Latest on the global Covid19 crisis – US asks citizens to avoid travelling to Germany, Denmark – French PM gets Covid; Belgian PM, ministers quarantine immediately – IMF says Algeria's economy gradually recovering from Covid For more:
Germany and several other EU countries are seeing a surge of infections during the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the State Department on Monday advised against travel to Germany and Denmark because of a rising number of Covid-19 cases in those countries.
The CDC currently lists about 75 destinations worldwide at Level Four, with many European countries on the list including Austria, Britain, Belgium, Greece, Norway, Switzerland, Romania, Ireland and the Czech Republic.The White House has confirmed that more than 90 percent of the 3.5 million federal employees covered by a presidential vaccine mandate had received at least one dose ahead of a Monday deadline.
Officials declined to disclose the total number of fully vaccinated federal employees but said the "vast majority" of the 90 percent had received both doses.The International Monetary Fund has said the Algeria economy is gradually recovering from Covid-19 and oil shocks in 2020 after its executive board concluded the 2021 Article IV consultations with the North African country.
After a contraction of 4.9 percent in 2020, Algeria's real GDP grew by 2.3 percent year-on-year in the first half of 2021 "driven by a rebound um hydrocarbon prices and production and the relaxation of containment measures", the IMF said.
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