Tag Archives: COVID-19

World food prices rose in June to post their first increase of 2020 and mark a slight rebound after the sharp falls triggered by the coronavirus pandemic, the United Nations food agency said on Thursday. The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) food price index, which measures monthly changes for a …

NPC International Inc., the largest franchisee of Pizza Hut restaurants in the U.S., filed for bankruptcy after coronavirus-related shutdowns added to competitive pressures in the restaurant industry. The closely held company sought Chapter 11 protection in the Southern District of Texas court on Wednesday. NPC, founded in 1962, operates 1,227 …

The number of Americans who died from COVID-19 in March through May was likely significantly higher than the official U.S. count due in part to state-level reporting discrepancies, according to a study published on Wednesday. The overall number of U.S. deaths for any cause tallied by the National Center for …

A COVID-19 vaccine developed by German biotech firm BioNTech and U.S. pharmaceutical giant Pfizer has shown potential and was found to be well tolerated in early-stage human trials, the companies said on Wednesday. The drug is one of 17 being tested on humans in a frantic global race to find …

Iraq reported 2415 new cases of Coronavirus during the past 24 hours, the Iraqi Ministry of Health announced on Wednesday. The new casualties were distributed as: Baghdad / Rusafa 341 Baghdad / Al-Karkh 235 Baghdad / Medical City 42 Najaf 165 Sulaymaniyah 181 Erbil 58 Dohuk 1 Kerbala 115 Kirkuk …

The Trump administration has bought up virtually the entire stock for the next three months of one of the drugs proven to work against Covid-19, leaving none for the UK, Europe, or most of the rest of the world. On Monday the US Department of Health and Human Services (HSS) …

The downturn in eurozone manufacturing was not as bad as initially thought last month after more economies in the bloc eased restrictions imposed to quell the spread of the coronavirus, a survey showed. Over 10 million people have been infected by the virus globally and more than 500,000 have died, …

Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden on Tuesday launched a fresh attack on President Donald Trump’s “historic mismanagement” of the coronavirus pandemic as the number of confirmed cases in many states rises. Speaking in his hometown of Wilmington, Delaware, the former vice president argued that earlier action by Trump would have …

The US could soon see 100,000 new cases of coronavirus every day, its top infectious diseases expert has warned. Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute for Allergy and Infectious Diseases, told a US Senate committee he is “very concerned” the situation could get “very bad”. Currently, 40,000 new …

The European Union has excluded the United States from its initial “safe list” of countries from which the bloc will allow non-essential travel from Wednesday. The 27-member bloc gave approval on Tuesday to leisure or business travel from 14 countries beyond its borders, the Council of the EU, which represents …

Iraq reported 1958 new cases of Coronavirus during the past 24 hours, the Iraqi Ministry of Health announced on Tuesday. The new casualties were distributed as: Baghdad / Rusafa 307 Baghdad / Al-Karkh 194 Baghdad / Medical City 38 Najaf 84 Sulaymaniyah 146 Erbil 85 Dohuk 1 Kerbala 119 Kirkuk …

MP from Al-Fatah parliamentary alliance reported, on Tuesday, that a request has been submitted to the Presidency of the Parliament, to host the Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kadhimi, to discuss the government’s plan to contain Covid-19. This is the first request to host Al-Kadhimi in the parliament, since the formation of …

The United States is not on a “safe list” of destinations for non-essential travel due to be unveiled by European Union governments later on Tuesday, three diplomats said. The 27-member bloc is expected to give outline approval to leisure or business travel from Wednesday to 14 countries beyond its borders …

President Cyril Ramaphosa on Monday urged South Africans to stamp out the stigmatization of people who have proven positive with coronavirus. The stigmatization of COVID-19 patients has become one of the challenges confronting the country, Ramaphosa said in his weekly presidential address. “As a society, we have a collective responsibility …

Gilead Sciences Inc has priced its COVID-19 drug candidate remdesivir at $390 per vial for the United States and governments of other developed countries, it said on Monday, setting the price of a five-day course at $2,340 per patient. The price for U.S. private insurance companies will be $520 per …

Iraq reported 1749 new cases of Coronavirus during the past 24 hours, the Iraqi Ministry of Health announced on Monday. The new casualties were distributed as: Baghdad / Rusafa 241 Baghdad / Al-Karkh 184 Baghdad / Medical City 2 Najaf 87 Sulaymaniyah 94 Erbil 40 Dohuk 4 Kerbala 84 Wasit …

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Sunday said President Donald Trump and his administration are “basically in denial” about the coronavirus pandemic and aren’t doing enough to combat it. Confirmed cases of the virus in the U.S. are rising, and the death toll has topped 125,000, leading some states, like …

The Iraqi Ministry of Health and environment registered today, Sunday, 96 fatalities, 2140 cases and 1184 recoveries across the country. In a statement, the ministry said that 10595 tests were performed today, raising the total number of performed tests since the beginning of the outbreak in the country to 520948. …

China has extended COVID-19 tests to newly reopened salons amid a drop in cases, while South Korea continues to face new infections after it eased social distancing rules to lift the economy. In the U.S., Vice President Mike Pence called off off a planned campaign bus tour in Florida following …

US Vice President Mike Pence has been forced to cancel re-election campaign events as the coronavirus surged in a number of battleground states. The number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the country rose to more than 2.5 million on Saturday, according to a tally kept by John Hopkins University. …