Ask Lucia DeClerck how she has lived to be 105, and she is quick with an answer. “Prayer. Prayer. Prayer,” she offers. “One step at a time. No junk food.” But surviving the coronavirus, she said, also may have had something to do with another staple: the nine gin-soaked golden raisins she has eaten each morning for most of her life.

This 105-year-old beat COVID. She credits gin-soaked raisins.

Not long after Japan ramped up its fight against the coronavirus last spring, Nazuna Hashimoto started suffering panic attacks. The gym in Osaka where she worked as a personal trainer suspended operations, and her friends were staying home at the recommendation of the government.

As pandemic took hold, suicide rose among Japanese women

Only 14 per cent out of 1 million office workers have returned to their desks. Will the pandemic led to the end of the offices, still remains a question especially in New York. A recent survey has also led work from home into the new normal and has been induced into the work culture.

Work from Home during pandemic became uncertain for offices

A nation numbed by misery and loss is confronting a number that still has the power to shock: 500,000. Roughly one year since the first known death by the coronavirus in the United States, an unfathomable toll is nearing — the loss of a half-million people.

A ripple effect of loss: US COVID deaths approach 500,000

Thousands of students taking a part-time job is actually the norm. as it helps them pay their tuition fee, rents, and their living expenses. But due to pandemics, many students cannot take up these side jobs as result they are facing a financial crunch.

Many foreign students are facing financial distress amid the pandemic

More than 91 lakh people have received the coronavirus vaccine till now, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said on Wednesday. Out of 91,86,757 vaccinations, 61,79,669 healthcare workers have received the first dose, 3,42,116 have received the second dose, while 26,64,972 frontline workers have been inoculated.

Over 91 lakh people vaccinated till now: India's Health Ministry

International pop sensation Ronan Keating says the Covid pandemic brought him closer to his family, and gave him time to write new music, though he yearns to get back on the stage and perform live.

Ronan Keating misses 'getting out there and performing'

US president Joe Biden has slammed Donald Trump's for preparing for mass vaccination effort. Biden said his transition team is led to believe that there is much more vaccine available than what was the actual truth.

US president Joe Biden slams Donald Trump's Pandemic response

Another leading bank from Germany has added its name into the list of loss-making entities in the year 2020. Germany's Commerzbank reported $3.3 Billion fourth-quarter loss.

World Business Watch: Germany's Commerzbank gets listed in loss-making entities in 2020

In an appeal hearing to begin on Thursday, Denmark's top court will be asked to decide if coughing at someone while shouting 'corona' constitutes threatening behaviour.

Danish top court to decide if coughing a crime in pandemic

Wuhan virus mutations are testing the vaccines. South Africa has paused the rollout of the Oxford vaccine after a study claimed it offered reduced protection against the virus. Does that mean the vaccine doesn't work?

Gravitas: Is the pandemic ending or worsening?

The Lunar New Year period is usually the busiest time of the year for tour operator Scenic World in Australia's iconic Blue Mountains, with many Asian tourists visiting to ring in the new year. But in 2021 with borders closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic and still recovering from the 2020 bushfires, the normally bustling cableway, the world's steepest railway and glass-floored skyway carriages are almost empty.

Blue Mountains tourism slumps without tourists from Asia

COVID-19 has disrupted the world economy. With the rollout of vaccines, things are slowly limping back to normal. Not everyone gets vaccinated at the same time. How can nations ease‌ the COVID-19 travel restrictions, some say a vaccine passport could be the answer. WION brings you more details.

Does a vaccine passport is a practical solution, will it allow traveling freely?

The Pandemic has led to a shutdown of most places of leisure, from Shopping complexes to restaurants, to gaming lounges. But Ukrainian took this time to embrace nature.

Ukrainians Embrace nature amid Pandemic

A group of parish councillors in Britain has been accused of holding "Britain's worst Zoom meeting", after a chaotic and frequently aggressive online session. For the unversed, parish councils have long been seen as the genteel backbone of local democracy in towns and villages across England, overseeing the upkeep of bus stops, and the maintainance of footpaths and street lighting.

Britain's worst-ever! Parish council meeting descends into chaos, goes viral

Dr. Sheetal Khedkar Rao, 42, an internist in suburban Chicago, can’t pinpoint the exact moment when she decided to hang up her stethoscope for the last time. There were the chaos and confusion of the spring, when a nationwide shortage of N95 masks forced her to examine patients with a surgical mask, the fears she might take the coronavirus home to her family and the exasperating public disregard for mask-wearing and social distancing that was amplified by the White House.

A parallel pandemic hits health care workers: Trauma and exhaustion

While the world struggles to contain the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, scientists are warning of another one which is likely to come from a yeast-like fungus. Scientists at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention were cited by The Sun as saying that the next pandemic could be caused by "Candida Auris", a fungus which resembles the Black Plague.

Deadly fungus could cause a pandemic more fatal than COVID-19, scientists warn

Amsterdam's zoo Artis, one of the oldest animal parks in Europe, said on Thursday it will stop keeping lions because it can't afford them due to the financial fallout from the coronavirus pandemic.

Amsterdam zoo Artis gives up lions amid coronavirus cash crunch

New Zealand, Vietnam and Taiwan appear as the top three countries with the best worldwide handling of the crisis.

Global ranks of the countries that handled COVID pandemic; Where India ranks?

It may take four to five years for the COVID-19 pandemic to end and the world to look to a post-Covid normal, a senior Singaporean minister has warned. Speaking at the Singapore Perspectives 2021 conference hosted by Singapore's Institute of Policy Studies (IPS) on Monday, Singapore's Education Minister Lawrence Wong, who co-chairs the COVID-19 multi-ministry task force, said there are still many uncertainties to contend with in the next few years, while sharing his hopes about how the future can be "reset" once the pandemic is over, the Channel News Asia reported.

Covid pandemic could last 4 to 5 years: Singapore minister

Can people come back from the dead? In purely scientific terms, the answer is no. But for a woman in Spain, it's difficult to answer. An 85-year-old woman, who was thought to be ''dead'' by her family suddenly reappeared, surprising all.

Spanish woman who 'died' of coronavirus returns home after 10 days

Hong Kong's government locked down an area of Kowloon peninsula on Saturday, saying its 10,000 residents must stay home until all of them have been tested for the new coronavirus and results largely determined.

Hong Kong put under lockdown for first time since beginning of pandemic

The number of people taking their own lives in Japan rose for the first time in over a decade last year, as the pandemic reversed years of progress combatting a stubbornly high suicide rate.

Pandemic raises Japan suicide rate after decade of decline

After rapper Bow Wow performed at a packed nightclub in Houston amid the coronavirus pandemic, he woke up on Saturday (local time) to dozens of angry comments from fans.

Rapper Bow Wow defends himself against criticism for packed club performance amid coronavirus pandemic

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