Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email print The NBA has postponed the Golden State-Denver game scheduled for Thursday night after COVID-related issues have left the Nuggets without the necessary eight players required to play. It is the 11th game to be postponed this season for […]
Month: December 2021
COVID-19: Quebec brings back nightly curfew, private gatherings prohibited, as cases soar
Quebec is bringing back its controversial overnight curfew beginning Friday at 10 p.m., which is New Year’s Eve, and continuing to 5 a.m. the next day. Quebec Premier François Legault made the announcement Thursday amid increasing hospitalizations and an exponential growth in COVID-19 cases driven […]
COVID-19: France suspends transit ban allowing Britons to pass through country to homes in other EU nations
Britons wanting to return to their homes in EU countries after spending Christmas with friends and relatives in the UK will be able to pass through France after the government in Paris suspended a transit ban. Since 18 December, non-essential travel from the UK to […]
JetBlue cuts hundreds of January flights due to omicron surge as travel disruptions worsen
JetBlue Airways will cut more than 1,280 flights from Thursday through mid-January in anticipation of more Covid-19 infections among pilots and flight attendants, while cancellations continued to climb around the country. New York-based JetBlue and other airlines, including United Airlines, Delta Air Lines and American […]
More than 100 people test positive for Covid-19 in Bihar
More than 100 people tested positive for COVID-19 on Thursday in Bihar where the daily rise in tally had, for months, been in double or even single digits. According to the health department, altogether 132 people have tested positive pushing the active caseload to 333, […]
Omicron scare: Amid sudden Covid-19 surge, Centre flags eight states
India’s R naught value, which indicates the spread of Covid-19, is 1.22, the Union government said on Thursday, warning that cases are increasing, not shrinking. It asked Delhi, Haryana, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal, Maharashtra, Gujarat, Karnataka, and Jharkhand to remain vigilant following a significant rise […]
South Africa lifts curfew as it says COVID-19 fourth wave peaks
CAPE TOWN, Dec 30 (Reuters) – South Africa has lifted a midnight to 4 a.m. curfew on people’s movement with immediate effect, believing the country has passed the peak of its fourth COVID-19 wave driven by the Omicron variant, a government statement said on Thursday. […]
Mumbai’s Covid-19 positivity rate shoots up to 7.67%
This has raised an alarm among public health experts, who are anticipating a much higher daily count than the second wave. Out of the 46,337 tests conducted in Mumbai on Thursday, 3,555 were positive for Covid-19, recording a 7.92 per cent Test Percentage Rate (TPR, […]
Omicron variant live updates: Maharashtra restricts wedding guests to 50
Tamil Nadu records 890 Covid-19 cases, seven fatalities. Infection tally rises to 27,46,890, death toll 36,765. There are 6,929 active cases in the state.
COVID-19 in South Dakota: 809 total new cases; Death toll rises to 2,486; Active cases at 8,323
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — There were 12 new COVID-19 deaths reported by the South Dakota Department of Health Thursday. The statewide death toll increased to 2,486. The new deaths were five women and seven men in the following age ranges: 30-39 (1), 50-59 (3), […]