Iran foreign minister raises US sanctions with India
Iran foreign minister Javad Zarif on Monday raised the issue of “illegal and unilateral US sanctions” on his country during a telephone conversation with his Indian counterpart S Jaishankar. In recent weeks, Iran’s top leadership has called on India and other countries to help defeat the US sanctions that are hampering the country’s fight against Covid-19. Iran […]
Coronavirus ‘disaster in the making’ in war-torn Syria
As Europe and the United States struggle to contain the coronavirus pandemic, experts warn that disaster looms in war-torn Syria, where hospitals are unable to meet existing needs and hygiene conditions are dire. The outbreak has infected more than 1.8 million people and killed more than 112,000 around the world since emerging in China in […]
Coronavirus deaths slow in Italy, France
The death rate in Italy and France – two of the countries countries worst-affected by the coronavirus – appears to be slowing, as the number of people confirmed to have the disease across the world rose beyond 1.8 million. Italy’s Civil Protection Agency reported the lowest number of coronavirus deaths since March 19, with 431 fatalities […]
Andaman & Nicobar has started conducting ‘pool tests’ for Covid-19 — first in the country
New Delhi: The Andaman and Nicobar administration has been ‘pool testing’ the samples of suspected coronavirus patients to reduce the number of test kits used, in view of the acute shortage of kits across the country. They have been conducting these Covid-19 tests for the past ten days and according to government sources, the union territory […]
Turkey imposes 48-hour curfew in major cities to curb virus
Dozens of Turkish cities, including Istanbul, have been placed under lockdown for two days from midnight on Friday to combat the spread of the coronavirus, as the country’s death toll from the pandemic crossed 1,000. The restrictions, which will last until midnight (21:00 GMT) on Sunday, were imposed in 31 provinces across the country and scaled […]
Spain daily coronavirus deaths rise again
Spain’s daily death toll from the coronavirus has risen by 619 on Sunday from a nearly three-week low of 510 on Saturday, the Health Ministry said, breaking a three-day streak of daily declines. The country’s total death toll from the virus climbed to 16,972 from 16,353, the ministry said in a statement. Overall cases rose […]
Bangladesh hangs killer of founding father Mujibur Rahman
Abdul Majed, a former military captain, was hanged at the central jail at Keraniganj near the capital, Dhaka, a minute after midnight of Saturday, said Inspector General of Prisons Brigade General AKM Mustafa Kamal Pasha. Majed was arrested in Dhaka on Tuesday, Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan said, adding that the arrest was “the biggest gift” for Bangladesh […]
Coronavirus: The US clothing firms now making gowns and gloves
In a normal year Michael Rubin’s athletic apparel factory in Pennsylvania would be ramping up for the start of baseball season, churning out team uniforms and clothing to sell to fans. Instead his company, Fanatics, has remade itself into a gown and mask manufacturer for hospitals facing shortages of protective gear as they fight the […]
Coronavirus: US now has most Covid deaths, overtaking Italy
It was a day of tragic records for the US on Saturday, as the coronavirus pandemic continued to torment the country, forcing authorities to start digging up trenches for mass graves. With at least 19,833 deaths reported from the Covid-19 outbreak, the US has now become the most affected country in terms of fatalities – […]
New York Quickly Buries Unclaimed Bodies To Clear Space For More COVID-19 Victims
Authorities in New York, the epicentre of the coronavirus pandemic in the US, are burying unclaimed bodies quickly to clear space in the city’s morgues, where mortal remains of COVID-19 patients are piling up, according to a media report. A report in The New York Times said every Thursday was burial day on Hart Island, […]
