BERLIN Switzerland has started vaccinating people against the coronavirus, a few days before its European Union neighbors start their vaccination campaigns. The government in Lucerne canton (state) said that a woman aged over 90 at a nursing home in the central Swiss region became the first to receive the vaccine on Wednesday. Switzerland became on Sunday the first country to approve the vaccine developed by BioNTech and Pfizer for use under normal licensing procedures. The EU followed a day later. Britain, Canada and the U.S. had authorized the vaccine earlier, but in line with emergency
BERLIN Health officials say Germany has recorded a grim new one-day record for COVID-19 deaths with 962. The country’s disease control agency, the Robert Koch Institute, also reported 24,740 newly confirmed coronavirus cases. The eastern state of Saxony has seen the highest infection rates and overloaded hospitals have begun transferring patients to other regions. Figures show Saxony had over 414 cases per 100,000 inhabitants, more than twice as high the national average. In an effort to curb the spread, the German government last week shut most stores, tightened the rules on social
December 22, 2020 - 4:54 PM
WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. - The Navajo Nation is reporting 151 new coronavirus cases and seven more deaths from COVID-19.
The latest figures reported Tuesday by the Navajo Department of Health bring the total number of cases on the reservation that extends into Arizona, New Mexico and Utah to 21,327. The Navajo Nation has reported 755 deaths since the pandemic hit.
The Health Department says the first doses of the recently approved vaccine made by Moderna have arrived at the Navajo Area Indian Health Service.
The Navajo Nation is in a three-week lockdown requiring all residents to stay home except for emergencies, shopping for essentials like food and medicine or travelling to an essential job.
LIMA, Peru Peru has passed 1 million confirmed cases of coronavirus infection. It is the fifth nation in Latin America to report that number as the region struggles with the pandemic’s economic and health effects. Peru’s government was quick to declare lockdown measures for its 32 million people last March as the pandemic spread in Europe. But in spite of closing its airports for almost six months and ordering most of its residents to stay at home it has struggled to contain the virus. Officials say they had recorded 1,000,153 cases as of Tuesday evening. More than 37,000 people have died
WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. The Navajo Nation is reporting 151 new coronavirus cases and seven more deaths related to COVID-19. The latest figures were reported Tuesday by the Navajo Department of Health for the reservation that extends over parts of Arizona, New Mexico and Utah. The Navajo Nation has reported 755 deaths since the pandemic hit. The Health Department says the first doses of the recently approved vaccine made by Moderna have arrived at the Navajo Area Indian Health Service. The Navajo Nation is in a three-week lockdown requiring all residents to stay home except for dealing with