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UNICEF delivers close to 3 million doses of Moderna vaccine to Ukraine

On Nov. 7, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) delivered to Ukraine 2,930,300 doses of mRNA vaccine from COVID-19 manufactured by Moderna, the …
Interfax-Ukraine

Reuters: International travellers head to the United States as flights reopen

PARIS/LONDON – Travellers across the world prepared on Nov. 8 to be reunited with loved ones in the United States for the first time in nearly two …
Reuters

Reuters: Global COVID-19 cases hit 250 million, eastern Europe infections at record levels

Global COVID-19 cases surpassed 250 million on Nov. 8 as some countries in eastern Europe experience record outbreaks, even as the Delta variant surge …
Reuters

Global Voices: Political, social crises to blame for the ‘COVID-19 disaster’ in Bulgaria

One would think that the political crisis, lack of a government, and the holding of the third consecutive parliamentary elections in a year are hard …
Global Voices

Agence France-Presse: Startups eye post-pandemic ‘tele-health’ revolution

From mental health apps to a helmet that can shock a patient’s brain remotely, startups at this year’s Web Summit are betting on a major shift towards …
Agence France-Presse

Anna Nemtsova: Russia’s Halloween night was an all-out rager

Russia lost a record-breaking 1,100 lives to COVID-19. The data is grim: With only 37 percent of the population vaccinated, one out of every 10 COVID …
Anna Nemtsova

COVID-19 in Ukraine: 17,419 new cases, 449 new deaths, 85,340 new vaccinations

Ukraine has registered 17,419 new cases of COVID-19 as of 9 a.m. on Nov. 6. The country has had 3 million cases since the pandemic began. The largest …
Oleg Sukhov

Political longtimer, businessman Zvyahilsky dies of COVID-19

Yukhym Zvyahilsky, 88, a longtime Ukrainian politician and businessman, died on Nov. 6 as a result of contracting COVID-19, his lawyer Tetiana Zelkina …
Oleg Sukhov

Bloomberg: Pfizer says it’s COVID pill cuts hospitalizations by 89%

Pfizer Inc. said its COVID-19 pill reduced hospitalizations and deaths in high-risk patients by 89%, a result that has the potential to upend how the …
Bloomberg

SchengenVisaInfo: Kyiv confirms EU to remove Ukraine from COVID-19 white list

The Council of the European Union is expected to remove Ukraine from the EU’s list of epidemiologically safe third countries next week, after an …
SchengenVisaInfo.com

Deutsche Welle: The coronavirus pandemic is far from over

Some countries are reporting more new coronavirus infections compared with the previous two weeks. Global data trends show that the pandemic isn’t …
Deutsche Welle

Associated Press: More vaccines, fewer mask rules as US keeps fighting COVID

The United States is steadily chipping away at vaccine hesitancy and driving down COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations to the point that schools, …
Associated Press

CNN: Russia and China fight record COVID-19 outbreaks

Russia and China are fighting record COVID-19 outbreaks, U.S. domestic air travel is set to go from bad to worse, but there’s good news out of …
CNN

Los Angeles Times: Study shows dramatic decline in effectiveness of 3 COVID-19 vaccines

As the Delta variant became the dominant strain of the coronavirus across the United States, all three COVID-19 vaccines available to Americans lost …
Los Angeles Times

COVID-19 in Ukraine: Record 793 new deaths

Ukraine has registered 25,063 new cases of COVID-19 as of 9 a.m. on Nov. 6. The country has had 3 million cases since the pandemic began. The largest …
Oleg Sukhov

Diane Francis: The great decoupling

China’s President Xi Jinping hasn’t left his country for nearly two years, an unusual absence for a major statesman. His withdrawal is not about …
Diane Francis

UA.TV news from Nov. 5

U.S. and Ukraine to sign a new strategic partnership charter. Memorandum of cooperation signed between the National Guards of Ukraine and …
UA.TV

Deutsche Welle: Pfizer claims COVID-19 pill cuts risk of severe COVID by 89%

Pfizer said on Nov. 5 that its experimental antiviral pill for COVID-19 cut rates of hospitalization and death by nearly 90%. Read more here.
Deutsche Welle
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