Vaccine needed to fully halt spread of COVID-19: WHO
Geneva: The World Health Organization said on Monday that a safe and effective vaccine would be needed to fully halt the spread of COVID-19, which has killed more than 114,000 people worldwide. “Our global connectedness means the risk of re-introduction and resurgence of COVID19 will continue,” WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told a virtual briefing […]
WHO emergency committee meets on Ebola after new DRC case
Geneva: The WHO said its emergency committee would meet Tuesday to discuss whether the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo still constitutes an international health emergency, after fresh cases were detected. The meeting comes a day after DR Congo had been expected to announce that the outbreak in the east of the […]
IMF approves debt relief for 25 poor countries
Washington: The International Monetary Fund on Monday announced immediate debt relief for 25 poor countries to help them free up funds to fight the coronavirus pandemic. “This provides grants to our poorest and most vulnerable members to cover their IMF debt obligations for an initial phase over the next six months and will help them […]
New York City now has more COVID19 cases than China, UK
New York: New York City, the epicenter of the COVID19 pandemic in the US, now alone has over 100,000 novel coronavirus cases, more than the confirmed cases in China and the UK, according to latest official data. Statistics from the New York City government said an increase of at least 5,695 cases on Sunday put […]
Wuhan’s lessons in containing Covid-19: Wear masks, no home quarantine for patients
Beijing: The head of a hospital involved in handling the coronavirus crisis in China’s epicentre Wuhan on Monday said wearing masks and mandatory isolation of people with mild symptoms in special centres instead of their homes are essential to contain the spread of the vicious virus. Wang Xinghuan, the head of the Wuhan Leishenshan (Thunder […]
Coronavirus: 334 new cases reported in Pakistan, death toll reaches 93
Islamabad: Pakistan’s coronavirus cases have reached 5,374 with 334 new infections reported, while seven more people have died due to the disease, taking the death toll in the country to 93, health officials said on Monday. The Ministry of National Health Services reported that 1,095 people had recovered fully, but 44 are still in critical […]
‘Lessons countries can learn from COVID-19 in Italy decoded’
Los Angeles: Analysing data on COVID-19 cases in Italy, one of the countries worst hit by the pandemic, researchers have suggested measures that other governments across the world can take to contain transmission of the novel coronavirus. According to the analysis, published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, the number of cases and […]
US COVID-19 deaths cross 20,000, highest in world, surpassing Italy
Washington: The US has overtaken Italy as the country with the highest number of deaths due to COVID-19 pandemic with the fatalities crossing 20,000, according to Johns Hopkins University data, as the novel coronavirus continues to wreak havoc across the globe. The deadly coronavirus, that originated in China in December last year, has so far […]
Iran reports 117 new virus deaths, raising total to 4,474
Tehran: Iran on Sunday announced 117 new deaths from the novel coronavirus, bringing the overall official toll to 4,474, even as it eased some restrictions that had been imposed to slow the spread of the illness. Health ministry spokesman Kianoush Jahanpour also told a news conference that 1,657 new infections had been confirmed in the […]
Boris Johnson leaves hospital, thanks NHS for saving his life
London: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Sunday thanked the state-funded NHS medics and staff for their hard work through the coronavirus pandemic as he was discharged from hospital, saying he owed them his life after testing positive for the deadly virus over two weeks ago. Downing Street said that Johnson left St. Thomas’ Hospital […]
