Mon 28 September 2020: France reported record figures, daily cases soared past 16,000 for the first time on Thursday France’s coronavirus infections passed 520,000 as one of the country’s top medical figures warned Sunday that the country will face a monthslong coronavirus epidemic that will overwhelm its health system if something does not change. “The […]
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Sat 26 September 2020: 36 more fatalities reported in past 24 hours, single-day infections lowest since Aug. 2 DHAKA, Bangladesh– More than 75% of COVID-19 patients in Bangladesh have now recovered, authorities said on Saturday. With 1,753 more patients cleared over the past 24 hours, the number of recoveries in the country now stands at […]
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Sat 26 September 2020: BOGOTA, Colombia – More than six months since the first coronavirus case was detected in Latin America, there is an excess of 9 million cases and 330,000 deaths in the region, as of Friday. The first case was reported Feb. 26 in Brazil and it took until May to reach 500,000 […]
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Thu 24 September 2020: 4-week average for initial claims decline from previous week’s revised average The number of people in the US who filed unemployment claims for the first time last week rose to 870,000, according to data released Thursday by the Labor Department. While the market expectation was 840,000 for the week ending Sept. […]
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Thu 24 September 2020: ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia – Africa has succeeded to maintain more than 80% recoveries from the COVID-19 pandemic over the past one month, said John Nkengasong, director of the Africa Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDCP) during his weekly media briefing on Thursday. Africa during the past one week had an […]
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Wed 23 September 2020: British In Vitro Diagnostics Association says there will be lag between government target and ability to boost supply LONDON – British Prime Minister Boris Johnson could fail to hit his target of 500,000 coronavirus tests per day across the UK by the end of October due to a shortage of necessary […]
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Wed 23 September 2020: Skyscanner says it will take several years before business travel returns to previous levels The air travel market has shifted toward last-minute bookings, one-way flights and more domestic trips as consumers grapple with fast-moving changes due to the coronavirus pandemic, a report from online search and booking site Skyscanner shows. The […]
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Wed 23 September 2020: Russian president offers to provide Sputnik V vaccine free of charge for voluntary vaccination of UN staff MOSCOW -Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday proposed holding an online international conference for countries interested in cooperating in the development of coronavirus vaccines. Speaking at the 75th session of the UN General Assembly […]
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Wed 23 September 2020: Saudis and foreign residents can make pilgrimage from Oct. 4, while Muslims abroad will be allowed entry as of Nov. 1 Saudi Arabia will gradually lift a coronavirus-related travel ban for the Umrah pilgrimage starting early next month, its official news agency said early Wednesday. The decision to allow the resumption […]
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Tue 22 September 2020: Measures including home working, limited numbers at weddings, will be applied in England to curb rising infections LONDON – British Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced Tuesday a raft of new measures to stem the tide of rising cases of coronavirus across England. “I’m sorry to say… we’ve reached a perilous turning […]
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