A spillage from an armoured van sparked a mad scramble - and police arrests - on a US freeway on Friday morning.
Videos on social media show money raining down as people scramble to pick up dollars strewn across the road.
It happened on the Interstate 5 highway in California's San Diego county.
Police said the ensuing excitement saw drivers abandon their vehicles and block traffic. Arrests were made, with others who pocketed cash urged to hand it back. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-59358070

The World Health Organization (WHO) is "very worried" about the spread of Covid-19 within Europe as the continent battles a fresh wave of infections.
Regional director Dr Hans Kluge warned that some 500,000 more deaths could be recorded by March unless urgent action is taken.
Dr Kluge said introducing measures like mask wearing could immediately help.
The warning comes as several nations report record-high infection rates and introduce full and partial lockdowns. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-59358074

Jens Spahn - Federal Minister for Health in Germany o-tone: "Most likely when the winter is over in Germany Germans will be either vaccinated, recovered or dead. Nice outlook...... https://youtu.be/LhCtTvKNvdk

Germany's health minister has issued his starkest warning yet on the importance of getting vaccinated.
"By the end of this winter everyone in Germany will either be vaccinated, recovered or dead," Jens Spahn told a news conference in Berlin on Monday. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-59378548

Germany and Denmark were added to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's list of "very high" risk travel destinations on Monday as a winter Covid-19 surge sweeps much of Europe.
Germany is battling a fourth wave and reported a record single-day surge in cases last week. https://edition.cnn.com/travel/article/cdc-very-high-risk-travel-destinations-november-22/index.html

A federation of imbeciles, anti-vaxxers and politicians push Germany to the brink.
Many in Germany thought the worst of the pandemic was behind them.
But the country is now being slammed by the fourth wave – fueled by millions of people who refuse to be vaccinated and political leaders who have abdicated leadership.
The situation, say virologists, is grave.
https://a1le.xyz/imbecilenation

Surging numbers of coronavirus infections in Europe have prompted US officials to advise citizens against traveling to Germany or Denmark. https://p.dw.com/p/43Lw5

Dump trucks - ones can just not trust them.... :) Surveillance video shows the moment a dump truck crashes into a single-family home in Egg Harbor City, New Jersey, causing the first floor to collapse into the basement. 80-year-old Richard Beck was inside the house at the time and survived with minor injuries. https://edition.cnn.com/videos/us/2021/11/24/dump-truck-crash-house-nj-affil-pkg-vpx.kyw

Coronavirus infections broke records on Wednesday in parts of Europe, once again the epicentre of a pandemic which has prompted new curbs on movement and made health experts think again about booster vaccination shots. https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/europe-rethinks-booster-shot-policy-covid-cases-hit-records-2021-11-24/

To call it a matter of life and death is not hyperbole. With a fourth wave of COVID-19 rolling across Europe, physicians here in Germany are warning of disastrous trade-offs as intensive care units reach capacity and patients are transferred abroad for treatment. https://youtu.be/wQFYjK7zO1o

Dr. William Schaffner of the Vanderbilt University School of Medicine talks about what needs to be done to determine whether the B.1.1.529 variant detected in South Africa may be a "variant of interest" or a "variant of concern." https://youtu.be/_XtJQzkeAaY

The government of Malawi has defended its decision to invite the former heavyweight champion boxer Mike Tyson to become the country's official cannabis ambassador following a backlash over his conviction for rape in the 1990s.
Malawi legalized the growing and processing of cannabis for medicinal purposes last year, although it stopped short of decriminalizing recreational use.
This week, Malawi's agriculture minister Lobin Low sent a letter to Tyson -- who has been involved in the cannabis industry in the US through various ventures -- inviting him to become the face of the country's cannabis industry in a bid to attract investors and create more opportunities for tourism. https://edition.cnn.com/2021/11/26/entertainment/malawi-mike-tyson-scli-intl/index.html

Sixty-one people who arrived in Amsterdam on two flights from South Africa have tested positive for Covid-19, Dutch officials say.
They have been placed in isolation at a hotel near Schiphol airport.
They were among some 600 passengers held for several hours after arrival while they were tested for the virus. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-59442149

Fauci: Omicron variant almost invariably will spread all over
Dr. Anthony Fauci shared that it's possible the Omicron Covid-19 variant is already in the US during an interview https://edition.cnn.com/videos/health/2021/11/27/fauci-says-omicron-covid-variant-possibly-already-in-us-sot-nr-vpx.cnn

Health officials say the new coronavirus variant Omicron has now become dominant in South Africa and is driving a sharp increase in new infections.
Some 8,500 new Covid infections were registered in the latest daily figures.
That is almost double the 4,300 cases confirmed the previous day. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-59503517

WHO chief scientist urges people not to panic over Omicron. Soumya Swaminathan said that the fast-spreading variant would have to become more transmissible to out-compete the Delta variant, which accounts for 99% of current transmissions. https://www.reuters.com/world/omicron-marches-biden-prepares-us-grim-winter-2021-12-03/

BioNTech should be able to adapt its coronavirus vaccine relatively quickly in response to the Omicron variant, and the next few weeks will show how urgently an upgrade is needed, its CEO Ugur Sahin told the Reuters Next conference on Friday. https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/biontech-ceo-says-can-adapt-vaccine-quickly-omicron-2021-12-03/

Olaf Scholz has been sworn in as Germany's new Chancellor on Wednesday, bringing to an end Angela Merkel's four terms at the helm of Europe's largest economy.
https://edition.cnn.com/2021/12/08/europe/germany-olaf-scholz-chancellor-inauguration-intl/index.html

Germany recorded its highest number of daily deaths from Covid-19 since February on Wednesday, as it struggles to bring a fourth wave of the pandemic under control.
A total of 69,601 new infections were reported and an additional 527 people died in the past 24 hours, according to the Robert Koch Institute (RKI), the national disease and control center. That marked the highest Covid-19 daily death toll since February 18, when there were 534 fatalities.
https://edition.cnn.com/2021/12/08/europe/germany-covid-europe-intl/index.html

Vaccine makers are racing to update their COVID-19 shots against the newest coronavirus threat even before it’s clear a change is needed, just in case.
Experts doubt today’s shots will become useless but say it’s critical to see how fast companies could produce a reformulated dose and prove it works -- because whatever happens with omicron, this newest mutant won’t be the last.
https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-pandemic-science-business-health-coronavirus-vaccine-ea635d3e28d208ab1e4083537506bb99