Tag Archives: COVID-19

Spain, one of the countries worst hit by the coronavirus, is beginning to ease strict lockdown measures that have brought its economy to a standstill. People in manufacturing, construction and some services are being allowed to return to work, but must stick to strict safety guidelines. The rest of the …

Palestinian health officials have been forced to halt COVID-19 novel coronavirus testing in the Gaza Strip after the area health ministry’s test kit stocks ran dry earlier this week. “Testing at our central laboratory has stopped, after coronavirus test kits completely ran out,” Ashraf al-Qidra, a spokesman for the Hamas-run …

Several 5G broadcasting masts across the Netherlands were damaged in what authorities have described as “a worrying development.” Similar acts of sabotage have previously been seen in the UK. The Netherlands has experienced a string of arson attacks in the past fortnight, with the latest one happening on Friday in …

NHS staff still do not have the protective equipment they need to treat coronavirus patients, medics have said. The British Medical Association (BMA) said doctors were putting their lives at risk by working without adequate protection. It comes as the health secretary said 19 NHS workers had died with coronavirus …

Apple and Google are partnering to help authorities track exposure to the coronavirus using Bluetooth technology. The two Silicon Valley giants will work on a platform to enable contact tracing, a measure that identifies people who have been exposed to the virus and who they have been in contact with, …

The US has become the first country to record more than 2,000 deaths of people with coronavirus in a single day. Over a 24-hour period, 2,108 people infected with the virus died, while the number of confirmed infections surged past 500,000, according to Johns Hopkins University figures. More than half …

Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani has called on Iranians to respect health protocols aimed at containing the new coronavirus as “low-risk” economic activities resumed in most of the country. Rouhani made the plea in a meeting of senior officials in charge of the National Headquarters for Managing and Fighting the Coronavirus …

Yemen has reported its first case of infection with the novel coronavirus in a southern province under the control of Saudi-sponsored militiamen loyal to the country’s former President Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi. This has raised fears of an outbreak in an impoverished country where five years of a bloody campaign …

EU finance ministers have agreed on a €500bn (£430bn;$540bn) rescue package for European countries hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic. The chairman of the Eurogroup, Mário Centeno, announced the deal, reached after marathon discussions in Brussels. It comes as Spain’s prime minister said the country was close to passing the …

Boris Johnson “must rest up” after he was moved from intensive care with coronavirus, his father has said. “He almost took one for the team and we’ve got to make sure we play properly now,” Stanley Johnson said. Scientific adviser Prof Neil Ferguson, who was asked about coming out of …

Images have emerged of coffins being buried in a mass grave in New York City, as the death toll from the coronavirus outbreak continues to rise. Workers in hazmat outfits were seen using a ladder to descend into a huge pit where the coffins were stacked. The location is Hart …

Italian prime minister Giuseppe Conte has warned that the EU could fail over the response to coronavirus. He said that the union has to work in a more co-ordinated way to fight the outbreak, or risks collapsing altogether. With the Italian economy set to contract and debt set to inevitably …

Iranian authorities have called on the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to accelerate processing Tehran’s request for an emergency loan which requires fighting a pandemic. The governor of the Central Bank of Iran (CBI) Abdolnasser Hemmati said on Thursday that the IMF is expected to consider Iran’s request for a $5 …

The number of Americans seeking unemployment benefits has hit a staggering 15 million as the coronavirus pandemic has brought the United States to a halt. The country recorded 5.250 million claims for state unemployment benefits for the week ended April 4, according to a Reuters survey of economists. The data …

The World Health Organization on Wednesday criticized US President Donald Trump’s plan to suspend the contributions of the United States government to its budget in light of the crisis of the outbreak of the Corona virus “emerging Covid-19”. Senior officials at the World Health Organization have pushed back at calls …

Iran has urged the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to approve a $5bn (£4bn) emergency loan to help fight the coronavirus, as its death toll passed 4,000. President Hassan Rouhani warned that “there should be no discrimination” in approving requests. The US reportedly opposes the loan, with officials saying Iran has …

A man in Hyderabad has manufactured a single-seater vehicle shaped like the coronavirus under the microscope to spread awareness about COVID-19 among Indians. “I’ll take this on the road and show the people the dangers of the coronavirus,” says Sudhakar Yadav.

China has ended its lockdown of Wuhan, the original epicenter of the coronavirus crisis, as the city, reemerges from a deadly outbreak that is now raging across the globe. But even as Wuhan reopens its borders after 76 days, some restrictions within the city will remain in place, and officials …

A majority of Americans — 55% — now say the federal government has done a poor job preventing the spread of coronavirus in the United States, up to eight points in about a week, according to a new CNN poll conducted by SSRS as the nationwide death toll from the …

Boris Johnson has spent a second night in intensive care as he continues to receive treatment for coronavirus. Mr. Johnson is being kept in St Thomas’ Hospital in London “for close monitoring”, Downing Street said. The PM is “comfortable, he’s stable, he’s in good spirits”, said health minister Edward Argar …