Herd immunity doesn’t seem to work for COVID-19: Dr Bogoch

New Delhi: A specialist of infectious diseases Issac Bogoch, in the University of Toronto, Canada, imagines otherwise. Bogoch demands that COVID-19 is an extremely contagious infection, & it could be devastating for citizens over 60 yrs. of age. What’s precisely herd immunity? It’s a kinda indirect protection from infectious diseases. ‘Herd immunity’ assures that a …

Read more

3 billion animals killed, displaced in Aus wildfires

Canberra: Nearly 3 billion animals have been died (or) displaced during this devastating 2019-20 Australian bushfires, as per a new record released on Tue.. The findings meant it has been 1 of “worst wildlife disasters in modern biography”, as per the Globe Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), that commissioned the record, the BBC recorded. The mega …

Read more

Indonesian Prez warns of possible COVID-19 2nd wave

Jakarta: Indonesian President Joko Widodo on Tue. alerted of a possible 2nd wave of the COVID-19 transmission. The caveat had come amidst the resurgence of the infection in some of the foreign countries after the relaxation of lock-downs & re-opening business operations, records Xinhua press agency. He named on the officials to keep & step up …

Read more

California Probes Amazon Over Worker Safety Amid COVID-19

San Francisco: Several govt officials in California(CA) have opened interrogations into issues over safety steps put in place in Amazon centers to protect its labour from COVID-19, the media recorded, citing a court filing. California(CA)’s Attorney Gen. Xavier Becerra is probing Amazon’s office practises, the Division of Occupational Safety & Health, & the San Francisco Dept. …

Read more

Cat in UK becomes first animal to test COVID positive

London: The UK has recorded the nation’s 1st affirmed COVID-19 complaint in an animal, as per the nation’s Chief Veterinary Official Christine Middlemiss. The infection, sensed in a pet cat, has been affirmed following tests in the Animal & Plant Health Agency (APHA) laboratory in Weybridge on Jul 22, records Xinhua press agency. Although, there is …

Read more

Threat of Omani airspace ban looms over PIA

Islamabad: A danger of a ban on Pakistan(PAK) Intl. Airlines (PIA) airplanes within the airspace of Oman looms huge as the Civil Airline Authority (CAA) ensured them that credentials of all pilots were scrutinised to make sure airplane safety, a media record stated. Awhile expressing worry over the previous safety problem with the PIA, the Omani …

Read more

Deafening silence when Israel converts Al-Ahmar Mosque into bar

NEW DELHI: Previously on Fri., the Turkish State Council annulled the Istanbul’s Hagia Sophia status informing its utilize as anything different than a mosque has been “not possible legally”. Following this, there is a world-wide condemnation over the conversion of the 1,500 yr. old historical website into a mosque in Turkey. Even Pope Francis is 1 …

Read more

Israel closes Al-Aqsa Mosque’s eastern gate, Waqf head warns of ‘religious war.’

Ramallah: Sheikh Abdul-Azim Salhab, head of the Muslim Waqf (Endowment) Council in Jerusalem, alerted that Israel’s order to close a gate of the Al-Aqsa Mosque might ignite “a religious war” within the area. Salhab on Tue. informed the Voice of Palestine radio that the council got this week an Israeli court’s verdict that orders the closure …

Read more