The Latest Breaking News from Pandemic

Average Wall Street bonuses plummeted in 2022 to $176,700

Bonuses now at pre-pandemic levels, after profits started to fall for firms as inflation rose and fears of recessions started to hit

The Guardian - US · Mar 30, 2023

World Bank chief calls for dramatic hike in funding to help developing world

Outgoing boss David Malpass says more money needed to combat overlapping crises of war, pandemics and climate emergency

The Guardian - UK · Mar 30, 2023

ASEAN, East Asia finance officials seek easier access to $240 billion liquidity fund

Countries in East and Southeast Asia are looking at ways to ease access to a $240 billion currency swap arrangement, including allowing it to be tapped for pandemic or disaster response, Indonesia's deputy central bank governor said on Thursday.

Reuters · Mar 30, 2023

Scientists analyse DNA clues to determine origin of Covid-19

A recent report points to raccoon dogs as possible transmitters at the origin of the Covid-19 pandemic. DNA samples collected at the Huanan Wholesale Seafood Market in China show that several raccoon dogs were present in areas where the SARS-CoV-2 virus was found. FRANCE 24's Science Editor Shirli Sitbon looks…

France 24 · Mar 30, 2023

Margaret Ferrier: MP who left London while infected with Covid faces 30-day suspension

An MP who took trains between London and Scotland while infected with Covid during the pandemic faces a by-election after a Parliament watchdog recommended she is suspended for 30-days from the House of Commons.

Evening Standard · Mar 30, 2023

Former SNP MP Margaret Ferrier could face by-election after Commons committee recommends suspension

Ferrier was stripped of the SNP whip and received a criminal conviction after travelling from London to Glasgow by train while infected with Covid at the height of the pandemic.

Daily Record · Mar 30, 2023

Only middle class people will be able to learn how to swim in future - Swim Wales

Some private lessons have doubled in price since the pandemic

Wales Online · Mar 30, 2023

Billions lost to fraud since start of pandemic, watchdog reveals

The National Audit Office said that it was ‘very unlikely’ that most of the taxpayers’ money will be recovered

The Independent UK · Mar 30, 2023

Manhattan claws back people as urban counties stem outflow

The county that encompasses Manhattan added more than 17,000 residents in the year ended last July after losing almost 111,000 during the height of urban population decline stemming from the COVID-19 pandemic

The Independent UK · Mar 30, 2023

Senate votes to overturn COVID-19 national emergency order

WASHINGTON — The Senate voted Wednesday to terminate a COVID-19 pandemic ​national emergency order implemented by former President Donald Trump in 2020 that was due to be terminated in May anyway.

Tribune News Service · Mar 30, 2023