Merkel hails ‘urgent’ national measures to fight third wave
Berlin (dpa) – German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Tuesday welcomed the «important, urgent» decision by her Cabinet to approve new national measures to stem high coronavirus infection numbers. The so-called «emergency brake» would mean an end to inconsistencies between policies by Germany’s 16 federal states, she said, and would kick in «automatically» when infections numbers…
India clears Sputnik V, to allow more foreign vaccines to fight virus
New Delhi (dpa) – India has granted emergency use approval for Russia’s Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine and has fast-tracked the clearance of foreign-made vaccines as the country battles a deadly second wave of the pandemic. Russia’s sovereign wealth fund RDIF said the drug controller general of India had approved the use of Sputnik V –…
Euronews not notified of Belarusian ban, reacts with surprise
Moscow (dpa) – Pan-European television broadcaster Euronews has reacted with surprise to being banned in Belarus, noting in a statement that it had not been notified of the move. «We deeply regret the decision which has been taken to suspend, as of today, the broadcasting of Euronews in Belarus,» a Euronews spokesperson said late Monday.…
