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, […]
Coronavirus in New York: A paramedic’s diary
As a senior paramedic in New York City, Anthony Almojera is used to being close to death. But nothing in his 17-year career could have prepared him for the outbreak of coronavirus. The state has now had more diagnosed cases of the virus than any single country. It has the grim distinction of being at […]
I now speak for Pakistan army. And unlike Ghafoor, my actions speak louder than my tweets
Iam Major General Babar Iftikhar. I am the one who succeeded Major General Asif Ghafoor as Pakistani military’s spokesman. I am no 16th-century Zahiruddin Muhammad Babar. But if names mean anything to you, then you must know my name stands for tiger or the ‘brave’. Apt for the current times. If Zahiruddin Babar or Babur could win […]
Coronavirus: US death toll passes 2,000 in a single day
The US has become the first country in the world to record more than 2,000 coronavirus deaths in a single day. Figures from Johns Hopkins University show 2,108 people died in the past 24 hours while there are now more than half a million confirmed infections. The US could soon surpass Italy as the country […]
Italy to remain in lockdown until at least May 3
Rome, Italy – Italy will remain in full lockdown until May 3 to stem the tide of new coronavirus infections, Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte announced on Friday. “If we gave up now, we would put all the positive results achieved so far at stake and restart with a new rise in the death toll,” Conte said. The country […]
US seen to overtake Italy in coronavirus deaths
According to the latest Johns Hopkins University tally, Italy has registered at least 18,800 deaths, but the number of new patients who have died has decreased, while the US has recorded about 18,700 fatalities, about 2,000 more than the previous day. The number of cases worldwide is now close to 1.7 million, including more than […]
