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Jan

2021

By The African Mirror

Subdued Brazil New Year celebrations met with silence in COVID-19 ward

WORLD

LEONARDO BENASSATTO BRAZILIANS saw in 2021 with fireworks under unusual social distancing measures, while in a hospital intensive care ward outside Sao Paulo, doctors tending COVID-19 patients held one minute of silence for the passing of a deadly year. Medical staff stood at the foot of beds with people hooked up to ventilators, and then went around wishing their patients a happy New Year through face shields and masks. The sound of fireworks in the streets outside broke the monotony of whirring ventilators and beeping monitors. There was little to celebrate with 195,000 Brazilians losing their lives in the world's…

Dec

2020

By The African Mirror

Tunisia to ban New Year celebrations, extends night curfew

COVID-19

TUNISIA will ban all events including celebrations for the new year and extend its night curfew until January 15 to help combat the spread of coronavirus, the health minister said on Tuesday. The government imposed the night curfew in October and banned travel between regions in the North African country. On Monday, Tunisia said it had recorded a total of 121,718 coronavirus infections, including 4,199 deaths. Tunisian authorities said they had ordered vaccines from U.S. drugmaker Pfizer. - Thomson Reuters Foundation.