LONDON: The Bank of England (BoE) will likely hold interest rates at their record lows on Thursday, as policymakers balance decade-high inflation against the economic fallout of the Covid-19 Omicron variant. The BoE’s monetary policy committee will announce its latest decision at 1200 GMT, in a whirlwind 24 hours that includes interest rate calls from both … Read more
NEW YORK – New York Mayor Bill de Blasio on Monday announced a blanket Covid-19 vaccine mandate for the private sector in the United States’ biggest city, starting from late December. The order goes further than a nationwide mandate set by President Joe Biden for companies with more than 100 employees to vaccinate workers by … Read more
BANGKOK, Dec. 6 (Xinhua) — Thailand said Monday that the country has found its first case of Omicron variant of COVID-19 after confirming that a U.S. visitor arriving from Spain tested positive. The 35-year-old traveler, flying from Spain by transiting through Dubai, entered with a negative RT-PCR test, but on-arrival test returned a positive result … Read more
No one knows how effective vaccines will be in stopping people catching the newly discovered and fast-spreading Omicron variant of Covid-19 or how well they will protect against severe illness. Lab tests are underway to determine vaccine efficacy against Omicron with results expected within weeks. In the meantime, the Delta variant remains dominant and experts, … Read more
