Tue 05 May 2020: More people have died in the United Kingdom from coronavirus than any other European country, according to the latest figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS). On Tuesday, ONS’s weekly figures added more than 7,000 deaths in England and Wales, raising the total for the UK to 32,313. The figure […]
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Tue 05 May 2020: Relief agency dispatches humanitarian aid to Muslim communities in Indonesia, Thailand, Philippines and Myanmar The Istanbul-based Humanitarian Relief Foundation (IHH) dispatched food packages to residents and refugees affected by the COVID-19 outbreak in Southeast Asian countries. “IHH has sent more than 9,500 packages for families in need,” Mucahit Demir, an official […]
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Tue 05 May 2020: The EU will propose an independent probe of the origins of the coronavirus pandemic at the WHO’s World Health Assembly, the bloc’s foreign affairs spokesperson confirmed on Tuesday. “A thorough understanding of the epidemiology of the coronavirus pandemic is essential for public authorities to make informed decisions,” Virginie Battu-Henriksson told Anadolu […]
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Tue 05 May 2020: Apple Inc and Alphabet Inc’s Google on Monday said they would ban the use of location tracking in apps that use a new contact tracing system the two are building to help slow the spread of the novel coronavirus. Apple and Google, whose operating systems power 99 percent of smart phones, […]
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Tue 05 May 2020: Global coronavirus fatalities exceeded the 250,000 mark on Monday, according to a running tally by the US-based Johns Hopkins University. The university’s figures counted 250,134 deaths, while the numbers of cases and recoveries stand at 3,562,919 and 1,144,454, respectively. The US is the country hardest-hit by the global pandemic with over […]
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Tue 05 May 2020: The Take speaks with acclaimed historian and author Yuval Noah Harari on why he fears humans more than viruses. Biotechnology, artificial intelligence, your smartwatch, surveillance: These are the topics that concern Yuval Noah Harari. And now, they’re all converging during the coronavirus pandemic. The New York Times best-selling author of Sapiens: A […]
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Tue 05 May 2020: A new drug developed by UK scientists to treat Covid-19 patients is being trialled at University Hospital Southampton. Developed by UK bio-tech company Synairgen, it uses a protein called interferon beta, which our bodies produce when we get a viral infection. Initial results from the trial are expected by the end […]
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Tue 05 May 2020: The US secretary of state, Mike Pompeo, said on Sunday that the US had “enormous evidence” to back the theory. But the administration had not produced it publicly or provided it to the WHO, said its emergencies director, Dr Michael Ryan. “So from our perspective, this remains speculative. Donald Trump has repeatedly claimed […]
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Tue 05 May 2020: A new contact-tracing app for managing the coronavirus outbreak will be piloted on the Isle of Wight this week, the health secretary has confirmed, despite concerns its centralised setup carries privacy risks and will reduce uptake. Using bluetooth technology, the app will alert users if they have been near someone who has tested […]
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Mon 04 May 2020: Muslims in South Korea on Monday decided to reopen mosques as of Wednesday, as the country reported no locally transmitted case of the coronavirus for the third day in a row. With boost in confidence about overcoming worst of COVID-19 pandemic, the Muslims in South Korea on Monday announced to open […]
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