Category: Coronavirus (COVID-19)

Sat 13 June 2020: Several Arab countries confirmed new cases and deaths Friday from the novel coronavirus pandemic.   Since first appearing in Wuhan, China last December, the virus has spread to at least 188 countries and regions.  The pandemic has killed more than 422,700 people worldwide, with an excess of 7.5 million confirmed cases, while […]

Sat 13 June 2020: Tokyo 2020 became the first Olympics ever postponed in peacetime earlier this year as the coronavirus marched across the globe, upending lives and forcing the cancellation of sporting and cultural events. Japan has got through the first coronavirus wave better than many countries, with just over 900 deaths out of fewer […]

Fri 12 June 2020: ‘GDP fell by 20.4% in month, largest fall since monthly records began in 1997,’ says Office for National Statistics The UK’s economy has experienced a significant shock since the start of the pandemic as its GDP fell dramatically in April, according to the Office for National Statistics on Friday. “GDP fell […]

Fri 12 June 2020: A worrying social crisis is brewing in Latin America where the coronavirus pandemic is spiralling. More than 1.5 million people have been infected in Central and South America — 72,000 of them are already dead — with no signs of the disease slowing, especially in hard-hit Brazil. The crisis could provoke […]

Thu 11 June 2020: The World Health Organization says the pandemic in Africa is “accelerating” and that while it took 98 days for the continent to reach 100,000 Covid-19 cases, it took just 18 days to get to 200,000. WHO Africa chief Matshidiso Moeti said that community transmission has begun in more than half of […]

FILE PHOTO Thu 11 June 2020: Malaysia said on Thursday its citizens would be barred from making the haj pilgrimage this year due to concerns over the new coronavirus. Every year, Malaysia sends tens of thousands of pilgrims to Saudi Arabia, home of Islam’s two holiest sites, Mecca and Medina, for the annual event. Malaysia […]