Covid-19 pandemic

Secretary to the Ministry of Health Dr. Anil Jasinghe says although there is no need for the general public to panic at present, he cannot rule out new COVID-19 variants from entering the country. Dr. Anil Jasinghe, while acknowledging…

The International Monetary Fund is now “very confident” the global economy will see a soft landing, its managing director Kristalina Georgieva said on Monday, adding that interest rates would start coming down around mid year. “We are…

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was quoted as saying the government should “just let people die” during the COVID-19 pandemic rather than impose a second national lockdown, the inquiry into how Britain handled the crisis heard on Monday.…

The fifteenth BRICS summit being held in Johannesburg from 22-24 August will be the first in-person summit since the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic in 2019. South Africa hosted the last in-person summit in 2018. BRICS had an acronymous…