Fri 05 June 2020: The World Health Organization on Friday updated guidance on wearing facemasks during the coronavirus pandemic, encouraging their use in crowded situations in places where the new coronavirus is widespread. As the deadly virus continues to spread, the WHO changed its stance on who should wear a mask, when it should be […]
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Fri 05 June 2020: Mosques in Jordan opened for communal prayers for the first time in over two months on Friday, with thousands of police deployed to enforce strict social distancing rules at the usually packed places of worship. The kingdom is gradually easing restrictions imposed to curb the coronavirus outbreak, which killed nine people […]
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Fri 05 June 2020: The European Union will not fully open internal borders before the end of June, meaning restrictions on travel to and from other countries will only start easing in July, EU Home Affairs Commissioner Ylva Johansson said on Friday. She told a news conference after a video call among EU and Schengen […]
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Fri 05 June 2020: An increase in the number of deaths in England and Wales in recent months that have not been linked to COVID-19 could indicate that undiagnosed cases are killing more people than previously thought, data from the Office for National Statistics showed on Friday. The United Kingdom has the second highest COVID-19 […]
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Fri 05 June 2020: (Reuters) Some countries have seen “upticks” in COVID-19 cases as lockdowns ease, and populations must continue to protect themselves against the coronavirus, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday. “On upticks, yes we have seen in countries around the world – I’m not talking specifically about Europe – when the […]
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Fri 05 June 2020: Afghan Vice President Amrullah Saleh said on Thursday half of his family members and office staff contracted the new coronavirus. In a social media post, Saleh requested the people to take the crisis seriously, follow safety and hygiene measures, and stay home. “No one is safe. More than half members of […]
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Fri 05 June 2020: (Reuters) – People missing out on drinking in restaurants and bars during coronavirus lockdowns are not entirely making up for it by pouring more at home, a survey of nine countries conducted on behalf of beer, wine and spirits companies showed. The International Alliance for Responsible Drinking (IARD), made up of […]
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Fri 05 June 2020: (Reuters) Four weeks ago, with its most important festival coming up and millions of people facing starvation as economic activity dwindled, Pakistan lifted a two-month-long coronavirus lockdown. Prime Minister Imran Khan has said despite rising infections and deaths, the country would need to learn to “live with” the virus to avert pushing tens […]
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Wed 03 June 2020: Brazil’s death toll from the new coronavirus surpassed Italy’s to become the third-highest in the world Thursday, as the UN’s secretary-general called for a “people’s vaccine” to stem the pandemic. The bleak figures from Brazil underlined the grim toll the virus is taking in Latin America, the latest epicenter in the […]
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Fri 05 June 2020: Health officials in the Palestinian enclave of Gaza announced Thursday the arrival of medical supplies sent by Turkey to help fight the coronavirus outbreak. In a statement, Health Ministry spokesman, Ashraf al-Qudra, confirmed that two polymerase chain reaction (PCR) machines had been delivered for detecting the virus. “We thank the Turkish […]
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