The United States’ economy is expected to grow twice as fast as earlier forecasts predicted, according to a new report, which rests its optimistic outlook on the huge dose of fiscal stimulus and accelerating vaccine rollout. “The significant fiscal stimulus in the United States, along with faster vaccination, could boost U.S. GDP growth by over…
China Offers to Vaccinate Olympians Against COVID-19
The Chinese foreign affairs minister has offered to vaccinate all Olympians who will participate in the Beijing Winter Olympic game next year, despite the deaths of Hongkongers who received a China-made COVID-19 vaccine. Vaccine diplomacy is one of the main agendas that the Chinese regime has pursued in the past months. However, the efficacy and…
China Insider: Less Than 4 Percent of Chinese Have Received Covid-19 Vaccine
The Chinese regime has been touting the effectiveness of Chinese-made vaccines, and claimed that all representatives attending Beijing’s Two Sessions had received a COVID-19 vaccine before the political meeting. However, it was reported that the current vaccination rate in the country is only 4 percent, indicating that Chinese citizens don’t have much trust in domestic…
Britain Considers Forcing NHS Staff to Take the COVID Vaccine
The UK government is considering forcing National Health Service and health care workers to get vaccinated after a significant number have so far refused to take the COVID jab. A recent report in the Daily Mail revealed that 200,000 NHS staff and 28 percent of nursing home workers have so far refused the vaccine. Prime…
2 Dead, 2 in ICU After 83,400 Receive Sinovac Vaccines in Hong Kong
Two Hong Kong residents are in serious condition after receiving China’s Sinovac COVID-19 vaccines, the Hong Kong government announced on Sunday, after a 55-year-old woman with chronic illness died four days after receiving her vaccine—the second related death in the city. COVID-19 is the disease caused by the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus, commonly known as…
Orange County Reports 110 New Cases of COVID-19, 53 More Deaths
SANTA ANA—Orange County reported 110 new cases of COVID-19 and 53 additional deaths March 7, but officials said death reports over the next few days may be higher than usual as they clear the backlog created by technical issues in the state reporting database. The number of county residents hospitalized with the coronavirus decreased from…
Austria Suspends AstraZeneca COVID-19 Vaccine Batch After Death
ZURICH—Austrian authorities have suspended inoculations with a batch of AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine as a precaution while investigating the death of one person and the illness of another after the shots, a health agency said on Sunday. “The Federal Office for Safety in Health Care (BASG) has received two reports in a temporal connection with a…
Austria Suspends Use of AstraZeneca COVID-19 Vaccine Batch After Death
ZURICH—Austrian authorities have suspended inoculations with a batch of AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine as a precaution while investigating the death of one person and the illness of another after the shots, a health agency said on March 7. “The Federal Office for Safety in Health Care (BASG) has received two reports in a temporal connection with…
Australian GP Clinics Sign Up Ahead of Next Phase of Vaccine Rollout
More than 4,500 general practice clinics will participate in the next phase of Australia’s COVID-19 vaccine rollout, according to the health minister. Elderly Australians and those with underlying conditions will be the first priority when phase 1b begins on March 22, with more than 1000 GP clinics initially involved and a rapid scale-up planned in…
Greece, Cyprus Woo UK Tourists as Travel Curbs Persist
Greece and Cyprus have both promised to facilitate the arrival of British tourists in the Mediterranean holiday destinations this summer, even as the UK authorities step up their crackdown on “illegal” foreign travel in the run-up to Easter. In an interview published in The Telegraph on Saturday, Greek Tourism Minister Harry Theoharis said that his…
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