The global pandemic treaty is coming
Countries aren’t quite ready to cede all authority to the WHO just yet but in a few weeks most Western nations will sign
We’ve already written twice about ...
Not another Covid outbreak
We learn from your columns of a fresh Covid outbreak.
Well, I had a bad but typical cold in the middle of December that was followed by unusual occasional bouts ...
Italy’s transgender women thank pope for making them feel ‘more human’
The run-down beach town of Torvaianica is about 35 kms (20 miles) south of the Vatican.
But for transgender women who live there it had seemed light years away until a rapprochement ...
WHO chief pushes China for ‘full access’ to determine COVID’s origins – FT
The chief of the World Health Organization urged Beijing to offer more information on the origins of COVID-19 and is ready to send a second team to probe the matter, ...
Scientific committee drops Covid-19 from name as safety discussed
The Scientific committee for the monitoring of Covid-19 disease has been renamed as the Advisory scientific committee following its meeting on Tuesday.
In addition, the meeting saw information provided regarding ...
Boris Johnson’s honours list includes aides tied to ex-UK PM’s ‘Partygate’ scandal
Boris Johnson awarded his political aides and allies with some of Britain’s highest honours to mark his resignation as prime minister, including some who attended parties in government buildings ...
Pandemic babies’ developmental milestones: Not as bad as we feared, but not as good as before
The COVID-19 pandemic created conditions that threatened children’s healthy development.
Scientists and physicians raised concerns early in the pandemic, pointing out that increased parental stress, COVID infections, reduced interactions ...
WHO dismisses lead COVID origins investigator for sexual misconduct
The World Health Organization said on Wednesday that it has dismissed a senior scientist, known for his role as the head of an international mission to China to probe the ...
Russia blames nuclear talks pullout on ‘toxic’ U.S. behaviour
Russia accused the United States on Tuesday of toxic anti-Russian behaviour that it said had prompted it to pull out of nuclear arms talks with U.S. officials in Cairo ...
‘Smart’ 15-minute city for Cyprus? They must be joking
We are used to businesses whining in Cyprus. Sometimes it’s justified and sometimes it’s not, but overall, there is often a mentality that we should not ever sympathise ...
EU to move away from emergency phase of Covid pandemic – document (Updated)
The European Commission is set to say the EU has entered a new post-emergency phase of the pandemic in which testing should be targeted and monitoring of Covid-19 cases should ...
Coronavirus: Two businesses fined €11,000 for SafePass violations
Two businesses were fined a total of €11,000 in Nicosia and Limassol while a third business owner in Paphos will appear in court over violations of coronavirus protocols, police said Thursday.
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2021 Reviewed: Mind games in our second Covid year
By Elias Hazou
Where to start? Another year, another 12 months of growing authoritarianism, coercion and medical surveillance, with Covid serving as the predicate. In that sense, 2021 merely picked up where 2020 ...