Tag Archives: COVID-19

The worst of the coronavirus pandemic has passed but declaring victory against the disease would be premature, Lebanon’s health minister said Monday, as the country gradually opened up. “I think the worst-case scenario has passed and is behind us, but at the same time we need to stay alert and …

Nigeria will relax coronavirus restrictions on places of worship from Tuesday, the chairman of the presidential task force for COVID-19 said. Nigeria, Africa’s most populous country where Christianity and Islam are widely practiced, has recorded 10,162 confirmed cases and 287 deaths. Boss Mustapha, the country’s most senior civil servant, also …

Japan is considering re-opening its borders to travellers from selected countries which have low levels of coronavirus infections, as it begins to ease restrictions put in place earlier this year to control the outbreak. As schools, cinemas, sports clubs and department stores reopened in the nation’s capital Tokyo on Monday, …

Spain said Monday it’s reporting no deaths in a 24-hour period from the new coronavirus for the first time since March. Emergency health response chief Fernando Simón said the development is “very, very encouraging.” He told a news conference there was only 71 new infection over the past 24 hours. …

Iraq reported 429 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: 80 cases, Baghdad / Al-Karkh: 47 cases, Medical City: 45 cases, Basra: 22 cases, Najaf: 6 cases, Sulaymaniyah: 102 cases, Dohuk: …

Eli Lilly and Company said Monday it has started the first human trial of an antibody therapy designed to treat Covid-19. The first phase of the trial will test whether the therapy is safe and well-tolerated; those results are expected in late June. The first Covid-19 patients being treated with …

The European Union (EU) reiterated its support to the World Health Organization (WHO) this week and urged the United States to reconsider the decision to suspend its ties with that entity. US President Donald Trump has announced the end of his country’s relations with WHO and reported his government will …

Iraq reported 306 new cases of Coronavirus during the past 24 hours, the Iraqi Ministry of Health announced on Saturday. The new casualties were distributed as: Baghdad / Rusafa: 96 cases, Baghdad / Al-Karkh: 60 cases, Medical City: 12 cases, Basra: 29 cases, Najaf: 2 cases, Sulaymaniyah: 6 cases, Erbil: …

Iraq reported 416 new cases of Coronavirus during the past 24 hours, the Iraqi Ministry of Health announced on Friday. The new casualties were distributed as: Baghdad / Rusafa: 72 cases, Baghdad / Al-Karkh: 146 cases, Medical City: 47 cases, Basra: 15 cases, Najaf: 5 cases, Sulaymaniyah: 22 cases, Kirkuk: …

Turkey on Friday resumed some mass prayers at a limited number of mosques after a break of more than two months, as Ankara continued to ease restrictions imposed to curb the coronavirus outbreak. Turkey had suspended prayers, limited travel, and closed shops and restaurants. However, the government has started to …

As if the coronavirus wasn’t enough, India grappled with scorching temperatures and the worst locust invasion in decades as authorities prepared for the end of a monthslong lockdown despite recording thousands of new infections every day. This triple disaster drew biblical comparisons and forced officials to try to balance the …

France, Italy, and Belgium acted to halt the use of hydroxychloroquine to treat patients suffering from COVID-19, the illness caused by the new coronavirus, amid questions about the safety of the generic anti-malaria drug. France on Wednesday canceled a decree allowing hospital doctors to dispense the medicine, while the Italian …

Due to increasing coronavirus cases, the Iraqi parliament warned on Thursday that the healthcare system in the country may collapse in ten days. Jawad Al-Mosawi, a rapporteur of the parliament’s Crisis Cell, formed to tackle the coronavirus situation in the country, revealed in a statement: “The healthcare system may collapse …

A woman has died in Gaza Strip after contracting coronavirus, the Palestinian enclave’s first fatality from the global pandemic, the health ministry said. It said the 77-year-old woman had suffered from a prior chronic illness and had traveled to Gaza through neighboring Egypt on May 19. She had been quarantined …

New coronavirus cases in China fell to zero on Saturday for the first time but surged in India and overwhelmed hospitals across Latin America – both in countries lax about lockdowns and those lauded for the firm, early confinement. The virus hit a reopened church in Germany and probably a …

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani says museums and historical sites are to reopen on Sunday to coincide with the Eid al-Fitr celebrations that end the Muslim holy fasting month of Ramadan. Holy shrines will reopen Monday, Rouhani told a meeting of the National Headquarters for Managing and Fighting the Coronavirus in …

Iraqi President Barham Salih held a phone call with his Turkish counterpart, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, on Friday. The two leaders exchanged greetings for Sunday’s Ramadan Bayram, also known as Eid al-Fitr while discussing bilateral ties, regional developments, and cooperation in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. The Iraqi-Turkish border was …

Iraq reported 87 new cases of Coronavirus during the past 24 hours, the Iraqi Ministry of Health announced on Friday. The new casualties were distributed as: Baghdad / Rusafa: 26 cases, Baghdad / Al-Karkh: 21 cases, Medical City: 1 case, Basra: 2 cases, Najaf: 1 case, Sulaymaniyah: 5 cases, Erbil: …

Rumors of the strongman’s evacuation to Moscow on private jet have been circling in anonymous social media channels since Wednesday. But tentative confirmation only came on Thursday, with Russian news agency Interfax citing an unnamed hospital source saying he was hospitalized with suspected Covid-19. Mr. Kadyrov’s press secretary was unavailable …

Lebanon’s financial meltdown could tip the country into a full-blown food crisis, as people hit by soaring prices and the fallout of COVID-19 become unable to afford even basics like bread, the prime minister warned. Lebanon has been paralyzed by an economic crisis that has seen dollars dry up, banks …