SHANGHAI: China reported 127 new COVID-19 cases on the mainland on Thursday (Jul 30), up from 105 the previous day, the country’s health authority said on Friday. It is the highest daily number of COVID-19 cases in China since Mar 5. Of the new cases, 112 were in the far […]
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SYDNEY: Australia on Thursday (Jul 30) reported a record number of new COVID-19 infections and its deadliest day of the pandemic so far following a spike in cases at elderly care homes. Days after authorities expressed hope that a Melbourne lockdown – now in its third week – was bringing […]
NEW YORK: One person in the United States died about every minute from COVID-19 on Wednesday (Jul 29) as the national death toll surpassed 150,000, the highest in the world. The United States recorded 1,456 new deaths on Wednesday, the highest one-day increase since 1,484 on May 27, according to […]
REUTERS: Florida reported a record increase in new COVID-19 deaths for a second successive day on Wednesday (Jul 29), with 217 fatalities in the last 24 hours, according to the state health department. Florida also reported 9,446 new cases, bringing its total infections to over 451,000, the second highest in […]
SINGAPORE: Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong on Tuesday (Jul 28) said he fears US-China tensions could continue beyond the US presidential election this year, highlighting the “bipartisan consensus on treating China as a threat”. Mr Lee was speaking at a virtual dialogue organised by the Atlantic Council – an American […]
PARIS: Spain and Germany were among the countries tightening restrictions on Tuesday (Jul 28) in a bid to cool coronavirus hotspots that have sparked fears of a second wave. The World Health Organization warned that the virus did not appear to be affected by seasonality, as the global death toll […]
CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts: Moderna on Tuesday (Jul 28) said its experimental COVID-19 vaccine induced a robust immune response and protected against infection in a study on monkeys. The vaccine, MRNA-1273, given to non-human primates protected against infection in the lungs and nose, and prevented pulmonary disease in all animals, the company […]
GENEVA: A World Health Organization official on Tuesday (Jul 28) described the COVID-19 pandemic as “one big wave” and warned against complacency in the northern hemisphere summer since the infection does not share influenza’s tendency to follow seasons. WHO officials have been at pains to avoid describing a resurgence of […]
GENEVA: Bans on international travel cannot stay in place indefinitely, and countries are going to have to do more to reduce the spread of the novel coronavirus within their borders, the World Health Organization said on Monday (Jul 27). A surge of infections has prompted countries to reimpose some travel […]
WELLINGTON: New Zealand has suspended its extradition treaty with Hong Kong and made a number of other changes in light of China’s decision to pass a national security law for Hong Kong, Foreign Affairs Minister Winston Peters said on Tuesday (Jul 28). “New Zealand can no longer trust that Hong […]