Sat 31 October 2020: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s spokesman and interior minister both announced Saturday that they had tested positive for the coronavirus. Presidential spokesman Ibrahim Kolin tweeted that he had reached “the final stage of coronavirus treatment” but did not say how long he has been sick. “I am going very well,” he […]
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Sat 31 October 2020 British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is considering imposing a new month-long national lockdown in England next week after scientists said the coronavirus was spreading faster than their worst predictions, a government official said. The pandemic is spreading in most parts of Britain, where the official death toll of 46,299 is the […]
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Sat 31 October 2020: Dozens injured in riots, several people arrested as government imposes new virus measures Several Spanish cities woke up on Saturday to the aftermath of violent overnight protests against new measures to curb the spread of COVID-19. On Friday night, hundreds of protesters under the cries of “freedom” torched garbage containers and […]
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Sat 31 October 2020: The United States set a new all-time high for coronavirus cases confirmed in a single 24-hour period on Friday, reporting just over 100,000 new infections to surpass the record total of 91,000 posted a day earlier, according to a Reuters tally. The daily caseload of 100,233 is also a world record […]
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Fri 30 October 2020: COVID-19 cases are accelerating in some parts of Africa and governments should step up preparations for a second wave, the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention said on Thursday. Over the past four week, cases have increased by 45% per week on average in Kenya, by 19% in Democratic Republic […]
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Fri 30 October 2020: The COVID-19 pandemic threatens to overwhelm healthcare systems in the European Union if it does not act urgently, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said on Thursday. Von der Leyen was speaking after EU leaders met via a video conference to find common ground on COVID-19 testing and vaccination strategies, as well as increased coordination […]
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Thu 29 October 2020: At least 1,500 nurses worldwide have now died from COVID-19, according to the International Council of Nurses (ICN). Howard Catton, chief executive of ICN, said that was the same number of nurses who were killed in World War I. In August, ICN reported 1,097 nurse deaths from COVID-19. But the toll […]
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Wed 28 October 2020: South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has begun a period of self-quarantine following the positive Covid-19 diagnosis of a guest at a dinner attended by the President on Saturday, 24 October. The event for 35 guests was held at a Johannesburg hotel where Foundation guests were the only people hosted by the […]
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Wed 28 October 2020: India’s tally of coronavirus cases stood less than 10,000 away from the grim milestone of 8 million, as 43,893 new cases were reported in the last 24 hours, data from the federal health ministry showed. Totaling 7.99 million, India has the second-most number of confirmed cases after the United States, which […]
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Tue 27 October 2020: Some Western scientists have expressed concern over the Russian vaccine, with some warning that moving too quickly could be dangerous Russia has applied to the World Health Organization for accelerated registration and prequalification of its Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine, the country’s sovereign wealth fund said on Tuesday. Russia announced in August […]
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