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Mar
20
2021
By The African Mirror
India’s richest state hit by biggest virus surge

India’s richest state hit by biggest virus surge

WORLD
RAJENDRA JADHAV, ABHIRUP ROY AND SWATI BHAT INDIA’S financial capital Mumbai is facing a second wave of COVID-19 infections that could overwhelm its health facilities, doctors said on Friday, after a record daily increase in cases in its home state Maharashtra. New infections in India rose on the day by the highest in more than three months, heralding a return of school closures, shopping restrictions and other virus-fighting measures in parts of the world's worst affected country after the United States and Brazil. Many Indians have also started questioning the government's highly publicised vaccine exports campaign when only a fraction…
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Dec
19
2020
By The African Mirror
South Africa identifies new coronavirus strain causing surge in cases

South Africa identifies new coronavirus strain causing surge in cases

COVID-19
SOUTH Africa has identified a new variant of the coronavirus that is driving a second wave of infections, the health minister has announced, days after Britain said it had also found a new variant of the virus boosting cases. "We have convened this public briefing today to announce that a variant of the SARS-COV-2 Virus - currently termed 501.V2 Variant - has been identified by our genomics scientists here in South Africa," Minister of Health Zweli Mkhize tweeted. Health Minister Dr. Zweli Mkhize. Photo: GCIS "The evidence that has been collated, therefore, strongly suggests that the current second wave we…
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Sep
03
2020
By The African Mirror
U.N. warns of Libya arms build-up and virus surge

U.N. warns of Libya arms build-up and virus surge

NEWS
The United Nations acting Libya envoy said on Wednesday that foreign supporters of both sides in the civil war were helping them stockpile weapons in breach of an arms embargo and as coronavirus "spirals out of control" in the country. Some 70 resupply flights had landed in eastern airports in support of the Libyan National Army (LNA) of Khalifa Haftar since July 8, Stephanie Williams told the U.N. Security Council. In the same period, 30 flights and nine cargo ships had carried materiel to western Libya to assist the internationally recognised Government of National Accord (GNA) in Tripoli. She did…
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