17 dec 2023 om 18:19
Because negative news often dominates NU.nl, positive news is sometimes obscured. That is why we list cheerful messages every week. This time, including cleaner parcel delivery and a promising medicine against post-corona disease.
Promising medicine can protect vulnerable people against illness after corona
The drug bemnifosbuvir can protect vulnerable people against serious illness after a corona infection, but it still needs to be approved.
The drug passed the first test phases well and is now being tested on a group of thousands of people.
Although the drug is mainly intended to protect vulnerable groups, it may also work for people without underlying conditions.
Missing English boy found alive in France after six years
Alex, now seventeen, who disappeared in 2017 during a holiday in Spain, was found in France on Wednesday morning. The boy said he had lived in a kind of traveling commune.
In 2017, his grandmother said that she thought he had been taken by his mother and grandfather to a spiritual community in Morocco. Alex can probably go home on Saturday.
American finds his missing puppy in a 7-meter-high tree
A missing German shepherd was found in a very remarkable place on Monday. Luna, the ten-month-old puppy, was stuck in a 7-meter-high, half-tilted tree.
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American finds his missing puppy in a 7-meter-high tree
Having packages delivered to your home is becoming increasingly cleaner
The CO2 emissions of a package that travels from a distribution point to a home address have been reduced. Because more depots have been added and the vehicles run cleaner, parcel delivery is a lot less polluting than in 2018.
The emissions per package now average 100 grams of CO2 per package. That is 56 percent less than in 2018. More depots have also been added, the packaging is smaller and the vans are cleaner. Bicycle deliverers also contribute.
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Even more news that made us happy:
- The municipality of Helmond plans to buy off debts of young people, reports Broadcasting Brabant. In this way, the municipality wants to prevent young people from sliding into crime.
- It’s Wednesday morning on Schiermonnikoog a seal freed from a potato net. Fortunately, the seal had no major injuries and was able to return to the sea immediately.
- About 118 leatherback turtle eggs were found on Thailand’s Mueang Beach last week. During the mating season, Thai authorities search for nests.
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Dozens of rare turtle eggs found on Thai beach
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