Covid-19: Donald Trump says will sign ‘order prohibiting immigration’ Wednesday
US President Donald Trump confirmed he would sign Wednesday an order partially blocking immigration to the United States, in a move he believes would protect workers from the economic fallout of the coronavirus pandemic. “I will be signing my Executive Order prohibiting immigration into our Country today,” he said in a tweet. Immigration is critical issue for […]
Coronavirus: World On Brink Of ‘Hunger Pandemic’, Could Face Multiple Famines, Says UN Body
The UN food relief agency has warned that the world is on the brink of a “hunger pandemic” and could face multiple famines of biblical proportions within few months if nations don’t act now to avoid funding shortfalls and disruptions to trade due to COVID-19, which continues to spread unabated. The novel coronavirus, which originated […]
New Zealand could pull off bold goal of eliminating Covid-19
While most countries are working on ways to contain the coronavirus, New Zealand has set itself a much more ambitious goal: eliminating it altogether. And experts believe the country could pull it off. The virus “doesn’t have superpowers,” said Helen Petousis-Harris, a vaccine expert at the University of Auckland. “Once transmission is stopped, it’s gone.” […]
China Not Only Hoarding PPE, But Also Selling At High Price: White House Official
The United States has “evidence” that in January and February, China bought 18 times more amount of masks and personal protective equipment, which they are now selling at high rates, a top White House official has claimed. Peter Navarro, White House Director of Trade and Manufacturing, alleged on Monday that several countries, including India and […]
‘Not The Time To Be Lax’: WHO Warns Rush To Ease Virus Rules Could Cause Resurgence
The World Health Organisation said Tuesday that rushing to ease coronavirus restrictions will likely lead to a resurgence of the illness, a warning that comes as governments start rolling out plans to get their economies up and running again. “This is not the time to be lax. Instead, we need to ready ourselves for a […]
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 […]
