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India launches effort to inoculate all adults against COVID-19

Published:Saturday | May 1, 2021 | 6:23 PM

NEW DELHI (AP) — In hopes of taming a monstrous spike in COVID-19 infections, India opened vaccinations to all adults Saturday, launching a huge inoculation effort that was sure to tax the limits of the federal government, the country's...

US extends face-mask requirement on planes until September

Published:Saturday | May 1, 2021 | 5:34 PM

WASHINGTON (AP) — If you're travelling on a plane, train or bus, don't put that face mask away yet. The Transportation Security Administration said Friday it will extend its mask requirement, which also applies in airports and train...

Canada puts J&J vaccine rollout plans on hold

Published:Saturday | May 1, 2021 | 4:17 PM

OTTAWA, Ontario — Plans to distribute the first 300,000 doses of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine in Canada next week are on hold after Health Canada learned part of them were manufactured at a Maryland facility that messed up the...

AstraZeneca delays filing for US authorization of COVID shot

Published:Saturday | May 1, 2021 | 12:55 PM

LONDON (AP) — AstraZeneca said Friday that it intends to seek US authorisation for its COVID-19 vaccine in the “coming weeks,” acknowledging a delay in the much-anticipated filing that had been expected by mid-April. The...

What remains as US ends Afghan ‘forever war’

Published:Saturday | May 1, 2021 | 12:09 AM

KABUL (AP): After 20 years, America is ending its “forever war” in Afghanistan. Announcing a firm withdrawal deadline, President Joe Biden cut through the long debate, even within the US military, over whether the time was right. Starting Saturday...

Alarm grows in Africa as it watches India’s COVID-19 crisis

Published:Saturday | May 1, 2021 | 12:09 AM

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP): Africa is “watching with total disbelief” as India struggles with a devastating resurgence in COVID-19 cases, the continent’s top public health official said Thursday, as African officials worry about delays in vaccine...

Virus surge, vaccine shortages spread beyond India’s borders

Published:Saturday | May 1, 2021 | 12:05 AM

DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP): India has tried to fight skyrocketing coronavirus infections by increasing its production of vaccines and banning their export, cutting off supplies to neighbours such as Bangladesh and Nepal as they struggle with infection...

US to restrict travel from India over COVID starting Tuesday

Published:Friday | April 30, 2021 | 3:11 PM

WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States will restrict travel from India starting on May 4, the White House said Friday, citing a devastating rise in COVID-19 cases in the country and the emergence of potentially dangerous variants of the...

Pfizer, BioNTech seek EU’s OK to use COVID vaccine on kids

Published:Friday | April 30, 2021 | 11:03 AM

LONDON (AP) — Pfizer Inc. and BioNTech have submitted a request to the European drug regulator for the approval of their coronavirus vaccine to be extended to include children 12 to 15 years old, in a move that could offer younger and less at...

EU Parliament: COVID-19 pass should guarantee free movement

Published:Friday | April 30, 2021 | 12:24 AM

BRUSSELS (AP): European lawmakers said on Thursday that COVID-19 certificates aimed at facilitating travel across the European Union (EU) should be enough to move freely this summer, a position likely to clash with member states’ prerogatives in...

Incentives help some get vaccinated

Published:Friday | April 30, 2021 | 12:21 AM

NEW YORK: Places around the US are offering incentives to energise the slowing vaccination drive and get reluctant Americans to roll up their sleeves. Some involve free beer, doughnuts, marijuana, a chance to win an all-terrain vehicle and savings...

Landslides, mudflows cause more damage as island drenched by heavy rains

Published:Friday | April 30, 2021 | 12:19 AM

KINGSTOWN (CMC): Heavy rainfall on Thursday compounded the problems caused by the erupting La Soufrière volcano, as it resulted in major flooding, landslides and mudflows. There are also several reports of flooding and landslides in and around the...

US recovery from pandemic recession showing momentum

Published:Thursday | April 29, 2021 | 11:37 AM

WASHINGTON (AP) — Powered by consumers and fueled by government aid, the U.S. economy is achieving a remarkably fast recovery from the recession that ripped through the nation last year on the heels of the coronavirus and cost tens of...

