Wed 15 April 2020: (AFP) A one-time lockdown won’t halt the novel coronavirus and repeated periods of social distancing may be required into 2022 to prevent hospitals from being overwhelmed, Harvard scientists who modeled the pandemic’s trajectory said Tuesday. Their study comes as the US enters the peak of its COVID-19 caseload and states eye […]
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Wed 15 April 2020: US President Donald Trump on Tuesday cut off funding to the World Health Organization, accusing the UN body of mishandling the coronavirus crisis as governments grapple with how and when to get their struggling economies back to work. The deadly pandemic has already killed more than 125,000 people and infected nearly […]
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A worker is seen wearing protective clothing at a temporary mortuary in the car park of Central Jamia Mosque Ghamkol Sharif as the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues, Birmingham, Britain, April 10, 2020. REUTERS/Carl Recine Tue 14 April 2020: Scapegoating narratives may pose additional dangers to public health, warn experts. London, United Kingdom […]
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Tue 14 April 2020: The global death toll from the novel coronavirus crossed the 120,000 mark on Tuesday, according to the U.S.-based Johns Hopkins University. Data compiled by the university showed that the global number of deaths reached 120,449, while the total number of people who recovered exceed 461,500. There are also over 1.9 million […]
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Tue 14 April 2020: With almost 1.2 million cases recorded worldwide, the novel coronavirus pandemic has put the whole world on high alert. Fatalities have reached nearly 60,000 and if not for three inventions–soap, alcohol, and quarantine–the number would be even higher. The common trait between the inventions, aside from their efficiency in limiting the COVID-19 spread, is […]
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Tue 14 April 2020: Palestinians in Gaza launched an initiative to deliver library books to children living in refugee camps who have been ordered to stay at home as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. “Bicycle: For us is life” was launched by Osama Fayyad who said books were trapped in libraries as a result […]
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Tue 14 April 2020: The World Health Organization says either cremation or burial are appropriate means to deal with victims of the Covid-19 pandemic, but Sri Lanka insists on only one. Authorities in Sri Lanka are cremating the bodies of Muslim victims of the Covid-19 pandemic despite protests from members of the community. As of […]
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Tue 14 April 2020: (REUTERS) More than 117 million children could miss out on immunisation against measles as the COVID-19 pandemic forces social distancing and piles pressure on health services, United Nations health agencies warned on Tuesday. Measles immunisation campaigns in 24 countries have already been delayed, and more will be postponed, potentially putting children […]
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Tue 14 April 2020: (Reuters) – Indonesian researchers have warned the government that plans to allow millions of people to leave for their home villages at the end of the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan next month could send coronavirus infections soaring. Meanwhile, a separate study showed the health system in the world’s fourth most […]
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Tue 14 April 2020: Yemen’s Houthi movement imposed high fees on the telecommunications sector under the pretext of combating the coronavirus pandemic. A document from the Ministry of Communications in the Sanaa-based government revealed that the group had imposed fees of half a billion Yemeni riyals on five national telecommunications companies under the pretext of […]
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