Coronavirus: Italy takes ‘calculated risk’ in easing restrictions – PM Italy is taking a “calculated risk” as it moves to further ease its coronavirus lockdown measures, PM Giuseppe Conte has admitted. He said “the contagion curve” could rise again, but the country could not afford to wait for a vaccine. Mr Conte announced that travel […]
Japan COVID-19 doctors lack fresh masks, hazard pay: union survey FILE PHOTO: A doctor wearing an N95 mask prepares a simulation for drive-through polymerase chain reaction (PCR) tests for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) at Edogawa ward in Tokyo, Japan April 22, 2020. REUTERS/Issei Kato TOKYO (Reuters) – Japanese hospital doctors on the front line of […]
Australia says China ignores calls to ease trade tension Lidia Kelly MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Australia urged China on Sunday to respond to its requests to discuss easing tensions between the two trading partners after Canberra called for an international enquiry into the origins of the novel coronavirus. China, accusing Australia of playing “petty tricks”, has […]
China urges food companies to boost supplies on fears of further COVID-19 disruption Naveen Thukral, Hallie Gu SINGAPORE/BEIJING (Reuters) – China has asked trading firms and food processors to boost inventories of grains and oilseeds as a possible second wave of coronavirus cases and worsening infection rates elsewhere raise concerns about global supply lines. FILE PHOTO: […]
VIRUS ROW Coronavirus ‘did NOT come from animals in Wuhan market’ and was ‘taken in by someone already carrying the killer bug’ Dan Keane 1 CORONAVIRUS may not have come from a wild animal market in Wuhan, according to the results of a landmark scientific study.As the search for the origin of Covid-19 continues, biologists […]
Coronavirus: What should the opposition do in a crisis? By Brian WheelerPolitical reporter Political conflict is hardwired into the British system of government, but what happens when there is a national emergency that needs a unified response? The gap between the front benches in the House of Commons is 3.96m – more than enough to […]
No, you won’t get Dh4,000 for working between 1990 and 2020 in the UAE It’s a hoax, the UAE’s Ministry of Labour has made no such announcement Mazhar Farooqui, Features Editor – Special Reports The fake WhatsApp message directs people to a malicious linkImage Credit: Supplied Dubai: If you‘ve got a forwarded WhatsApp message which […]
India overtakes China in coronavirus infections: Live updates Modi due to decide whether to lift India’s lockdown as new figures show Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu worst hit by virus.
India: Truck crash kills 23 workers going home amid lockdown Accident in Uttar Pradesh latest to highlight extreme risks faced by poor under measures to stop coronavirus spread. Migrant workers along with their family members walk on a road as they return to their villages during an extended nationwide lockdown to limit the spreading of […]
Macaque monkey trial offers hope BBC Copyright: BBC Elisa Granato was the first volunteer to be injected in a subsequent human trial Image caption A vaccine against coronavirus appears to have provided protection against the disease Covid-19 in six rhesus macaque monkeys. In a trial in the US, involving researchers from the US government’s National Institutes of […]