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As the virus spreads, hospitals in Senegal’s capital are overwhelmed

africanews– Until now relatively spared by the coronavirus epidemic, Senegal is now facing an explosion of Covid-19 cases due to the spread of the Delta variant. In Dakar, the health system is under great pressure as hospital beds dedicated to Covid patients are full and health personnel

Asia

Philippines expands travel ban to limit spread of new COVID-19 virus strain

channelnewsasia– The Philippines will ban travellers from 19 countries and territories until mid-January as a measure to keep out a new variant of the coronavirus, its transport ministry said on Tuesday (Dec 29). The regulation will be in effect from midnight of Dec 29 to Jan 15 and covers Filipinos and foreigners arriving from the “flagged countries”,

Europe

Covid: Plan to test drivers at Dover is ‘knee-jerk’ and could help virus spread, MPs warned

independent– Government proposals to test lorry drivers stuck in queues at Dover for coronavirus are a “knee-jerk” response which will waste time and could help the disease spread, a hauliers’ leader has told MPs. And the director of policy at the Road Haulage Association, Duncan Buchanan, warned that with a backlog of as many as 7,000 trucks waiting […]

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