As hospitals start to max out, medical workers beg officials for new Covid-19 mandates
Updated 1059 GMT (1859 HKT) December 5, 2020
Dr. Cleavon Gilman served in the Iraq War, but he said that doesn't compare to the battle he's fighting as an emergency room physician in Arizona.
Chinese official's 'repugnant' tweet of Australia soldier likely amplified by fake accounts, experts say
Australian experts and Israeli cybersecurity firm allege ‘unusual behaviour’ by Twitter accounts retweeting or liking Zhao Lijian’s tweet
A Chinese official’s tweet of an image of an Australian soldier that sparked a furious reaction from Canberra was amplified across social media by unusual accounts, of which half were likely fake, Australian experts and an Israeli cybersecurity firm say.
The digitally created image that purported to show an Australian soldier holding a bloodied knife to the throat of an Afghan child was tweeted by China’s foreign ministry spokesman, Zhao Lijian, on Monday.
Twitter declined Australia’s request to remove the tweet.
Coronavirus South Korea: Seoul sees third wave with new clusters linked to dance class and wine bar
Government considers tightening restrictions to curb spread of infection
Small coronavirus clusters have emerged in a third wave of infections in South Korea, centred in the capital city of Seoul.
South Korean authorities urged people to remain vigilant about anti-virus measures as the country recorded a nine-month high of more than 600 new infections on Friday.
According to the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA), the country recorded 583 new coronavirus cases on Saturday, bringing the total number of infections since the start of the pandemic to 36,915.
COVID: Cyberattacks target vaccine developers
Developing a vaccine is a long and difficult procedure, but cyberespionage is quick and cheap. It is hardly surprising, therefore, that the number of reports on cyberattacks on vaccine developers is going up.
When researchers with vaccine developer AstraZeneca received fake emails with job offers in late November, it quickly became clear that this was a cyberattack.
Hackers had placed malware in the emails, in an attempt to gain access to the research database for COVID-19 vaccine trials.
The news agency Reuters was quick to report that the methods used pointed to North Korea as the perpetrator.
Ethiopia: 'We are in our homeland, the invaders are attacking us,' says Tigray's Gebremichael
As fighting continues "in many parts" of Ethiopia's Tigra, according to the United Nations, Tigray's regional president Debretsion Gebremichael told FRANCE 24 that the northern region would continue fighting as long as federal "invaders" are on Tigrayan soil.
Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed announced military operations in the northern region of Tigray a month ago, saying they targeted the leaders of its ruling party, the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF).
Gebremichael believes neighbouring Eritrea is playing a key role in the conflict.
Will a vaccine give us our old lives back?
Many of us are desperately hoping new and effective coronavirus vaccines will soon transport us back to our pre-Covid lives. But many scientists are warning that their arrival probably won't mean throwing our face masks in the bin anytime soon.
Scroll down ↓ to find out how vaccines work and why they need to reach a huge number of people in order to see an end to our socially distanced lives.
How do vaccines work?
Vaccines are widely considered to be one of the greatest medical achievements of the modern world.
Every year they stop an estimated two to three million deaths, preventing more than 20 life-threatening diseases, according to the World Health Organization (WHO).
Childhood illnesses that were common less than a generation ago are increasingly rare. And smallpox - which killed hundreds of millions of people - has been completely eradicated.
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