Tag: Covid 19

Covid 19 Corruption in Ukraine

With police often turning a blind eye to breaches of lockdown restrictions, and a halting vaccine roll-out programme, Ukraine is heading for disaster. President Volodymyr Zelensky has very little time to save his faltering presidency. Almost exactly a year since Ukraine imposed its first Covid-19 lockdown, the capital Kyiv has once again been forced to… Continue reading Covid 19 Corruption in Ukraine

Covid is a Sham

I’m a support worker supporting vulnerable people with mental health issues who live in their own homes, I therefore move around the community going from one service user to the next. I’ve been a supporter of the Government on their efforts to Contain and Defeat Covid-19. I’ve been aware of the Human Rights Activists from… Continue reading Covid is a Sham

Feb 2021. Global Vaccine Rollout

The pressure is on for countries to vaccinate people against the new coronavirus disease, COVID-19: close to fifty million doses have been administered in the month since the first vaccines were approved for use. But with a global population of nearly eight billion, that’s only a small first step. Even in countries that have stocks… Continue reading Feb 2021. Global Vaccine Rollout

Feb 2021. Vaccine Chaos in Fife

An apology has been issued to Fife politicians after thousands of Covid-19 vaccine appointments were incorrectly booked – leading to elderly and vulnerable patients waiting for hours in the cold. Health secretary Jeane Freeman has written to all of the regions MSPs and MPs after around 7,000 vaccine appointments were wrongly scheduled due to an IT… Continue reading Feb 2021. Vaccine Chaos in Fife

Feb 2021. Glasgow Parties during Lockdown

Scotland’s justice secretary has said people are “risking lives” by having house parties during lockdown. Humza Yousaf said there have been “far too many” gatherings at homes, which have become a “challenge” for police. Officers have issued 537 on-the-spot fines since emergency powers to deal with the coronavirus epidemic came into effect last month. Police… Continue reading Feb 2021. Glasgow Parties during Lockdown

Jan 2021. Covid in the Royal Free Hospital London

IMAGE PIXELATED BY PA PICTURE DESK Paramedics transport a patient outside the Royal London Hospital in London. A "major incident" was declared by Mayor of London Sadiq Khan last week warning that the spread of coronavirus threatens to "overwhelm" the capital's hospitals.

Heartbreaking footage has revealed Covid patient Tony Brown’s dying wish to see his wife again just a day before he succumbed to Covid-19. Mr Brown was a patient at the Barnet Hospital in North London where Sky News revealed the harrowing scenes on Covid wards where seriously ill patients are cared for by exhausted and… Continue reading Jan 2021. Covid in the Royal Free Hospital London

Jan 2021. Covid Protests in Tunisia

FILE - In this Friday, Jan. 14, 2011 file photo, protesters chant slogans against President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali during a demonstration in Tunis. Since winning a parliamentary seat in 2019, Tunisian lawmaker Abir Moussi has become one of the country’s most popular, and most controversial, politicians, riding a wave of nostalgia for a more stable and prosperous time, just as Tunisia marks 10 years since protesters overthrew autocratic former President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali. Since 2011, Tunisia has been plagued by sinking wages, growing joblessness and worsening public services. Unemployment has risen amid the coronavirus pandemic from 15% to 18%. Attempts to migrate to Europe by sea have soared. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena, File)

Protesters who broke a coronavirus curfew to continue riots for a fifth night have been warned by Tunisia’s prime minister to stop their violence. More than 600 people, mainly between the ages of 14 and 15, have already been arrested after police clashes. Prime Minister Hichem Mechichi acknowledged their anger about a range of economic… Continue reading Jan 2021. Covid Protests in Tunisia

Jan 2021. Covid 19 in Brazil

MANAUS, BRAZIL - MAY 25: Nurses and doctors rescue a woman in critical conditions after being infected by coronavirus (COVID-19) from the airplane that took her from Parintins city to Manaus on May 25 2020 in Manaus, Brazil. Intensive Care Unit flights have been made daily to remote areas in Amazonas to rescue for patients seriously infected by coronavirus and bring them to Manaus, where the medical structure is bigger and more efficient. (Photo by Andre Coelho/Getty Images)

Health workers in Brazil’s largest state are begging for help and oxygen supplies after an explosion of Covid deaths and infections that one official compared to a tsunami and said could be linked to a new variant. Amazonas, and particularly its riverside capital Manaus, were pummeled by the epidemic’s first wave last April, when authorities… Continue reading Jan 2021. Covid 19 in Brazil

Jan 2021. Covid 19 in the UK

As of 21 January, a further 1,290 people had died within 28 days of testing positive for Covid 19 as of Thursday, bringing the UK total to 94,580, the government have confirmed. Separate figures published by the UK’s statistics agencies for deaths where Covid-19 has been mentioned on the death certificate, together with additional data… Continue reading Jan 2021. Covid 19 in the UK