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America pandemic recovery slowed to a creep

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Investors are gearing up for a week of big price ticket financial statistics, together with a primary observed monetary increase in January and March and extra inflation numbers. America’s monetary interest, measured with the aid of gross domestic product, is forecast to have simplest grown at an annualized tempo of 1% within the first region … Read more

Hong Kong leader says city ‘overwhelmed’ by Omicron wave

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HONG KONG: Hong Kong’s health facilities have been overloaded by an “onslaught” of Covid-19 infections, its leader said, as a rise in Omicron cases threatens to bring down the city’s “zero-Covid” policy. Authorities have adhered to mainland China’s policy of stamping out the smallest outbreak with mass quarantine, widespread tracking, and prolonged social distancing measures since the … Read more

Jobs are plentiful, workers are scarce

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Almost two years after the pandemic upended labour markets, job openings are plentiful in many advanced economies, yet workers have not fully returned. This gap, in which the employment rate is below its pre-Covid level, is playing out in the United States and the United Kingdom. Despite tight labour markets, as reflected in high vacancy-to-unemployment … Read more

Omicron wave far from over in Netherlands: health authority

PM Shehbaz directs immediately revival of NCOC after emergence of new variant

THE HAGUE – The Omicron wave is far from over in the Netherlands, with the country recording more than half a million COVID-19 cases in the last week, the National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM) said on Tuesday. From Jan. 26 to Feb. 1, the number of positive COVID-19 tests reported amounted … Read more

Israel receives first shipment of Pfizer anti-Covid drug

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JERUSALEM, Dec 30, 2021 (AFP) – Israel received Thursday a first shipment of Pfizer’s anti-Covid pill, with Prime Minister Naftali Bennett hailing it as critical amid a surge of cases driven by the highly infectious Omicron variant. “Thanks to our rapid action, the drugs have arrived in Israel quickly and will assist us in getting past … Read more