BASRA, Iraq: In a hospital ward in Iraq, doctor Ali Salam Abdullah and a smiling patient hold up a large blood bag full of the yellow liquid that he hopes will help turn the corner in cutting the country’s coronavirus death rate. The liquid is plasma from a recently recovered […]
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LONDON: A second coronavirus wave is a real risk for the United Kingdom and local flare-ups are likely, major health bodies said on Wednesday (Jun 24), in one of the strongest warnings yet to Prime Minister Boris Johnson as he eases lockdown to help the economy. The United Kingdom has […]
WASHINGTON: White House trade adviser Peter Navarro said on Monday (Jun 22) the trade deal with China is “over,” and he linked the breakdown in part to Washington’s anger over Beijing’s not sounding the alarm earlier about the COVID-19 outbreak. “It’s over,” Navarro told Fox News in an interview when […]
GENEVA: The World Health Organization called on Monday (Jun 22) for a rapid increase in production of dexamethasone, a cheap steroid which has been shown to reduce deaths in critically ill coronavirus patients. WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said demand had already surged after a British trial of the drug […]
DUBAI: The World Health Organization sent out a fresh warning on Monday (Jun 22) over the dangers of the new coronavirus even as France returned to life by staging an annual music festival and sending millions of children back to school. In spite of numerous European countries further easing their […]
Brazil has become the second country, after the US, to register more than 50,000 deaths from Covid-19. It comes amid growing political unrest and just days after the country confirmed more than one million coronavirus infections. Experts warn that the peak of the outbreak in Brazil is still weeks away. […]
FILE PHOTO: A medical staff member in protective suit collects a swab from a man for a nucleic acid test at China-Japan Friendship Hospital following new cases of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) infections in Beijing, China June 15, 2020. BEIJING: Beijing will see a “cliff-like” drop in new cases in […]
BEIJING: China banned imports from a top US poultry producer and ordered a Beijing Pepsi factory to close on Sunday (Jun 21) as authorites clamped down on food production and distribution amid a new coronavirus cluster in the capital. Health officials also reported 22 new virus cases in Beijing, where […]
China has accused Indian troops of a “deliberate provocation” in its first official comments on Monday’s deadly clash at a disputed Himalayan border. Foreign ministry spokesman Lijian Zhao said the troops had crossed into Chinese territory and attacked, triggering “fierce physical conflicts”. However he did not give details of any […]
ATLANTA: Thousands marched through US cities on Friday (Jun 19) in Juneteenth observances marking the abolition of slavery more than a century and a half ago, an occasion freighted with special resonance this year amid America’s reckoning with its legacy of racism. Capping nearly four weeks of protests and national […]