Mon 08 June 2020: Surging fatalities in Latin America helped push the global coronavirus death toll above 400,000 on Sunday, even as Europe emerged from its virus lockdown with infections increasingly under control there. Brazil has the world’s third-highest toll — more than 36,000 dead — but President Jair Bolsonaro has criticized stay-at-home measures imposed […]
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Mon 08 June 2020: (AFP) New Zealand lifted all domestic coronavirus restrictions on Monday after its final COVID-19 patient was given the all clear, with Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern revealing she danced around her living room when told about the milestone. While strict border controls will remain in place, Ardern said restrictions such as social […]
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Sun 07 June 2020: The total number of coronavirus cases in Africa climbed to 183,474, the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention said on Sunday, as the continent grapples with community spread. At least 5,041 coronavirus patients have died so far, while a total of 81,367 patients have recovered, it said. North Africa registered […]
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Sun 07 June 2020: The British government will allow places of worship to reopen on June 15 — but only for private prayer. Weddings and other services will not be permitted under the latest easing of the coronavirus lockdown. People are expected to adhere to social-distancing rules. Communities Secretary Robert Jenrick said it has been […]
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Sun 07 June 2020: Brazil’s government has stopped publishing a running total of coronavirus deaths and infections in an extraordinary move that critics have called an attempt to hide the true toll of the disease in Latin America’s largest nation. The Saturday move came after months of criticism from experts saying Brazil’s statistics are woefully […]
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Sun 07 June 2020: Much-needed medical assistance delivered in line with longstanding close ties between two countries, says Turkish envoy Turkey’s state-run aid agency on Sunday delivered medical supplies to Bangladesh in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. “TIKA [Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency] provided one thousand N95 masks, one thousand PPE suits, two ventilators […]
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Sun 07 June 2020: (Reuters) – Malaysia on Sunday said it would reopen nearly all economic activity and allow interstate travel starting June 10, lifting coronavirus restrictions imposed nearly three months ago as it moves to revive an economy battered by the pandemic. Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin announced in a televised address the novel coranvirus […]
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Sun 07 June 2020: The COVID-19 crisis has exposed how the health of people and nature are intertwined and protecting the planet, its climate and ecosystems will be crucial to preventing further pandemics, the U.N. chief and political leaders said on Friday. In a video statement for World Environment Day, U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said […]
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Sun 07 June 2020: Abu Dhabi police said on Sunday that dumping used face masks or gloves on public streets would incur a fine of 1,000 dirhams ($272) and six traffic points. Face masks are currently mandatory in the UAE as a safeguard against the spread of coronavirus. Many establishments also require customers to wear latex or […]
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Sun 07 June 2020: Global cases of the novel coronavirus neared 7 million on Saturday, as case numbers surge in Brazil and India, according to a Reuters tally. About 30 percent of those cases, or 2 million infections, are in the United States, though the fastest growing outbreak is in Latin America, which now accounts for roughly 16 percent […]
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