A boy wears a protective mask as he looks through a window in Sidon, Lebanon. Photo: Reuters Thu 14 May 2020: A mental illness crisis is looming as millions of people worldwide are surrounded by death and disease and forced into isolation, poverty and anxiety by the pandemic of COVID-19, United Nations health experts said […]
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Thu 14 May 2020: Sensors in face mask would light up to signal the presence of the new coronavirus when an infected person breathes, coughs, or sneezes Researchers with Harvard and MIT are developing a face mask that can detect if the wearer is infected with coronavirus, media outlets report. When saliva comes into contact […]
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Thu 14 May 2020: Microdroplets generated by speech can remain suspended in the air in an enclosed space for more than ten minutes, a study published Wednesday showed, underscoring their likely role in spreading COVID-19. Researchers at the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) had a person loudly repeat the phrase […]
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Thu 14 May 2020: Amid a nationwide lockdown during the coronavirus pandemic, authorities in India are arresting and summoning Muslim students, activists and journalists who have been critical of Narendra Modi’s right-wing government. Scores of Muslim activists and journalists have either been summoned by the police or charged under the draconian Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA), which empowers […]
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Wed 13 May 2020: The southern African country of Lesotho has recorded its first coronavirus case, its health ministry has said, becoming the last nation on the continent to confirm an infection. The ministry on Wednesday said it conducted 81 coronavirus tests on travellers from neighbouring South Africa and Saudi Arabia, of which one was […]
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Wed 13 May 2020: The global coronavirus recoveries exceeded the 1.5 million mark on Wednesday, according to a running tally by the US-based Johns Hopkins University. The university’s data showed a total of 1,502,620 people won their battle against the pandemic. The number of cases reached 4,278,180 while 292,316 deaths were recorded. The US has […]
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Wed 13 May 2020: Health authorities in the United Arab Emirates will be providing free coronavirus tests to Emirati citizens, pregnant women, residents above the age of 50 starting next week, according to an official statement carried by state-run Emirates News Agency (WAM). The statement said the decision to issue free tests for specific categories of people […]
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Wed 13 May 2020: The number of confirmed coronavirus cases has increased five-fold within a week in Yemen, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) revealed on Monday, indicating that the virus has been spreading undetected. “In the week since 2 May, the number of cases increased fivefold from seven cases, […]
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Wed 13 May 2020: Employees at Twitter, one of the most prominent US tech companies, will be able to decide if or when they choose to return to the office, according to an official blog post by the company’s Vice President Jennifer Christie. The decision to allow workers the choice to remain home suggests a lasting change in […]
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Wed 13 May 2020: WHO spokeswoman says there are more than 100 candidate vaccines against COVID-19 The work to develop a vaccine against COVID-19 is moving full throttle but coronaviruses are “tricky”, the World Health Organization’s (WHO) spokeswoman said Tuesday. “The work to develop the vaccine is moving faster than in the history of science, […]
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