WHO chief calls Covid-19 ‘Public Enemy No. 1’, says ‘worst is yet ahead of us’
The World Health Organization chief warned Monday that “the worst is yet ahead of us” in the coronavirus outbreak, reviving the alarm just as many countries ease restrictive measures aimed at reducing its spread. WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus didn’t specify why he believes the outbreak that has infected some 2.5 million people and killed […]
Italy sees first fall of active coronavirus cases
Coronavirus-related deaths in the US exceed 40,000 with nearly half of all casualties in New York state, as protests against “stay at home” orders flared in a number of states. Italy reports lowest number of deaths in a week, while the pace of new infections also slowed. Spain registered its lowest daily death toll in […]
How could coronavirus affect wars in the Arab world?
With cases of the novel coronavirus confirmed in Syria, Libya and Yemen in recent weeks, there are rising fears of potential mass outbreaks in war zones in the Arab world. Rights groups and experts have predicted that a mass COVID-19 outbreak in Middle Eastern countries mired in conflict could have devastating humanitarian consequences, as years […]
Donald Trump eyes probe on Covid-19 outbreak origin in China, wants to send a team
President Donald Trump on Sunday said he has wanted to send a team to China to investigate the start of the coronavirus outbreak that had killed more that 40,000 Americans till Monday and shut down the country with increasingly unpopular stay-at-home orders, but without any success yet. “We’re talking to China. We spoke to them […]
Days-old Dead Bodies, Elderly Left Unfed As Caregivers Flee Virus-Hit Canada Nursing Home
Elderly residents left soiled and unfed after their caregivers fled the premises, 31 deaths in the space of a few weeks: a nursing home in Montreal has become the symbol of the terrible toll coronavirus is taking in Canada’s long-term care homes. The bleak situation discovered at the Residence Herron, in the Montreal suburb of […]
‘Unhappy’ Donald Trump Wants To Send Team Of Experts Inside China For COVID-19 Probe
The US wants to send a team of experts to China to investigate coronavirus, President Donald Trump has said, a day after he warned Beijing of “consequences” if it was knowingly responsible for the spread of COVID-19 which has killed more than 165,000 people globally, including over 41,000 in America. Describing the coronavirus as a […]
‘Bizarre’: India dismisses Pak PM’s tweet on discrimination against Muslims
India on Sunday rejected criticism by Pakistan’s top leadership of the “deliberate and violent targeting of Muslims”, saying such remarks were an attempt to shift focus from Islamabad’s “abysmal handling” of its internal affairs. Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan and the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) had criticised what they described as the deliberate targeting […]
Coronavirus: Japan doctors warn of health system ‘break down’ as cases surge
Doctors in Japan have warned that the country’s medical system could collapse amid a wave of new coronavirus cases. Emergency rooms have been unable to treat some patients with serious health conditions due to the extra burden caused by the virus, officials say. One ambulance carrying a patient with coronavirus symptoms was turned away by […]
China emerges as coronavirus scapegoat in US election campaign
If attack advertisements now being rolled out are any indication, United States President Donald Trump and his campaign managers have settled on a scapegoat for the coronavirus pandemic that has upended his re-election prospects – China. New advertisements now hitting three critical battleground states cast likely Democratic challenger Joe Biden as friendly to China while championing Trump’s […]
UK begins world’s biggest Covid-19 trial to zero in on treatment, results likely by June
Bengaluru: The United Kingdom has launched the world’s largest randomised clinical trial for drugs to treat Covid-19. Called RECOVERY (Randomised Evaluation of Covid-19 Therapy), the nationwide trial aims “to identify treatments that may be beneficial to adults hospitalised” with the disease. The UK has recorded over 1 lakh cases of Covid-19, including Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Prince Charles (both have now recovered). […]
