Sat 11 April 2020: (AFP) Google and Apple unveiled a joint initiative Friday to develop a coronavirus smartphone “contact tracing” tool that could potentially alert people when they have crossed paths with an infected person. The move brings together the largest mobile operating systems in an effort to use smartphone location technology to track and […]
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Sat 11 April 2020: Liverpool legend Kenny Dalglish has tested positive for coronavirus but is not showing symptoms of the disease, his family said Friday. The 69-year-old former Scottish international striker, who started his career at Celtic, was admitted to hospital on Wednesday for treatment for an infection which required intravenous antibiotics. “He was subsequently […]
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Fri 10 April 2020: The World Health Organization (WHO) warned on Friday of an alarming trend in the number of coronavirus-infected health workers, stating that some countries have reported up to 10% of medics being infected. At least 100 Italian doctors have died of the novel coronavirus since the pandemic reached the Mediterranean country in […]
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Fri 10 April 2020: The United Arab Emirates is supplying eastern Libya’s warlord General Khalifa Haftar with a sophisticated Israeli air defence system in order to counter the Turkish drones supplied to its rival, the UN-recognised Government of National Accord (GNA), sources have exclusively told The New Arab’s Arabic-language service. The UAE, the biggest backer of Haftar’s confederation of […]
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Fri 10 April 2020: Human Rights Watch says new law, nationwide verification process threaten citizenship rights of millions of Muslims Human Rights Watch has termed India’s new citizenship law as discriminatory in a new report. The Citizenship Amendment Act along with a planned nationwide verification process to identify illegal immigrants is a threat to millions […]
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Fri 10 April 2020: Aerosol particles containing virus may linger in air, highlighting need for ventilation and avoiding crowds, says study Aerosol particles containing coronavirus could hang in the air longer than initially thought, highlighting the need for continued social distancing, according to a new Finnish study of the virus’ spread. Researchers from Aalto University, […]
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Fri 10 April 2020: Countries across globe use diagnosis testing kits to stem spread of coronavirus, put infected under quarantine Since emerging in the Wuhan city of China in late December 2019, the novel coronavirus has quickly spread to all corners of the world, with more than 1.61 million confirmed cases worldwide, while the global […]
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Fri 10 April 2020: Experts say government needs to reassure people that hospitals remain open for patients with other conditions. Glasgow, Scotland – Non-coronavirus deaths in Scotland have risen since the pandemic took hold, amid warnings of “eerily quiet” hospital departments as vulnerable people miss out on medical care. Scottish deaths in late March and early […]
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Fri 10 April 2020: With its population youngest among all continents, Africa may survive by investing in human capital in the post-COVID-19 world Africa – the world’s second-largest and second-most-populous continent — is estimated to lose $90 billion to $200 billion in 2020, due to the novel coronavirus outbreak, according to a study released by […]
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Photo: Junaid Bhatt. Twitter: @Junaidbhatphoto Fri 10 April 2020: Abysmally low testing has put Indian-administered Kashmir on edge awaiting catastrophe, say doctors in the region As the novel coronavirus or COVID-19 pandemic is spreading rapidly across the Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir, health experts in the region fear the disease has seeped in the community. They […]
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