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A woman has died in hospital from Covid after learning she and her husband were infected while on a Mediterranean cruise. The British 60-year-old failed to survive respiratory complications which arose because of the virus. She died at the San Giovanni di Dio e Ruggi d'Aragona hospital in Italy on Friday morning. Her husband who she was travelling with also had the condition but has not had any life-threatening symptoms. They had both spent days in isolation after testing positive when the Bolette vessel arrived in port at Salerno on Wednesday night. The ship was carrying 800 people around the Mediterranean after visiting Norwegian fjords. The couple had both spent days in isolation after testing positive when the Bolette vessel arrived in port at Salerno ( Image: Getty Images/iStockphoto) Her condition was already serious when they arrived at port. Ambulance crews met her with a wheelchair and was taken to Ruggi hospital. Corriere del Mezzogiorno, an … [Read more...] about British woman dies in Italy from Covid after couple were infected during cruise

Around half of the European customers of Russian energy giant Gazprom have opened euro-ruble accounts, according to Russia’s Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak. Russian Deputy Prime Minister Novak has claimed that half of the 54 companies across Europe that buy natural gas from Gazprom have opened a “k account” — a scheme that allows companies to get around Western sanctions and effectively pay for gas in rubles. “Moscow will make them known and that of the 54 companies, including large, medium, and small, that have contracts with Gazprom about half of them have already opened accounts, one in foreign currency and one in rubles,” Novak said, promising to name the companies, Il Giornale reports . The banking scheme allows companies to deposit euros or dollars. Gazprombank then converts them into rubles and places the rubles in a separate account owned by the purchaser, which is used to buy Russian gas. Natural gas prices rose after Russia said it would no longer send … [Read more...] about Half of European Buyers of Russian Energy Have Opened Ruble Accounts

Researchers from the National Institute of Health Doutor Ricardo Jorge (INSA), Lisbon, Portugal have shared the draft genome sequence of the monkeypox virus that is rapidly spreading in many European countries. The draft sequence has been posted at the virolgical.org site. The released draft genome sequence covers about 92% of the reference sequence. The sample was obtained from a swab collected on May 4 from skin lesions from a male patient in Portugal. As on May 19, Portugal had reported over 20 laboratory-confirmed cases of monkeypox. Draft genome sequence Researchers from Belgium — the Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, and the University of Antwerp, Antwerp — too have shared a draft genome sequence of monkeypox at the virolgical.org site. The researchers were able to reconstruct 98.9% of the genome. The genome was sequenced from a sample collected from a person in Belgium. The 30-year-old male in Belgium has a travel history to Lisbon, Portugal. In the month of … [Read more...] about Researchers share draft genome sequences of monkeypox virus

The story so far: Ten people were killed and three were injured when an 18-year-old armed man opened fire at a grocery store in Buffalo , New York on Saturday in a racially-motivated attack that he live-streamed. The gunman was wearing body armour and a helmet and was arrested by the police. The shooting is under investigation as a hate crime, Stephen Belongia, special agent in charge of the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s (FBI) Buffalo field office told the press. Also Read Data | Buffalo shooting latest in the rising hate crimes and firearm-related murders in U.S. According to local news media, the suspect—identified as Payton Gendron of Conklin, New York—posted a manifesto online before the attack. In the manifesto, he identified with the ideologies of “ecofascism” and nationalist socialism. The attacker was also influenced by the 2019 Christchurch shootings —another hate crime in New Zealand where 51 people were killed in attacks on two mosques. What … [Read more...] about Explained | History of ecofascism—ideology of the Buffalo shooting suspect

Australia has reported its first monkeypox case from someone who recently travelled from the UK. A second case of the virus has been confirmed in a man in New South Wales who also recently travelled back to the country from Europe. Both men, in their 30s and 40s, are presenting mild symptoms so but ones which are clinically compatible with monkeypox, health officials said. The man in his 30s arrived in Melbourne on Monday, Victoria state's health department said, while the second case was identified in Sydney in a man in his 40s. Dr Kerry Chant, New South Wales' state chief health officer, said a preliminary test in the Sydney man was positive and subsequent testing confirmed the case. St Kilda beach in Melbourne, Australia ( Image: Getty Images) She said: "Just to reassure the community, it is not the same spread mechanism as Covid or flu, where it is more fleeting." The Victoria health department said on Friday: “Testing has confirmed that he has the … [Read more...] about Brit causes monkeypox outbreak in Australia after it reports first case of virus