Tag: COVID-19

    Scientists have named the countries that may be the first to overcome the COVID-19 pandemic in 2022

    As the incidence of Delta strains decreases in many parts of the world, scientists are studying the possibility of COVID-19 becoming an endemic disease. However, experts warn that COVID-19 remains an unpredictable virus that mutates. Such forecasts were published by Reuters, citing epidemiologists. This means that the United States, Britain, Portugal and India may emerge […]

    The UK approves Merck’s COVID-19 pill in world first

    Britain on November 4 became the first country in the world to approve a potentially game-changing COVID-19 antiviral pill jointly developed by U.S.-based Merck and Ridgeback Biotherapeutics, in a boost to the fight against the pandemic, Reuters reports. Britain’s Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) recommended the drug, molnupiravir, for use in people with […]

    Pandemic lessons. European cities introduce new projects for the development of the urban environment – why these practices are useful

    The crisis is not only a drop in the economy and changing the usual lifestyle, but also the window of opportunities for change. The COVID-19 pandemic stopped city life around the world, but also made it possible to restart it on new basic. Let’s get to know what this restart is, thankfully to the “Knife” […]

    COVID-19 race. World pharmaceutical companies have started a new chase: for drugs to treat COVID-19

    First of all, let us introduce the newest hopeful message: the WHO representative has named the probable date of the end of the coronavirus pandemic. Hans Kluge, director of the World Health Organization’s (WHO) European Regional Office, said the world would emerge from a coronavirus pandemic in 2022. He said this in an interview with […]

    In Bali, hungry monkeys climb into houses in search of food. Before the pandemic, they were fed by tourists

    Monkeys on the island of Bali lost the source of their favorite food when the world pandemic began, because tourists became much smaller. Due to constant contact with humans, primates no longer want to look for food in the jungle. Now hungry animals are attacking the houses of villagers to find something tasty,  AP reports. […]

    COVID-19 and environmental sustainability in Iraq: UNDP report

    Let’s have a look on the important document about the impact of COVID-19 on environmental sustainability in Iraq. It’s the fifth in a series released by UNDP on the effects of COVID-19 in Iraq. The authors emphasize how the pandemic has exacerbated Iraq’s environmental fragility. It was already affected by legacies of conflict, lack of […]

    Finland will be the first in Europe to vaccinate mink against the COVID-19

    Finland will soon start introducing a specially developed coronavirus vaccine to minks, Yle reports. The Finnish Food Authority has issued a permit to The Finnish Breeders’ Association (FIFUR) to use the mink coronavirus vaccine. The vaccine was developed by a team of scientists at the University of Helsinki. FurcoVac was tested in a university laboratory […]

    World Food Forum aims to harness youth potential to fight global hunger

    Against a backdrop of the overlapping environmental, political, and economic challenges confronting humanity, young delegates will meet next month during the World Food Forum to explore sustainable solutions to the problems facing agriculture and food systems. The organizers describe the five-day forum, which will run from Oct. 1-5, as an “independent global network of partners, […]

    Conservation in the age of COVID-19: adapting to the loss of tourism
    22 Sep 2021

    COVID-19’s impact on the global tourism industry has been severe: The United Nation’s World Tourism Organization found that international tourist arrivals have decreased by 70% globally since January, more than eight times the losses seen after the Great Recession in 2009. That revenue funds people’s livelihoods worldwide, as well as conservation initiatives in some of […]

    World leaders return to U.N. with focus on the pandemic, climate
    20 Sep 2021

    On Sept 19 world leaders are returning to the United Nations in New York this week with a focus on boosting efforts to fight both climate change and the COVID-19 pandemic, which last year forced them to send video statements for the annual gathering. As the coronavirus still rages amid an inequitable vaccine rollout, about […]