Coronavirus accelerates Greece’s overdue digital revolution
Athens, Greece – While national lockdowns to stop the spread of coronavirus are ravaging economies around the globe, for Greece, the pandemic is forcing a rapid and long-overdue embrace of digital platforms that is placing Greek businesses and the government on stronger footing to deal with the crisis and its fallout. “Remote work is moving forward […]
Coronavirus: New York mass graves operations ramp up amid virus
Operations in Hart Island, which has been used to hold mass graves for 150 years, has ramped up. New York state now has more coronavirus cases than any single country, according to latest figures. BBC
How US cancer patients are navigating new coronavirus anxiety
Randy Leese spent six hours in surgery this week to remove a liver tumour. While COVID-19 was at the back of the 64-year-old cancer patient’s mind, he said the procedure could not wait. “It’s in the back of my mind, but I had to do something with this cancer,” Leese told Al Jazeera in a […]
US records 1,783 coronavirus deaths in 24 hours
In the United States, the death toll has surpassed 16,600, with 1,783 new deaths in 24 hours, according to a tally by the Johns Hopkins University. However, the number of newly hospitalised patients in the hardest-hit state of New York has dropped to a one percent increase, offering a glimmer of hope as the global death […]
‘Week of heartache’: US coronavirus deaths top 15,000
The number of deaths in the United States linked to the novel coronavirus topped 15,000 on Thursday, but officials said that despite the grim tallies, there are signs the pandemic might be nearing its peak in the cities hardest hit early on in the crisis. More than 451,000 people across the US have been infected […]
One hundred Italian doctors have died of coronavirus
One hundred Italian doctors have died after contracting coronavirus since the pandemic reached the Mediterranean country in February, Italy‘s FNOMCeO health association said on Thursday. “The number of doctors who have died because of COVID-19 is 100 – perhaps even 101 at the moment, unfortunately,” a spokesman for the association told AFP. The toll includes retired […]
Coronavirus: New York has more cases than any country
New York state now has more coronavirus cases than any other country outside the US, according to latest figures. The state’s confirmed caseload of Covid-19 jumped by 10,000 on Thursday to 159,937, placing it ahead of Spain (153,000 cases) and Italy (143,000). China, where the virus emerged last year, has reported 82,000 cases. The US […]
Coronavirus widespread among Saudi royal family: Report
Dozens of members of the ruling Saudi royal family, as many as 150, have been infected with coronavirus in recent weeks, a news report said. Saudi Prince Faisal bin Bandar bin Abdulaziz Al Saud – the governor of the capital Riyadh who is in his 70s – is in intensive care after contracting the virus, according […]
UK doctor who urged PM to provide protective gear dies of virus
London, United Kingdom – A British doctor who warned United Kingdom Prime Minister Boris Johnson that health workers on the front line did not have enough personal protection equipment (PPE) has died of COVID-19. Abdul Mabud Chowdhury, a 53-year-old consultant in the urology department at Queen Elizabeth hospital in Romford, worked for the NHS for more […]
Countries are returning masks imported from China: Here’s why
At a time when countries around the world are facing a severe shortage of personal protective equipment (PPE) and coronavirus testing kits, Finland has become the latest country to publicly blame China for selling masks that don’t meet its requirements. On Wednesday, Finland discovered that the first shipment of 2 million surgical masks and 230,000 respirator masks […]
