SAN PAULO – Some cities in Brazil are providing booster shots of the COVID-19 vaccine, even though most people have yet to receive their second jabs, in a sign of the concern in the country over the highly contagious delta variant.Rio de Janeiro, curre…
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Coronavirus Can Cause ‘Severe Illness’ in Children, CDC Warns
A U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report released Friday says the coronavirus can cause “severe illness” in children and adolescents.From late June to mid-August, when there was an “increased circulation” of the highly contagious delta …
Read moreTHE MINISTRY FOR SOCIAL ACCOMMODATION: Minister for Social Accommodation meets with the first bank taking part in the New Hope Guarantee scheme
Minister for Social Accommodation Roderick Galdes met with APS Bank, the first bank to confirm its participation in the New Hope Guarantee scheme. Through the scheme, which has been announced in recent days, people who have had or have a serious illnes…
Read moreTHE MINISTRY FOR ENERGY, ENTERPRISE, AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT: WSC launches public water dispensers to help reduce the use of plastics
For €00.20c for a litre of water, the public will be able to fill their reusable bottles from water dispensers which are being placed in strategic locations by the Water Services Corporation (WSC).This was announced by the WSC whilst outlining its plan…
Read moreTHE MINISTRY FOR NATIONAL HERITAGE, THE ARTS AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND THE MINISTRY FOR THE ENVIRONMENT, CLIMATE CHANGE AND PLANNING: Regeneration works on Fgura garden completed – around 200 trees and shrubs planted
Through an investment of around €40,000, regeneration works have been completed in the garden of Pjazza Patri Redent Gauci in Fgura. This was announced by Fgura Local Council in the presence of Minister for the Environment, Climate Change and Planning …
Read moreYoung Africans Struggle With Jobs, Education Amid Pandemic
HARARE – The future looked promising for Tinashe Mapuranga, an intern at a leading bank in Zimbabwe who appeared set to get a staff position as soon as he completed his college degree. Then the COVID-19 pandemic hit.Amid the lockdowns, the 24-year-old …
Read moreAir Quality, Climate Change Closely Linked
GENEVA – In the first report of its kind, the World Meteorological Organization examines the close link between air quality and climate change and how measures stemming from COVID-19 influenced air quality patterns in 2020.Government-imposed lockdown m…
Read moreHo Chi Minh City Could Lift Lockdown, End ‘Zero COVID-19’ Policy
HANOI – Vietnam’s coronavirus epicenter Ho Chi Minh City, which has kept residents confined at home under lockdown, is considering reopening economic activity from September 15, shifting from a “zero COVID-19” strategy to a policy of living with the vi…
Read moreTHE MINISTRY FOR FOREIGN AND EUROPEAN AFFAIRS: Minister Evarist Bartolo and EU Commissioner Olivér Várhelyi discuss developments in Libya
During a meeting in Bled, Slovenia, Minister for Foreign and European Affairs Evarist Bartolo together with the European Commissioner for Neighborhood and Enlargement Olivér Várhelyi, discussed the latest developments in Libya and the situation in the …
Read moreTHE MINISTRY FOR THE ENVIRONMENT, CLIMATE CHANGE AND PLANNING Record-breaking amounts of processed recyclables
2021 will be WasteServ’s most productive year in terms of recyclables since its inception in 2002. This was announced by Minister for the Environment, Climate Change and Planning Aaron Farrugia during a visit at the Sant’Antnin Facility in Marsascala….
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