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German insurance firms paid out an average of €3,850 ($4,313) for each incident E-scooters have caused a total of 1,150 accidents leading to injuries in just one year, Germany’s Insurance Association revealed on Monday, in the first such national report on the electric two-wheelers. The group presented its report two and a half years after […]
Among young adults, one person in five claimed a place in the community The number of adult Americans who identify as something other than heterosexual has risen to a record 7.1%, a new Gallup phone survey revealed on Thursday. The metric has more than doubled since 2012, the first year the company started tracking such […]
Hundreds of New York City employees have lost their jobs for failing to comply with the measure More than 1,400 municipal workers in New York City have been let go from their jobs for failing to comply with a Covid-19 vaccine mandate, the mayor’s office has told the Associated Press. The requirement, introduced by the […]
Almost 40% of respondents would like to see “a strong man” as head of state The number of French people supporting the political right has grown significantly over the last five years, according to a poll by OpinionWay for Cevipof. The survey, conducted between December 23, 2021 and January 10, 2022, saw 32% of respondents […]
Thousands of staff absences have contributed to mass flight cancellations Delta Air Lines CEO Ed Bastian has revealed 8,000 of its 75,000 employees have tested positive for Covid-19 in a matter of weeks, and he predicts a “difficult” time ahead for travel. Bastian revealed the numbers during an interview on CNBC on Thursday, and also […]
The UK’s Office for National Statistics has estimated that approximately one in 10 people in the capital were infected with Covid-19 as of Sunday, as Britons prepare for Christmas despite soaring infection rates. Data released by the UK’s Office for National Statistics (ONS) on Friday estimated that 9.5% of Londoners were infected with Covid-19 on […]
The EU’s public health agency has said some 70% of Omicron infections recorded across the 27-nation bloc were transmitted locally, suggesting the highly infectious variant is already spreading rapidly in Europe. In an update on Monday, the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) said that, while Omicron cases were initially linked to travel, […]
The head of Germany’s disease control and prevention authority, the Robert Koch Institute, has warned the real number of Germans infected with Covid could in fact be even higher than the current record-breaking figures. Speaking at a press conference along with Germany’s acting health minister on Friday, Lothar Wieler said that the plateau in the […]
Levels of HIV drug resistance are on the rise and a new approach is urgently needed. Nearly half of all infants diagnosed with the virus are resistant to intervention, figures just published by the World Health Organization show. Read more New HIV treatment approved in UK “Based on the most recent studies from surveys conducted […]
New Zealand has recorded its highest-ever daily Covid-19 infection count with just shy of 100 new local cases, despite over 80% of citizens having had at least one vaccine dose. Officials have blamed the spike on rule-breakers. The nation’s remaining hopes of achieving ‘zero Covid’ have shown no signs of coming any closer to reality, […]
The Indian government announced on Thursday that officials will reopen the country to tourists from October 15, lifting restrictions that have lasted for more than a year. Back in March 2020, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi introduced a strict lockdown and halted visas for foreigners due to the threat posed by the Covid-19 pandemic, closing […]