Week Highlights

WEARING MASKS NOT ENOUGH, SAYS WHO

A top scientist at the WHO has expressed concern over some people not maintaining physical distancing, warning that masks alone cannot protect against the spread of coronavirus.

28TH AUGUST

JURASSIC WORLD’S ACTOR CHRIS PRATT ‘PETRIFIED’ BY COVID-19 – REFUSES TO TRAVEL TO MALTA

Jurassic World: Dominion actor Chris Pratt was reported by the Daily Mail that he’s petrified of picking up Covid-19 and is leading the charge not to join the crew in Malta ‘until it is safer’ to come.

30TH AUGUST

WASPS ATTACK GERMAN SCHOOL, INJURING 16 CHILDREN

A wasp attack at a school in the western German city of Lüdenscheid sent at least 16 students to the hospital.

27TH AUGUST

PRESIDENT TRUMP NOMINATED FOR THE 2021 NOBEL PEACE PRIZE

Donald Trump has been nominated for the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize following his efforts to broker peace between Israel and the United Arab Emirates (UAE).

9TH SEPTEMBER

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POPE FRANCIS DESCRIBES GOSSIPING AS A PLAGUE WORSE THAN COVID

Pope Francis has described gossiping as “a plague worse than Covid” which is seeking to divide the Catholic Church.

6TH SEPTEMBER

AUSTRALIA EXPECTS TO RECEIVE ASTRAZENECA’S COVID-19 VACCINE WITHIN MONTHS

Australia expects to receive its first batches of a potential COVID-19 vaccine in January, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said on Monday, as the number of new daily infections in the country’s virus hotspot fell to a 10-week low.

7TH SEPTEMBER

HUNGARY TO CLOSE BORDERS ON SEPTEMBER 1

Foreign citizens will not be able to enter Hungary starting September 1, the Hungarian government announced Friday, returning to a policy implemented during the first wave of the coronavirus crisis.

28TH AUGUST

RESULTS OF RUSSIA’S COVID-19 VACCINE PRODUCED ANTIBODY RESPONSE – THE LANCET

Russia’s “Sputnik-V” COVID-19 vaccine produced an antibody response in all participants in early-stage trials, according to results published on Friday by The Lancet medical journal that were hailed by Moscow as an answer to its critics.

4TH SEPTEMBER

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GIRLS ALOUD SINGER SARAH HARDING REVEALS SHE HAS ADVANCED BREAST CANCER

Girls Aloud star Sarah Harding has revealed she has advanced-stage breast cancer. The 38-year-old singer, who shot to fame with Girls Aloud in 2002, thanked fans on Twitter and Instagram for “reaching out to check in on me” and apologised to fans for not posting for so long as she revealed the news.

26TH AUGUST

LUXEMBOURG RAISES €1.5 BLN IN EUROPE’S FIRST ‘SUSTAINABILITY’ GOVERNMENT BOND

Luxembourg became the first European government to sell a ‘sustainability’ bond on Monday, which raised 1.5 billion euros ($1.77 billion), according to a lead manager memo seen by Reuters.

8TH SEPTEMBER

ASTRAZENECA PUTS LEADING COVID-19 VACCINE TRIAL ON HOLD OVER SAFETY CONCERN

AstraZeneca Plc announced it has paused a late-stage trial of one of the leading COVID-19 vaccine candidates after an unexplained illness in a study participant.

9TH SEPTEMBER

“ALL BROTHERS” : LATEST POPE FRANCIS ENCYCLICAL TO BE SIGNED IN ASSISI

Pope Francis will visit the Italian town of Assisi on 3 October to sign a new encyclical. In a statement released on Saturday, the Director of the Holy See Press Office, Matteo Bruni, said the encyclical is entitled Fratelli tutti or “All Brothers” on fraternity and social friendship.

5TH SEPTEMBER

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