Ensuring Food Safety in New York City Restaurants: Challenges and Solutions in a Post-COVID Era
New York City is renowned for its diverse and vibrant restaurant scene but ensuring that the food served is safe...
Covid-19
Lockdown returns as China records 3,393 daily COVID-19 cases
China reported 3,393 new Covid-19 cases Sunday, the National Health Commission said, more than double the previous day, as the...
Financial Focus: Tax Season 2021: How to Track your At Home Expenses
By Professor Anthony Rivieccio MBA PFA Working at HOME? Welcome to the new normal!. And prior to 2017, from a...
Photos: New Yorkers celebrate Black History Month
Panelists at 2022 Black History Month in New York Mayor Eric Adams delivering a speech at 2022 Black History Month...
The Recent Deadly Bronx Fire: Another Terrible Tragedy in this Challenged But Still Not Hopeless Borough
By Robert Golomb The borough of the Bronx, in which on January 9, 2022, 17 mostly West African Muslim immigrants...
Financial Focus: Ready for Financial School? Join us every Friday at Financial Focus University!
By Professor Anthony Rivieccio MBA PFA In today's virtual times, many, I am sure, would love to go to finance...
Public Safety and Pandemic Surge: Key Challenges for Mayor Eric Adams
By George Onuorah Mayor Eric Adams who assumed office New Year Eve, January 1, 2022 was anointed mayor following a...
Financial Focus:Tax Season 2021 — What is a $4000 Tax Refund Advance?
By Professor Anthony Rivieccio MBA PFA We should say right at the top: Full Disclosure, yes, we are one of...
Covid-19: US restricts travel for citizens from Britain, China, others
The US administration has restricted travel for citizens belonging to the European Union, Britain and China and other countries where...
Biden 200 million doses of Covid-19 vaccine in first 100 days in office.
US President Joe Biden on has promised 200 million doses of Covid-19 vaccine in his first 100 days in office....
Press Briefing by Press Secretary Jen Psaki, March 15, 2021
James S. Brady Press Briefing Room 12:46 P.M. EDT MS. PSAKI: Happy Monday. Okay, just a couple of items at the top. ...
Biden expresses delight as Congress moves to endorse Covid-19 relief bill
The United States President Joe Biden has expressed delight at the move by the Congress to approve a landmark $1.9...
COVID-19: OIC lauds Sri Lankan’s decision to stop cremating bodies of Muslim victims
The General Secretariat of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation has lauded the decision of the SriLankan government to desist from...
Turkey to procure 105 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines in April
Turkey has disclosed plan to procure 105 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines by the end of April. While disclosing this...
Covid-19: Saudi Arabia suspends entry from 20 countries
Saudi Arabia has banned expatriates from traveling to the Kingdom from 20 countries to curb the spread of the coronavirus....
Cuomo extends restaurant, bar closing times
Moses KuwemaGovernor Andrew Cuomo on Friday announced the extension of closing times for restaurants and bars statewide from 10:00 p.m...
Over 100,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccine administered in 24 hours, Cuomo announces
Reporter: Moses Kuwema Governor Andrew Cuomo announced Thursday that 106,017 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine were administered in New York...
UAE temporarily restricts COVID-19 vaccinations to elderly, chronic diseases
The United Arab Emirates has disclosed plan to temporarily only vaccinate residents and citizens who are elderly or who have...
Unless COVID is suppressed everywhere, we’ll be ‘back at square one’, WHO warns
Reporter: Moses KuwemaThe number of people who have received a COVID-19 vaccination now exceeds those reportedly infected, the head of...
Emirates Airline offers Covid-19 vaccines to employees
Emirates Airline has begun offering employees vaccinations against the COVID-19 disease with priority given to front-line workers such as cabin...
Covid-19: UK bans travel from South America, Portugal, worries about new Brazil variant
The British government has banned travel from South America and Portugal to ensure a new variant of COVID-19 found in...
Iran bans foreign companies from testing Covid-19 vaccines on Iranians
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has said that foreign companies will not be allowed to test Covid-19 vaccines on the Iranian...
EU doubles Covid-19 vaccines order with Pfizer-Biontech
The European Commission said Friday it has secured 300 million extra doses of the coronavirus Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, a move that...
Covid-19: US records over 350,000 deaths, anticipates another surge
The Covid-19 death toll in the United States has surpassed 350,000. Experts have also anticipate another surge in coronavirus cases...
India authorizes 2 vaccines to tackle Covid-19
India has authorized two vaccines to tackle the Covid-19 pandemic. The authorization is aimed at paving the way for a...
Somalia battles surge in Covid-19, lack of access to vaccine
As richer countries race to distribute COVID-19 vaccines, Somalia remains the rare place where much of the population hasn’t taken...
Egypt approves Chinese Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccine
Egypt has approved the use of a covid-19 vaccine developed by Chinese pharma giant Sinopharm with its rollout to start...
PPS laments cases of Covid-19 among Israeli prisoners
The Palestinian Prisoner's Society (PPS) has lamented that 25 new COVID-19 cases were registered among Palestinian detainees in an Israeli...
Egypt adopts New measures to tackle Covid-19
The Egyptian government has adopted new precautionary measures to tackle the spike in newly recorded coronavirus cases. On Wednesday December...
UAE announces 1,723 new Covid-19 cases, 1,607 recoveries
The UAE Ministry of Health and Prevention has reported 1,723 new coronavirus cases, bringing the total number of recorded cases...
