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NPR: More children are catching COVID-19

Coronavirus cases among children are rising at a time when the highly infectious delta variant is advancing across the United States at a rapid …
NPR

Belarus registers 966 new COVID-19 cases, 11 deaths in past 24 hours

Belarus has seen a total of 456,247 cases of COVID-19 to date, the press service for the Belarusian Health Ministry said in a statement on August …
Interfax-Ukraine

Reuters: Russia’s daily COVID-19 deaths reach record high for fourth time

Russia reported 799 coronavirus-related deaths on August 11, an all-time high it has reached four times over the past month after a surge in cases …
Reuters

Shmyhal: Government to extend adaptive quarantine, emergency mode until Oct. 1

The Cabinet of Ministers will extend the adaptive quarantine and emergency mode in Ukraine until October 1, 2021, Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal has …
Interfax-Ukraine

Agence France-Presse: Facebook closes Russia-based coronavirus ‘disinformation laundromat’

Facebook on August 10 said it shut down a disinformation operation that sought to spread COVID-19 vaccine hoaxes by duping social network influencers …
Agence France-Presse

CNN: Expert says now is one of the most dangerous times of the pandemic for children

Students heading back to the classroom for the new school year will be contending with one of the most dangerous times in the pandemic for children. …
CNN

COVID-19 in Ukraine: 1,122 new cases, 25 new deaths, 103,783 new vaccinations

Ukraine has registered 1,122 new cases of COVID-19 as of 9 a.m. on Aug. 11, with the total number of cases in the country since the start of the …
Elina Kent

Mass vaccination center opens in Boryspil Airport

Editor’s note: this story has been updated with information about vaccine availability to temporary residents.  A mass vaccination center has started …
Daria Derevianchuk

Reuters: Unvaccinated Germans face more COVID tests to avoid restrictions

Germany needs to increase testing and boost vaccinations to avoid another COVID-19 lockdown, the conservative candidate to succeed Angela Merkel as …
Reuters

City authorities: Number of vaccines from COVID-19 made in Kyiv exceeds 1 million

In Kyiv, a total of 1,700,513 vaccinations against coronavirus infection COVID-19 were made, in particular, only for the last day 25,388 vaccinations …
Interfax-Ukraine

Reuters: Russia reports 21,378 new COVID-19 cases

Russia on August 10 reported 21,378 new COVID-19 cases, including 1,811 in the city of St Petersburg, taking the official national case tally to …
Reuters

Health Ministry: Some 140,008 vaccinations against coronavirus made for day in Ukraine

During the day on August 9, some 140,008 people were vaccinated against coronavirus. A total of 83,697 Ukrainians received the first vaccination, …
Interfax-Ukraine

COVID-19 in Ukraine: 781 new cases, 24 new deaths, 83,697 new vaccinations

Ukraine has registered 781 new cases of COVID-19 as of 9 a.m. on Aug. 10, with the total number of cases in the country since the start of the …
Elina Kent

UkrInform: Health Ministry to propose extending quarantine in Ukraine for another 2 months

The Ukrainian Health Ministry will propose that the Cabinet of Ministers extend quarantine restrictions in Ukraine for another two months, Health …
UkrInform

Diane Francis: Show me stupid

Missouri is in the middle of continental America and known as the “Show Me State”, derived from the legend that its residents were savvy and used …
Diane Francis

The Guardian: Rightwing radio host and anti-vaxxer dies of COVID

A rightwing TV and radio host who was a vociferous critic of Dr Anthony Fauci and who urged his listeners not to get vaccinated against COVID-19 has …
The Guardian

Health Ministry recommends shortening interval between 2 doses of vaccine

The Ministry of Health of Ukraine has recommended reducing the period between the administration of vaccine doses to 14 days, Chief State Sanitary …
Interfax-Ukraine

Al Jazeera: France pushes ahead with COVID pass despite protests

People in France will need to show a health pass from August 9 to enjoy usually routine activities such as sipping a coffee in a café or intercity …
Al Jazeera
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