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A warm and breezy afternoon, storms return for Wednesday — FIRST ALERT FORECAST
It will also bring a warm up with highs expected in the 70s Thursday and Friday. After another cold start today, temperatures will settle back to more seasonable numbers tonight , in the low and mid 50s. It will be breezy with wind gusts up to 20 miles per hour at times on a cloudy day. Monday is forecast to be sunnier, with a high of 75 degrees. Expect increasing clouds throughout the day ... [Full Article...]
AstraZeneca Covid vaccine has 'winning formula': Chief executive
While the AstraZeneca/Oxford vaccine may be easier to store/transport and is cheaper, it doesn't take away the fact that it is still going to take a long while before we see the impact of the vaccines on the health crisis in general. Network "may have fraudulently obtained COVID-19 vaccine, transferred it to facilities in other parts of the state in violation of state guidelines and diverted it to... [Full Article...]
Daily Covid cases fall to 25% of tally seen during Sept peak
The Ministry noted that 10 States/UTs account for 75.27% of new deaths, with Maharashtra registering the maximum casualties (60). This has led to a net decline of 1,930 cases from the total active caseload in a day, the ministry said. The seven-day rolling average of daily Covid cases in India now stands at 21,794. India registered the lowest single-day rise in COVID-19 cases in almost six month... [Full Article...]
Archaeologists dig up a Pompeii restaurant
Archaeologists at Pompeii on February 14, 2019 present a fresco depicting Narcissus looking at himself in the water, falling in love with his own reflection. The scientists also found ground fava beans, used to modify the taste of wine, at the bottom of a wine container. "Maybe this fresco was dedicated to a nearby fountain because this thermopolium was situated in front of a small square, one... [Full Article...]
Warnings as storm Bella moves in on Scotland
It is in place since noon on Saturday up until Sunday morning at 4am. "We have snow and ice warnings in place as well". There are more than 300 flood warnings still in place across England following Storm Bella , with more than a hundred of these warnings an "immediate action" warning. [Full Article...]
France, Lebanon confirm first cases of United Kingdom coronavirus variant
According to local media, the dose has been distributed to other sites as well. Martin Hirsch, head of public hospital group APHP, tweeted a picture of a woman receiving the vaccination Sunday morning and wrote, "A little jab from the nurse, a big step for immunity, we hope". [Full Article...]
Seven new cases in NSW - six linked to Northern Beaches cluster
But Ms Berejiklian warned that Sydneysiders would be watching New Year's Eve fireworks from home this year, rather than the Sydney foreshore. "So on New Year's Eve, we don't want any crowds on the foreshores around Sydney whatsoever", she repeated. [Full Article...]
Avalanche in Iran kills at least one climber
Numerous climbers have been missing since Friday, when two deaths were recorded, and the number of those not accounted for has been rising since then as more families have gotten in touch with the authorities. A series of avalanches in Iran killed multiple people on Friday following strong winds and snowfall a day earlier. "We may still have injuries in the Kolakchal area, but there are no exa... [Full Article...]