients of the AstraZeneca inoculation have […]
U.S. says 165 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine been administered so far
(Reuters) – The United States has administered more than 165 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines in the country as of Sunday morning and distributed nearly 208 million, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said on Sunday. That is up from the 161,688,422 vaccine doses the CDC said had gone into arms by […]
