Over 4,000 Dead Due To Coronavirus In US, Donald Trump Says Country Headed For ‘Tough Two Weeks’
The total US death toll from the coronavirus pandemic topped 4,000 early Wednesday, more than double the number from three days earlier, according to a tally by Johns Hopkins University. The number of deaths was 4,076 — more than twice the 2,010 recorded late Saturday, Johns Hopkins data showed. The US is headed for a […]
Worldwide coronavirus cases surpass 800,000 : Live updates
Spain has reported 849 new deaths from the coronavirus, the highest overnight jump since the start of the pandemic, bringing the total number of fatalities in the country to 8,189. The death toll in the United Kingdom also jumped to 1,789 fatalities with a daily record of 381 new coronavirus deaths confirmed. In the United States, further restrictions […]
Trump flags tougher coronavirus curbs for US
The United States may toughen movement restrictions to curb the spread of coronavirus, with the country now reporting twice the number of cases as China where the outbreak began late last year. The US has nearly 163,500 confirmed cases, the highest number in the world. More than 3,000 people in the US have now died […]
New York governor begs for help as coronavirus death toll climbs
New York’s governor put out an urgent plea for medical volunteers, and a Navy hospital ship pulled into port Monday as coronavirus deaths in the city mounted and hospitals buckled in what authorities say could be a preview of what other communities across the United States could soon face. “Please come help us in New York now. We need […]
How Trump was forced to give up his plan to reopen America for Easter
Washington: As President Donald Trump’s coronavirus response team gathered at the White House Sunday to discuss re-opening the U.S. for business by Easter, his top health experts painted a troubling picture of what lay ahead. Deborah Birx, an immunologist picked by Vice President Mike Pence to weigh the ailment’s impact, cautioned that the U.S. outbreak was […]
‘We’ll die of hunger first’: Despair as Zimbabwe lockdown begins
Harare, Zimbabwe – It was still early on Sunday morning when Stewart Dzivira, his wife and their two-year-old son, jumped on a bus in Glen View, a densely populated suburb of Harare, to head into Zimbabwe’s capital. For days now, the 33-year-old has been unsuccessfully trying to get maize meal, or mealie meal, a Zimbabwean staple that […]
Coronavirus updates: Spain, Iran report hundreds of new deaths
Iran’s death toll from the new coronavirus has increased to 2,757 with 117 new deaths, while 812 more people died in Spain in the past 24 hours, reaching 7,340 in total. Meanwhile, US President Donald Trump has extended federal guidelines on social distancing until April 30 after a top health official warned more than 100,000 people […]
Comedian Ken Shimura dies of Covid-19, is first Japanese celebrity to succumb to coronavirus
Japanese comedian Ken Shimura, who had been hospitalised after being infected with the new coronavirus, has died, becoming the first Japanese celebrity to die of the virus. His death, late on Sunday, set off widespread grief among fans. Shimura, 70, one of Japan’s best-known comedians with a career dating back to the early 1970s, reportedly had […]
Explained: Where does virus go from here?
On Sunday, the number of people infected with the novel coronavirus in India crossed the 1,000 mark. There are 40 countries who have more people infected. The death toll in India reached 27; the count is higher in 30 other countries. These numbers would suggest that India is in a relatively better, even if still difficult, […]
Pandemic proves there is only one world reserve currency
Rich nations have spent more than $9 trillion so far on tackling the economic fallout from COVID-19. And more spending is on the way as governments try to ensure there is a functioning economy post the pandemic. The damage done is likely to surpass the financial crisis and maybe even the Great Depression. It is the […]
