Tuesday – A Harvard professor was convicted by a Jury of lying to the US about his involvement with the Chinese government. According to the DOJ, Dr. Charles Lieber, 62, a former chair of Harvard’s Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology was found guilty of a total of six counts… Continue reading Harvard professor lied about China ties
As the US announced a diplomatic boycott of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics. China hurled threats and promised to respond. The US, citing gross human rights violations by China in Xinjiang has said that it won’t send any official delegation to the Games. American athletes however, will still be performing.… Continue reading US announces diplomatic boycott of 2022 Beijing; China hurls threats
The Omicron variant has driven a sharp increase in COVID cases in South Africa, according to health officials. Over 8,000 new cases were registered in the past 24 hours in South Africa, double than yesterday’s number. The WHO has called the variant to be “of concern” because of its high… Continue reading Omicron spread doubles COVID cases in South Africa
At least 13 out of the 61 air passengers who arrived in Netherlands from South Africa have the “highly transmissible” Omicron variant. Netherlands is suffering from a record number of COVID cases, and the 61 positives who arrived on two flights were sent to a nearby hotel for isolation. More… Continue reading 13 out of the 61 air passengers in Netherlands have Omicron
The “highly transmissible” Omicron variant of COVID-19 is slowly bringing back lockdown fears because of its fast spread, and countries reacting in a bid to contain it. The World’s first move was to place travel bans on South Africa and its neighbors where the variant was spreading. Now that it… Continue reading Omicron is slowly bringing back lockdowns
At least 61 passengers have tested positive for COVID-19 on two flights arriving in Netherlands from South Africa. All those who have tested positive have been isolated at a hotel in Amsterdam. It took Dutch authorities hours to test those arriving from South Africa, and out of about 600 passengers,… Continue reading Over 60 people test positive for COVID on two SA-Netherlands flights
The US has imposed a travel ban on South Africa and seven other countries from Southern Africa over the new COVID-19 variant. Only US citizens and residents will be able to enter the country from the region. The United Kingdom and European Union had already restricted travel from the Southern… Continue reading US, Canada follow EU to ban flights from Southern Africa
As the newly detected B.1.1.529 COVID variant wreaks havoc in South Africa, the World is scrambling to ban flights to and from the country, and its neighbors. If a contagious COVID-19 variant wasn’t enough, South Africans are now facing travel bans and a looming lockdown ahead Christmas. COVID may once… Continue reading World scrambles to ban travel to and from Southern Africa
A new COVID-19 variant has been discovered in a South African region. It is said to have about 50 mutations and vaccines are feared to be ineffective against it. South Africa’s Health Minister Joe Phaahla has identified the variant as B.1.1.529, which is believed to be very contagious among young… Continue reading Vaccines feared to be ineffective against “most dangerous” COVID variant
If the Republicans want to tighten the screw on Fauci or conduct an inquiry into his alleged role in the making or sponsoring of the coronavirus then why is that a problem? Why cant we have an inquiry on Fauci‘s role in funding such controversial research that has humans mutating… Continue reading Fauci says “Ouchie”