Tue 19 May 2020: (AFP) The World Health Organization said it would launch an independent review of its response to the coronavirus pandemic but President Donald Trump renewed his attack on the global body, branding it a “puppet of China” and threatening a permanent freeze on US funding. Washington is locked in an increasingly bitter […]
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Mon 18 May 2020: Moderna Inc said on Monday its experimental vaccine for COVID-19 showed promise in early trials and it looks to advance the vaccine into late-stage trials in July. The vaccine, mRNA-1273, was also found to be generally safe and well tolerated in the early-stage study, the drug developer said. Think your friends […]
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Mon 18 May 2020: President Vladimir Putin said on Monday the coronavirus situation in Russia’s southern region of Dagestan was particularly difficult and that the mainly Muslim region’s healthcare system was under serious strain. The Caspian Sea region of Dagestan has reported 3,460 cases of the new coronavirus and 29 deaths, although Russian media reports […]
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Mon 18 May 2020: The number of COVID-19 cases in Africa rose to nearly 85,000 Monday after 3,279 new patients were identified over the past 24 hours, the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention said in an update. The update said 60 more patients died during the period, taking the continent’s death toll to […]
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Mon 18 May 2020: Qatar and Kuwait announced on Sunday that people who fail to wear face masks in the two countries risk jail terms of fines amounting to thousands of dollars, as the fight against COVID-19 continues. Kuwait and Qatar have started implementing harsh measures against people who do not wear face masks when […]
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Mon 18 May 2020: (REUTERS) New Zealand will launch a contact-tracing app on Wednesday to help people track their movements as the country eases one of the world’s most rigid lockdowns designed to slow the spread of COVID-19. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said the app can be best described as a ‘digital diary’ helping people […]
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Mon 18 May 2020: It is permissible for Muslims to perform the Eid al-Fitr prayer at home since the coronavirus pandemic has forced mosques around the world to close, local media cited Saudi Arabia’s Grand Mufti Sheikh Abdulaziz al-Sheikh as saying on Sunday. The prayer can be performed individually or in a group, the Grand […]
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Mon 18 May 2020: The president of Madagascar urged citizens to protect themselves from the novel coronavirus by drinking COVID Organics (CVO), an organic herbal beverage he claimed could prevent or cure the virus. “Let’s drink this herbal tea to protect ourselves, to protect our family and our neighbors […] and there will be no […]
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Mon 18 May 2020: The world’s biggest economy faces a severe downtown but will not suffer another Great Depression, US Fed chief Jerome Powell said on Sunday, as three hardest-hit countries in Europe reported low death tolls and lockdowns eased. In the United States, too, with more than 30 million jobs destroyed, states have begun […]
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Mon 18 May 2020: The relaxation of curbs in some places comes as governments around the world struggle to repair the vast economic damage unleashed by the pandemic, with Japan the latest to slump into a recession and the Fed warning of a severe US downturn as the global infection count topped 4.7 million. Despite […]
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