Covid-19: Epidemiologist warns UK to tighten rules to avert catastrophe
A leading epidemiologist and government adviser, Andrew Hayward, has warned Britain’s government to tighten coronavirus lockdown rules to avert a...
Trump signs $2.3 trillion Covid-19 package, adds conditions
US President Donald Trump, has finally signed a $2.3 trillion financial package that is crucial to millions of jobless Americans,...
Lebanon secures Covid-19 vaccines for 20% citizens
Lebanon has secured about 2 million doses of Pfizer-BioNTech's COVID-19 vaccine, which will cover 20% of the country's nationals, the...
Egypt’s head of electoral commission dies of Covid-19
The Head of Egypt’s electoral commission, Lashin Ibrahim, has died. It was reported on Friday that Ibrahim died of complications...
Ex-Italy defender Bellugi’s legs amputated after COVID-19 complications
Former Italy and Inter Milan defender Mauro Bellugi revealed on Tuesday that both his legs had been amputated following coronavirus...
Malaysia signs Covid-19 vaccine agreement with AstraZeneca
Malaysia has signed an agreement to buy 6.4 million doses of AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine and is in negotiations with China...
Oman shuts borders to prevent outbreak of new strain of Covid-19
Oman has disclosed plan to shut its land, air and sea borders on Tuesday at 1 a.m. for one week,...
Egypt records surge in Covid-19 deaths, infections
Egypt has recorded an increase in the numbers of Covid-19 cases and deaths, while health authorities keep urging residents to...
Temporary suspension of visas for Pakistanis is to curb Covid-19 — UAE
Akeem Alao Pakistan says it has been assured by the United Arab Emirates (UAE) that the abrupt visa ban imposed...
Hallsley honors Anthony Gaskins, appreciates services during Covid-19
Hallsley residents have expressed their love and appreciation to Anthony Gaskins, a truck driver, who is considered a hero for...
Macron tests positive for Covid-19, Castex to self isolate
French President Emmanuel Macron has tested positive for COVID-19. While disclosing this on Thursday December 17, 2020, the presidency stated...
Macron tests positive for Covid-19, Castex to self isolate
French President Emmanuel Macron has tested positive for COVID-19. While disclosing this on Thursday December 17, 2020, the presidency stated...
18 Nigerian Army generals test positive for covid-19
Not less than 18 Nigerian Army generals have tested positive for coronavirus, military sources said on Sunday December 13, 2020....
Covid-19: NY Council member Fernando Cabrera questions closure of restaurants
Akeem Alao Council Member Fernando Cabrera has questioned the practicality of closing the city’s restaurants. While expressing his indignation, Cabrera...
Nigerian government orders reopening of isolation centres, prepares for second wave of Covid-19
Nigerian government has ordered the reopening of all isolation and treatment centres in the country. While disclosing this on Thursday...
Covid-19: Mayor de Blasio urges protection among New Yorkers
By Moses Kuwema New York City mayor Bill de Blasio has urged people to protect themselves against Covid-19 as they...
Fauci warns of post-Christmas covid-19 surge in US
Dr Anthony Fauci, the top US infectious disease expert, has warned that the upcoming holiday season may be even worse...
Biden names health team to tackle Covid-19
President-elect, Joe Biden, has named his health team that will tackle and crush the Covid crisis threatening the United States....
NYC COVID-19 positivity rate witnesses 5.43% increase
By Moses Kuwema Mayor Bill de Blasio has said that the citywide seven-day Coronavirus positivity rate for New York City...
UK approves Pfizer vaccine to fight Covid-19
The United Kingdom has approved the Pfizer/BioNTech coronavirus vaccine, paving the way for mass vaccination. Britain's medicines regulator, the MHRA,...
ECOWAS Commission president commends Gambia’s response to Covid-19
The President of the ECOWAS Commission, H.E Jean-Claude Kassi Brou, has commended The Gambia government’s commitment and efforts in combating...
New COVID-19 vaccine unit opens at Montefiore and Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Montefiore Health System and Albert Einstein College of Medicine has opened a new COVID-19 vaccine unit. While disclosing this on...
Nigerian doctor honored for helping Pfizer develop first COVID-19 vaccine
A US-based Nigerian doctor, Dr. Onyema Ogbuagbu, has been honored for helping Pfizer, a US drug company develop the first...
BREAKING: Former Ghanaian President Jerry Rawlings dies of Covid-19
Former President of Ghana, Jerry Rawlings, has died of Covid-19. It was reported that the ex-president died at Korle-Bu Teaching...
Nigeria: Lagos warns against second wave of Covid-19, calls for precautions
The Lagos State has warned its residents against the second wave of Covid-19. While disclosing this in a statement on...
Spanish doctors begin strike as 267 die from COVID-19
Spanish doctors have commenced thier first national strike in 25 years after the Health Ministry reported 18,418 new daily infections...
Spain declares state of emergency, imposes nationwide curfew to control Covid-19
The Spanish government has declared a new state of emergency and ordered a nationwide curfew in an effort to curb...
US FDA approves Remdesivir as Covid-19 treatment drug
The United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Gilead Sciences' Remdesivir as a treatment for those who have...
Covid-19 second wave surges, causes decline in Euro Zone business activity
Economic data has revealed shrinkage in economic activity in the euro zone in October as the second wave of coronavirus...
Trump claims immunity to Covid-19, begins presidential campaign
The United States President Donald Trump has announced that he will begin the presidential campaign, claiming that he is immune...
