Vaccine solidarity now
Feb 24,2021 – JORDAN TIMES – Jose Manuel Barroso GENEVA — The arrival of the first COVID-19 vaccines in late 2020 brought fresh hope that the end of the pandemic […]
Vaccine-poor Germans shunning AstraZeneca jab
By AFP – Feb 19,2021 – JORDAN TIMES A shut cafe in Munich, Germany. Countries are relying on vaccines to tame the pandemic, but some Germans have shunned the AstraZeneca […]
Reflections on a plague year
Feb 14,2021 – JORDAN TIMES – Jim O’Neill LONDON — It is probably premature to offer an assessment of the COVID-19 pandemic’s possible consequences, not least because there may well […]
The Creeping Return of Anti-Semitism to Munich: “We Can Never Again Be Silent”
“We Can Never Again Be Silent” The Creeping Return of Anti-Semitism to Munich The German state of Bavaria has become home to a rising number of anti-Semitic incidents, with many […]
Over 900 anti-Muslim attacks recorded in Germany in 2020
SOURCE: DAILY SABAH Despite the coronavirus pandemic limiting public life to a great extent, attacks against Muslims in Germany have grown and are feared to be just the ‘tip of […]
India becomes first nation to donate COVID-19 jabs to Kabul
Health workers, security force members, teachers and government employees would receive the COVID-19 vaccine first, said a Health Ministry spokesman. (AP) Short Url https://arab.news/5hemy Starting next week, Afghanistan will roll […]
When will life return to normal? In 7 years at current Covid-19 vaccination rates
NEW YORK (BLOOMBERG) – When will the pandemic end? It’s the question hanging over just about everything since Covid-19 took over the world last year. The answer can be measured […]
COVID-19 impact: Saudi Arabia suspends entry to the Kingdom from 20 countries including UAE effective February 3
The temporary ban includes people arriving from UAE, US, India and Pakistan Published: February 02, 2021 Riyadh: Saudi Arabia on Tuesday suspended entry to the kingdom from 20 countries, with […]
Parenting in the Pandemic: Helping Children Cope with Mental Health
Sarah Waseem – UK HEALTH 28th January 2021 Sarah Waseem, UK Across the world many countries are in lockdown as a result of the Covid19 pandemic. Whilst this has had […]
Will Pakistan get Covid vaccines from India?
Soutik Biswas India correspondent Pakistan has recorded more than 530,000 Covid infections so far Next week, Pakistan plans to launch its immunisation programme against Covid, starting with health workers getting jabs of free doses of a China-made vaccine. Next door, arch-rival India began one of the world’s biggest inoculation drives […]
Israel no role model for COVID-19 vaccination rollout
Author RAY HANANIA January 27, 2021 A man receives a vaccination at Rabin Square in Tel Aviv, Israel, on New Year’s Eve. (Reuters) Short Url https://arab.news/z7zjh Israel is being celebrated […]
Coronavirus travel advice
Considering travel during the pandemic? Take precautions to protect yourself from COVID-19. Wide-spread vaccination holds promise for ending the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, but it won’t happen overnight. In […]
In locked-down Lebanon, many fear poverty more than virus
By AFP – Jan 26,2021 – JORDAN TIMES Lebanese anti-government protesters clash with security forces following a demonstration against dire economic conditions, in the northern city of Tripoli, on Monday […]
COVID vaccines: Israeli hasbara versus reality
Jan 25,2021 – JORDAN TIMES – James J. Zogby Israelis love to use their hasbara machinery to get good press. But, as is the case with propagandists, the stories they […]
Israel refuses to take responsibility for West Bankers, Gazans suffering COVID infections, deaths
Jan 20,2021 – JORDAN TIMES – MICHAEL JANSEN Despite appeals from the UN and human rights organisations, Israel continues to dismiss calls to vaccinate against COVID or provide vaccines to Palestinians living in the occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip. Israel has so far inoculated 2 million Israelis, including members […]
Don’t fall for COVID-19 vaccine conspiracies, warns Muslim scholar
A protester holds up a placard at a demonstration in London in October against mandatory vaccinations. A leading Muslim scholar in Canada warned people not to believe conspiracy theories about […]
Arabs education: Doing well, could do better
Author NIDHAL GUESSOUM January 17, 2021 Zeina Amro attends an online class at home due to the coronavirus in the West Bank village of Dura near Hebron. (File/AFP) Short Url […]
“To See People Finally Benefitting from Our Work Is Really Moving”
BioNTech Founders Türeci and Şahin on the Battle against COVID-19 In a DER SPIEGEL interview, BioNTech founders Özlem Türeci and Uğur Şahin discuss the development of the world’s first COVID-19 […]
I spoke to 99 big thinkers about what our ‘world after coronavirus’ might look like — this is what I learned
In the months that followed, I learned many things. Most importantly, I learned there is no “going back to normal.” Adil Najam Back in March, my colleagues at the Frederick […]
Covid: Large trial of new treatment begins in UK
By Justin Rowlatt Source: BBC A large-scale trial of a new treatment it is hoped will help stop Covid-19 patients from developing severe illness has begun in the UK. The […]
