COVID-19 or Coronavirus has taken over the world in 2020. A global killer that has changed our lives forever.
The year 2020 and 2021 has been defined by one global pandemic which has swept the globe in a furiously frantic manner.
Killing over 1 million globally. It has infected global leaders like Boris Johnson, President Donald Trump and the average man and woman, ( who incidentally died from this curious disease). Now the race for the vaccine has begun.
Motivated by profit Pharmaceutical giants and global research centres are working night and day to patent various types of vaccines that have varying levels of immunity.
We also look through all the conspiracy theories surrounding the virus, and the Track and Trace app which many fear is another tool for governments to control the masses.
The world has not seen anything like this before, and most of the world have suffered. Some, on the other hand, have profited, the likes of Amazon and other billionaires saw their wealth grow significantly overnight.
The search for truth has never been more important and we haven’t been able to understand what the endgame is.
But if you are curiously inclined and love to be able to see through the truth, here at WTX News, we promise to bring you all the facts and figures and breakdown the elements so you can make up your mind.
The Metro says After arriving in the UK in December 2021, Omicron quickly became the dominant variant of coronavirus – and now scientists have shared two early signs that suggest you may have it.
The Guardian says Philadelphia on Monday became the first major US city to reinstate its indoor mask mandate after reporting a sharp increase in coronavirus infections.
Aljazeera says Shanghai has eased a punishing citywide lockdown that it imposed to break a surge in cases that is the biggest test of China’s two-year strategy to stamp out the disease wherever it appears.
The Guardian says Sri Lanka’s doctors have warned they are almost out of life-saving medicines and say the country’s economic crisis threatened a worse death toll than the coronavirus pandemic.
The Guardian says people who have the Omicron Covid variant tend to have symptoms for a shorter period, a lower risk of being admitted to hospital and a different set of symptoms.
VOA says the WHO says, following a surge of new cases in early March, the number of new worldwide COVID-19 cases and deaths has fallen for a second consecutive week.
The Guardian says EasyJet cancelled more than 200 flights over the weekend with disruption expected to last into this week, leaving some passengers stranded amid travel chaos.
Sky News says more than 200 flights were cancelled by EasyJet over the weekend, leaving some passengers stranded amid travel chaos at some airports in the UK.
The Metro says a cabinet minister finally accepted the 20 No 10 staff fined over Covid lockdown parties did break the law – after Boris Johnson tried to avoid saying they did.
The Guardian says the first fines for lockdown breaches in Downing Street are expected to be issued imminently following an investigation into Partygate.
Aljazeera says China’s biggest lockdown since the pandemic began is testing Beijing’s pledge to minimise the economic fallout of its strict “dynamic Zero COVID” strategy.
The Guardian says people in Wales will no longer be legally required to wear masks in shops and on public transport from Monday and the legal obligation to stay at home after a positive Covid test is to be scrapped.
Arab News says as coronavirus infections rise in some parts of the world, experts are watching for a potential new COVID-19 surge in the US — and wondering how long it will take to detect.
The Guardian says Italy’s former prime minister Giuseppe Conte is under pressure to clarify an arrangement under which Russia supplied aid to Italy early in the coronavirus pandemic.
