Fri 22 May 2020: A senior Olympics official has warned that holding the postponed Tokyo Games next year faces “real problems”, with even a vaccine unlikely to stave off the threat of the coronavirus. John Coates, the International Olympic Committee’s pointman for Tokyo 2020, indicated that officials would start deciding in October if and how […]
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Thu 21 May 2020: The global tally of coronavirus infections surpassed 5 million Thursday, according to a running tally by US-based Johns Hopkins University. The university’s data showed worldwide deaths reached 328,172 while the number of people who recovered stands at 1,899,350. The US is the hardest-hit country by the pandemic with over 1.5 million […]
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Thu 21 May 2020: The number of those infected with coronavirus in Africa has reached 95,201, the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention has reported. According to the latest data, the death toll in the continent tallied at 2,997 while 38,075 people have recovered. South Africa recorded 18,000 coronavirus cases, the highest number in […]
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Thu 21 May 2020: The main coronavirus treatment centre in southern Yemen has recorded at least 68 deaths in just over two weeks, the medical charity running the site has said, more than double the toll announced by Yemeni authorities so far. Doctors Without Borders (MSF) said the dedicated COVID-19 centre in Aden that serves […]
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Thu 21 May 2020: The International Council of Nurses (ICN) on Thursday said its global network has informed it of “highly concerning” reports of mounting violence aimed directly at nurses and other healthcare workers on the frontline of the COVID-19 pandemic. “Violence against nurses and other healthcare workers has always been a serious issue, but […]
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Wed 20 May 2020: Wealthy countries are failing Africa, with pledges of financial support and debt relief falling well short of the continent’s needs as it battles the COVID-19 pandemic, several African presidents have said. Developed economies have channelled trillions of dollars into health initiatives and economic stimulus at home. But the presidents – from […]
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Thu 21 May 2020: The UK will start clinical testing of anti-malaria drugs on frontline health workers, to find whether they are effective in preventing coronavirus or COVID-19. The trials of chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine will start in the hospitals in Brighton and Oxford. The anti-malaria drugs have been prescribed as a preventative measure in various […]
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Thu 21 May 2020: (Reuters) – Britain’s system for tracing those with the novel coronavirus was under fire on Thursday as it grappled with the development of a tracking app and health workers warned the government that unless there was clarity it could suffer a second deadly wave. Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Wednesday […]
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Thu 21 May 2020: In a phone call, the head of the UN’s World Health Organization commended Madagascar’s efforts against the coronavirus pandemic, according to the nation’s president. Late Wednesday President Andry Rajoelina took to Twitter to say he had a successful talk with Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus and that the WHO will sign a confidentiality […]
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Thu 21 May 2020: (AFP) A satirical mock-up depicting the Tokyo Olympics logo as the new coronavirus has been pulled after Olympic organisers branded it “insensitive” and said it infringed copyright. The design combines the distinctive, spiky image of the coronavirus cell with the blue-and-white Tokyo 2020 logo, and appeared on the front page of […]
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