Australia — A 39-year-old man serving quarantine was arrested after he fled his fourth-floor hotel room using tied-up bedsheets. According to the police, the man had arrived on a flight from Brisbane to Western Australia on Monday (Jul 19). He had failed to complete a G2G pass (an initiative by Western Australia Police Force to […]
England — A 37-year-old woman was fired from her job after filing for sick leave only to attend the England vs Denmark Euro 2020 semi-final but gets spotted on live television. Die-hard England fan Nina Farooqi told her bosses that she was sick, but attended the semi-finals at Wembley Stadium on Jul 7. When Denmark […]
Paris (AFP) — Researchers in Belgium announced that a 90-year-old woman who died due to Covid-19 complications was infected with the Alpha and Beta variants of the virus at the same time. The rare phenomenon of double variant infection may be underestimated, noted the researchers on Sunday (Jul 11). The woman, who was unvaccinated and […]
Brisbane – A video of three Asian students being attacked by a group of youths is circulating online, pushing for another call to stop Asian hate and racism. A video of three students in Brisbane, Australia, getting deliberately provoked then punched and kicked as they stepped out of a train station is making rounds online. […]
Manila — A video circulating online highlighted an alleged “faked injection” of the Covid-19 vaccine in the Philippines. One Allan Bernabe took to Facebook on Jun 29 to share the incident. At the beginning of the video, the nurse could be seen disinfecting the vaccine recipient’s arm for the jab. She repeatedly asked the recipient […]
Pittsburgh – A 65-year-old man has passed away from blood clots after receiving the second dose of the Moderna Covid-19 vaccine. Medics from the Allegheny Health Network in Pittsburgh have reported that an unnamed 65-year-old man developed so-called vaccine-induced thrombosis and thrombocytopenia (VITT). VITT is a medical complication with an unusually low number of platelets, […]
London — A 72-year-old British man tested positive for Covid-19 for ten months straight, a total of 43 times. He is believed to be the longest recorded case of continuous infection. Dave Smith, a retired driving instructor, and musician from Bristol in western England spent the last 290 days positive with Covid-19, reported BBC on […]
Spain – A man was sentenced to 15 years and five months’ imprisonment by a Spanish court on Tuesday (Jun 15) for killing and eating his mother. Alberto Sanchez Gomez, dubbed the “cannibal of Ventas”, the district where the crime took place, was found guilty of homicide, reported AFP. Gomez was sane at the time […]
Jakarta – At least 13 McDonald’s outlets across Indonesia were temporarily closed on Wednesday (June 9) as customers rushed to buy the new meal it launched in partnership with the popular K-pop group BTS, sparking fears of Covid-19 transmission. The BTS meal, which consists of 10-piece McNuggets, accompanying Cajun and sweet chilli sauces, a medium […]
