Work-from-home restrictions were reimposed in Moscow on Monday as Russia tried to contain a deadly coronavirus wave fuelled by the Delta variant, while several Asian nations also tightened curbs to contain growing outbreaks. While many wealthy countries have brought down infections through rapid vaccinations, outbreaks are still raging from Bangladesh and Indonesia to South America, […]
Schools and stores reopened in several parts of Europe on Monday as the continent eased out of months of COVID-19 lockdowns, but India remained in the grip of a devastating outbreak. Rapid vaccination programmes have allowed a number of wealthy nations to start taking steps towards normality, but the virus is still surging in many […]
A cloth face covering curbs exercise performance and physical capacity, reveal the results of a small clinical trial, published online in the British Journal of Sports Medicine. Wearers also reported increasing shortness of breath and claustrophobia at higher exercise intensities, prompting the researchers to suggest modifying the frequency, intensity, duration and type of exercise done […]
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s home region Gujarat became the latest to tighten coronavirus curbs on Wednesday as the country’s infections surged to a record of almost 116,000 new cases in 24 hours. Experts blame the country’s fresh wave on people ignoring guidelines and attending huge religious and political events, as well as weddings and […]
India has further eased coronavirus restrictions, bucking the trend in many other countries as the huge Asian nation’s infection and death numbers fall sharply. Government figures on Thursday showed that, in the previous 24 hours, 123 people died from the virus in India, with 11,666 new infections. By comparison, the United States has posted daily […]
Northern Ireland shops, pubs and restaurants will shut for two weeks in efforts to curb the coronavirus, the British province announced, on the eve of Friday’s partial reopening of businesses. Cafes, hairdressers and beauty salons were permitted to unlock their doors on Friday as five weeks of limited “circuit-breaker” restrictions in the province expired. But […]
Germany on Wednesday imposed drastic curbs on people’s daily lives to contain a surge in coronavirus cases and France was set to follow suit as more than 500,000 infections were reported worldwide in a new daily record. The deepening gloom across the continent and other parts of the world contrasted with the jubilation in Australia’s […]
