Tag Archives: People

Covid UK: People struggle to get lateral flow tests after Government website suffers ‘glitch’ 

People struggle to get Covid-19 lateral flow tests on Freedom Day after Government website suffers ‘temporary technical glitch’ Britons unable to order Covid-19 lateral flow tests today after ‘temporary glitch’ People attempting to order supplies today were told to ‘come back tomorrow’ Comes as the UK lifted almost all legal restrictions on so-called Freedom Day… Read More »

Fauci says vaccinated people ‘might want to consider’ wearing masks indoors as delta variant surges in U.S.

White House chief medical advisor Dr. Anthony Fauci said fully vaccinated people might want to consider wearing masks indoors as a precaution against the rapidly spreading delta variant in the U.S. “If you want to go the extra mile of safety even though you’re vaccinated when you’re indoors, particularly in crowded places, you might want… Read More »

War, Covid and climate change fuel the world’s hunger crisis, killing 11 people every minute: Oxfam

Children are seen taking food which supplied by NGOs and social organization, after a fire at a refugee camp in Ukhia, in the southeastern Cox’s Bazar district on March 24, 2021. Yousuf Tushar | LightRocket | Getty Images LONDON — The number of people dying from hunger rose six-fold in the past year to outpace… Read More »

Zambian study finds no link between HIV status and COVID-19 severity, but risk quadruples for people with severe HIV infection

Having HIV is not an independent risk factor for severe COVID-19 and death amongst patients hospitalised with COVID-19, according to a Zambian study published in the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. However, patients with more severe HIV infection are more likely to develop severe COVID-19 or die of COVID-19 compared to those without complications. “This… Read More »

Woman with fibromyalgia blasts people who judge her for parking in disabled spot

A young woman, with fibromyalgia, has hit out at people who judge her for parking in disabled spaces because she “doesn’t look disabled.” Rhiannon, from Melbourne Australia, took to TikTok following an altercation with an old man, who questioned whether she should have the right to a disabled badge, purely based on the way she… Read More »