Category: World News

Facebook has renamed itself Meta, as previously reported. This means that the group’s other services will also get a new name addition. WhatsApp from Facebook will now become WhatsApp from Meta. Instagram from Facebook will now also become Instagram from Meta. As PCWelt.de reports, the Meta Group has already begun rebranding the apps. Beta users already see the Meta logo on their screens and the footer “from Facebook” has been replaced with “from Meta,” according to information from WABeta.Info. The changes were first noticed on WhatsApp beta version 2.21.220.21, but…

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CoV vaccinations for children between the ages of five and eleven are starting in the USA: After the CDC issued a vaccination recommendation for this age group with the Biontech/Pfizer vaccine last night (local time), the first younger children were vaccinated that same evening. President Joe Biden called it a “turning point” in the fight against the pandemic. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) had given the vaccine emergency approval for this age group late last week. The government then already began shipping out more doses of the vaccine…

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The island nation of Tonga in the South Pacific has imposed a one-week lockdown as a result of the first recorded infection with the corona virus. Residents of Tongatapu Island, which includes the capital Nuku’alofa, should stay home until next Tuesday, government leader Pohiva Tuionetoa said Monday night. This serves, “the safety and health of our people.” On Thursday, a passenger aboard a repatriation flight from the New Zealand city of Christchurch had tested positive for the virus. When the result was announced, the 215 people aboard the plane were…

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Since the start of the coronavirus pandemic, more than five million people worldwide have died after being infected with the virus. That’s according to data released today by Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore. The threshold of four million coronavirus deaths worldwide had been exceeded in early July. According to the U.S. researchers’ data, the number of confirmed infections now exceeds 246 million cases. The university’s website is updated regularly with incoming data and shows a slightly higher level than the official World Health Organization (WHO) figures. In some cases, the…

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While the Italian government is facing protests against the “3-G” requirement for all workers, which has been in effect since October 15, the cabinet is setting new vaccination targets. For example, Health Minister Roberto Speranza wants to vaccinate 90 percent of the population. “This is an ambitious goal that is within our reach,” said Speranza, guest of the program “Mezz’ora in +” broadcast by Rai 3 yesterday. According to government figures, 86 percent of Italians over the age of 12 have received at least one vaccine dose. Italy has already…

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Authorities in China have registered more new cases of infection in one day than at any time in more than six weeks. Fifty-nine new locally transmitted infections were reported, up from 48 the previous day. Including cases brought in from abroad, the total is 78 new infections within 24 hours. Most cases occurred in the north, including Heilongjiang, Inner Mongolia and Beijing. Compared to other countries, the numbers in China are low, but the government usually quickly resorts to drastic measures, as it has already done in the capital and…

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Biontech and Pfizer’s coronavirus vaccine has now received emergency approval in the US for use in children between the ages of five and eleven. After an advisory panel of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) voted in favor on Tuesday, the FDA granted emergency approval yesterday. Subsequently, the health authority CDC must now also formally deal with it. This means that the vaccination campaign for the approximately 28 million children affected in the USA can now start in November, as already planned by the White House. Within the next…

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More than 245 million people have tested positive for the virus worldwide, according to Johns Hopkins University. Nearly 5 million infected people have died. More than 6.9 billion vaccine doses have been administered worldwide. The latest developmentsThe acute corona vaccine shortage in poorer countries threatens the entire world, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Ahead of the G-20 summit in Rome, the WHO is therefore calling on the 20 major industrialized and emerging countries to act as quickly as possible. Providing health care to the poorest is solely a…

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New Zealand plans to relax its strict entry restrictions for fully vaccinated people in mid-November. This will only affect citizens and residents of the Pacific nation, but not tourists. The time travelers must spend in state-run hotel quarantine will be halved from 14 to 7 days starting Nov. 14, followed by three days of home isolation, he said. Minister Chris Hipkins, who is responsible for corona measures, said this at a press conference in the New Zealand capital, Wellington, on Thursday (Oct. 28). Further relaxations would come into effect when…

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