Goldman Sachs Group Inc. analysts say the Chinese territory may keep its borders closed through 2022 as the country prepares to host the Winter Olympics and host several conferences, as well as the fact that the local vaccine, Sinovac, offers limited protection against...
The pandemic may be affecting the brain development of babies born from late 2019, when the pandemic broke out, to the present day. The fact that a woman gets covid-19 infection in the pregnancy phase does not seem to have a direct impact on the brain function of babies, but the pandemic itself...
The Mozambican Head of State, Filipe Nyusi, promulgated the Organic Law of the Public Ministry and the Statute of Magistrates, a legislative instrument that has been revised and readjusted to the challenges of combating terrorism, announced the Presidency. "The referred Law was recently approved by the Parliament and submitted to the President of the Republic for promulgation, having the...
The Portuguese airline (TAP) is the safest company in Europe and is in the TOP 10 worldwide. The classification was awarded by the AirlineRatings website in January. "This distinction honors us greatly. We will continue to relentlessly position safety as a top priority," says TAP CEO Christine Ourmières-Widener. According to the...
Around 500 projects from the support program for diversification of the economy and exports in Angola will benefit from government funding with the aim of reconverting the country's informal economy, an action that should begin as early as April of this year, the Secretary of State for the Economy said Tuesday in Luanda...
The African Development Bank (AfDB) announced Wednesday a $47 million grant for the first phase of the Pemba-Lichinga Integrated Development Corridor, a Special Agro-Industrial Processing Zone in northern Mozambique. "The African Development Fund grant will help improve agricultural productivity and agribusiness development...
The military mission that supports Mozambique in combating terrorist groups in Cabo Delgado is the main theme of the extraordinary summit of the Southern African Development Community (SADC), to be held this Friday, in virtual format. The summit also intends to discuss the operationalization of the objectives of the SADC Military Mission for the reestablishment...
The pharmaceutical group AstraZeneca offered about 2.8 million doses of AstraZeneca's Covid-19 vaccine to Mozambique through Covax. Therefore, the country will have a total of 4.9 million doses of AstraZeneca's Covid-19 vaccine during the year 2021. On the occasion, the Minister of Health, Armindo...
Covid-19 circulates worldwide, and was previously dominated by other respiratory tract diseases. In this, a joint manifestation has been expected. Recently, experts have identified a co-infection of covid-19 and influenza "A" flu, which is being called "Flurona," an acronym of the words "flue" and "corona." For example, there have been...
The production and release of new films has become uncertain since the pandemic began and restrictive measures have hit the film industry hard to contain the spread of covid-19. Despite this, 2021 saw a string of releases around the world, after some easing of restrictions. One other question...