Sun 22 March 2020: Saudi Arabia’s health ministry has updated an app that can guide citizens and residents on whether to self-isolate or visit a hospital after registering their recent travel history and any coronavirus symptoms they may be showing. The Central Appointment System app called “Mawid” is provided by Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Health […]
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Sun 22 March 2020: Hossein Asadollahi, a senior commander of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), has died of “chemical injuries” from the war with Iraq in the 1980s, state media reported on Saturday. A long-serving member of the IRGC, Asadollahi headed the 27th Mohammad Rasulullah division of the IRGC for several years. Asadollahi had […]
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Sun 22 March 2020: Novartis is donating up to 130 million doses of malaria drug hydroxychloroquine to be used in the fight against the new coronavirus, the Swiss company said on Friday. There are no vaccines or treatments approved for the disease, but researchers are studying existing treatments including hydroxychloroquine for treating COVID-19. The novel […]
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Sun 22 March 2020: British citizens may have to practice social distancing for “at least most of the year” in order to curb the spread of the coronavirus outbreak, Bloomberg reported on Friday, citing U.K. government advisers. “The advisers suggested the government could alternate between periods of more and less strict measures of so-called ‘social […]
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Sun 22 March 2020: Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan called on citizens to stay at home and practice social distancing as the health minister announced 12 new deaths from the new coronavirus. Speaking in a video released on early Sunday, Erdoğan said all government offices are working at full capacity to overcome the crisis. He […]
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Sun 22 March 2020: (AFP) What do prisoners, a former first lady and textile makers have in common? All have threaded their needles to combat a dire global shortage of face masks that risks the health of millions amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Just a week ago, the small Czech company Nanospace was producing bed linen […]
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Sun 22 March 2020: (AFP) Nearly one billion people around the world were confined to their homes on Sunday, as the coronavirus death toll crossed 13,000 and factories were shut in worst-hit Italy after another single-day fatalities record. The raging pandemic has forced lockdowns in 35 countries across the globe, disrupting lives, travel and businesses […]
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Sat 21 March 2020: What is there to do in solitude? You can finally catch up on that book you wanted to read. Here’s a brief list to get you started this week. As the coronavirus continues to spread around the world and national governments increasingly try to get a grip on a crisis that […]
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Sat 21 March 2020: Iraqi Shia ceremonial eulogists defying ban on public gatherings Iraqi eulogist reciters still performing Shia ceremonial religious rites are being criticized for not following measures to stop the spread of coronavirus, like social distancing and self-isolation. The religious figures sang verses saying mourners would be protected against COVID-19. Videos posted on […]
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Sat 21 March 2020: The Pantai Hospital Laguna Merbok in Sungai Petani will be closed for two days from Sunday (Mar 22) for cleaning and disinfecting works to be carried out following a positive COVID-19 case. Its chief executive officer Tio Bee Chan said the first-ever COVID-19 case recorded in the hospital involved a 30-year-old woman who was […]
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