A Scottish paper asked readers whether the nation should follow Australia’s lead in locking up people who may be infected with the virus   Scotland’s largest newspaper has floated the idea of creating internment camps to forcibly detain residents who have tested positive for Covid-19 or who are “su...

A new analysis released from South Africa suggests that two doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine are considerably less effective in battling the Omicron variant than earlier strains.   The study, published by Discovery Health in partnership with the South African Medical Research Council...

A significant study has found that the share of wealth owned by the world’s super-rich soared during the coronavirus pandemic, while 100 million people sank into extreme poverty. According to the World Inequality Report, released on Tuesday, the top 1% took 38% of all additional wealth accumulated. ...

Scientists have raised the alarm about the new Omicron Covid-19 variant, first identified in Botswana, with an “extremely high number” of mutations that may drive new waves of infection. So, how dangerous is it?   The World Health Organization (WHO) named the B.1.1.529 variant of the novel coronavir...

Sporadic clashes broke out at massive Saturday demonstrations in major European cities, as thousands of people took to Vienna, Paris and Rome to express their discontent with Covid-19 restrictions. On Saturday, the Austrian capital Vienna saw the most significant protest turnout since the start of ...