Coronavirus: Australia’s economy faces unprecedented setbacks
The “miracle economy” that avoided recession during the 2007-2008 financial crisis, avoided the worst of the 1997 Asian financial crisis as well as the lancing of the dot.com bubble is in deep trouble. The Black Summer fires were adding to an escalating economic malaise but the coronavirus has inflicted a jolting collapse. In one week […]
Scientists divided over strain mutation: ‘Need more evidence’
A mutation in the coronavirus strain isolated in India has the potential to jeopardise global efforts to develop a vaccine against Covid-19, which has infected 2 million people and killed at least 126,000 in four months, according to a preliminary analysis of 106 Sars-CoV-2 and 39 SARS genome sequences. Scientists, however, warn against reliance on […]
Foreign dream will have to wait as Covid-19 layoffs in US cast shadow on IIT, IIM placements
New Delhi: IIT and IIM graduates with foreign dreams might find themselves in a fix as the economic fallout of the Covid-19 lockdown threatens the job prospects of H-1B visa holders in the US. Thousands of Indians work in the US on the prized H-1B, a non-immigration visa that allows American companies to hire foreign workers for roles that require […]
‘Hero’: Pakistani-American doctor takes on ventilator shortages
Saud Anwar is taking on the novel coronavirus on multiple fronts: as a Connecticut resident, a state senator, and first and foremost, he says, as a doctor. “I am just a doctor, who happens to be in [the] public and policy arena,” Dr Anwar, a pulmonary specialist in the United States, told Al Jazeera. “I’m […]
Germany to begin easing coronavirus shutdown: Merkel
German Chancellor Angela Merkel has announced the first steps in undoing coronavirus lockdowns in the coming weeks, stressing, however, that the measures had only achieved a “fragile, partial success” against the pandemic. Stores up to 800 square metres (8,600 square feet) will be allowed to reopen once they have “plans to maintain hygiene”, Merkel said on Wednesday following talks […]
China failed to warn public of coronavirus threat for days: AP
In the six days after top Chinese officials secretly determined they were probably facing a pandemic from the new coronavirus, the city of Wuhan hosted a mass banquet for tens of thousands of people and millions began their annual trip home for the Lunar New Year celebrations. President Xi Jinping warned the public on January […]
World reacts to Trump withdrawing WHO funding
US President Donald Trump has instructed his administration to temporarily halt funding to the World Health Organization (WHO) over its handling of the coronavirus pandemic. Trump said the WHO “failed in its basic duty and it must be held accountable”. He said it promoted China’s “disinformation” about the virus that likely led to a wider […]
Coronavirus Global Updates, April 14: Pakistan extends lockdown till April 30; UK death toll crosses 12000
Coronavirus latest updates: Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan Tuesday extended the ongoing lockdown due to the coronavirus pandemic until the end of this month as the total number of COVID-19 cases in the country rose to 5,837. Meanwhile, the death toll in United Kingdom crossed 12,000 Tuesday as Britain reported another 778 deaths in a single day. French President also Emmanuel Macron announced […]
Trump is not firing top scientist Dr Anthony Fauci: White House
The White House said on Monday that President Donald Trump was not firing US infectious disease expert Dr Anthony Fauci, despite his retweet of a supporter’s #FireFauci message. “This media chatter is ridiculous – President Trump is not firing Dr Fauci,” said White House spokesman Hogan Gidley. “Dr Fauci has been and remains a trusted adviser to […]
China approves two coronavirus vaccines for human trials
China has approved early-stage human tests for two experimental coronavirus vaccines as it battles to contain imported cases and prevent a second wave of COVID-19. The experimental vaccines are being developed by a Beijing-based unit of Sinovac Biotech and by the Wuhan Institute of Biological Products, an affiliate of state-owned China National Pharmaceutical Group, state news […]