Country examining possibility of ‘vaccine passport’

Published:Thursday | April 29, 2021 | 12:14 AM

GEORGETOWN, Guyana (CMC): Guyana Wednesday hinted at the possibility of introducing a “vaccine passport” as Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries continue to record deaths and new cases linked to the COVID-19 pandemic. President Irfaan Ali told a...

‘Cannon fodder’: Medical students feel betrayed

Published:Thursday | April 29, 2021 | 12:13 AM

NEW DELHI (AP): Since the beginning of the week, Dr Siddharth Tara, a postgraduate medical student at New Delhi’s government-run Hindu Rao Hospital, has had a fever and persistent headache. He took a COVID-19 test, but the results have been delayed...

Catholic bishops may press Biden to stop taking Communion

Published:Thursday | April 29, 2021 | 12:12 AM

When US Catholic bishops hold their next national meeting in June, they’ll be deciding whether to send a tougher-than-ever message to President Joe Biden and other Catholic politicians: Don’t receive Communion if you persist in public advocacy of...

Deadly virus surge follows crowded events

Published:Thursday | April 29, 2021 | 12:11 AM

NEW DELHI (AP): India’s death toll from COVID-19 has surpassed 200,000 as a virus surge sweeps the country, rooted in so-called super-spreader events that were allowed to happen in the months after India thought it had the pandemic under control....

Public servants latest to join indefinite strike over salary cuts

Published:Thursday | April 29, 2021 | 12:10 AM

BELMOPAN (CMC): The Belize government is bracing itself for more industrial action after the Public Service Union (PSU) signalled its intention to join teachers in an indefinite strike next week over their wages and salaries. President of the...

The return of freedom?

Published:Wednesday | April 28, 2021 | 12:15 AM

NEW YORK (AP): The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) eased its guidelines Tuesday on the wearing of masks outdoors, saying fully vaccinated Americans don’t need to cover their faces any more unless they are in a big crowd of...

Medics recount horrors from hospital inferno

Published:Wednesday | April 28, 2021 | 12:14 AM

BAGHDAD (AP): It was a night of unimaginable horror as flames engulfed the intensive care unit of a Baghdad hospital: deafening screams, a patient jumping to his death to escape the inferno, and relatives staying by their loved ones, refusing to...

Gov’t: No plans to privatise international airport

Published:Wednesday | April 28, 2021 | 12:14 AM

ST. GEORGE’S(CMC): The Grenada government Tuesday said it had no plans to privatise the Maurice Bishop International Airport, insisting that a recent statement made by an Egyptian investor is nothing more than his personal views. “First of all, I...

Parliament passes resolution urging end to US embargo against Cuba

Published:Wednesday | April 28, 2021 | 12:14 AM

ROSEAU (CMC): The Dominica parliament Monday night approved a resolution condemning the continued trade and economic embargo against Cuba by the United States. The United States embargo against Cuba prevents American businesses, and businesses with...

PM out of isolation

Published:Wednesday | April 28, 2021 | 12:13 AM

SCARBOROUGH, Tobago (CMC): Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley has tested negative for the coronavirus (COVID-19) for a second consecutive day, and as a result, his period of isolation since contracting the virus earlier this month has ended, the Office...

Turks demonstrate against Biden’s genocide claim

Published:Tuesday | April 27, 2021 | 12:09 AM

ISTANBUL (AP): A small group of Turkish protestors gathered outside the American consulate in Istanbul Monday to protest US President Joe Biden’s decision to call the Ottoman Empire’s mass deportations and killings of Armenians a century ago a “...

As seismic activity tapers at La Soufrière, people wait to return home

Published:Monday | April 26, 2021 | 12:08 AM

KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent, CMC Seismic activity at the La Soufrière volcano has remained low since the tremor associated with the explosion and ash-venting two days ago, with the scientists monitoring the volcano indicating that over the last 24...

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