PERTH: One person died and two others were injured after a ceiling collapsed at a building under construction at Curtin University in Perth, Australia, on Tuesday (Oct 13). Two men in their 20s were taken to hospital after the incident at the university’s campus in Bentley, news outlet the West […]
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As many as 7,550 coronavirus patients were confirmed to have recovered over the last day, up from 3,793 on Monday, bringing the total number of discharges to 1,031,785. Russia has registered 13,868 Covid-19 cases in the past 24 hours, up from 13,592 on Monday, breaking the daily growth record and […]
AMSTERDAM: A new round of social restrictions will be announced by the Dutch government on Tuesday (Oct 13) evening, including the possible closure of cafes and restaurants, as the Netherlands battles to control the coronavirus in one of Europe’s major hotspots. The number of cases in the country of 17 […]
Conte signed a decree that focuses especially on bars and restaurants, as the government seeks to avert a new national lockdown that the economy, ravaged by one of the strictest and longest in the continent earlier this year, could ill afford. Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte imposed a series of […]
SYDNEY: Australia’s most populous state said on Tuesday (Oct 13) it will ease restrictions despite reporting the biggest one-day jump in new COVID-19 cases in six weeks. New South Wales (NSW) said that from Oct 16 venues that offer outdoor dining will be allowed to have double the number of […]
REUTERS: Johnson & Johnson said on Monday (Oct 12) it has temporarily paused its COVID-19 vaccine candidate clinical trials due to an unexplained illness in a study participant. The participant’s illness is being reviewed and evaluated by an independent data and safety monitoring board, as well as the company’s clinical […]
SHANGHAI: China’s Qingdao city said today it will conduct Covid-19 tests for the entire population of more than 9 million people over five days after new cases appeared linked to a hospital treating imported infections. The city reported six new Covid-19 cases and six asymptomatic cases as of late yesterday. […]
RIO DE JANEIRO: Brazil’s count of COVID-19 deaths surpassed 150,000 on Saturday (Oct 10) night, despite signs the pandemic is slowly retreating in Latin America’s largest nation. The Brazilian Health Ministry reported that the death toll now stands at 150,198. The figure is the world’s second-highest behind the United States, […]
MELBOURNE: Australia is in talks with Japan, South Korea, Singapore and South Pacific nations on reopening travel as coronavirus infections ease, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said on Sunday (Oct 11). Australia shut its borders in March to slow the spread of the coronavirus and is looking to revive tourism to […]
BEIJING: China reported 21 new confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus on Saturday (Oct 10), up from 15 a day earlier, the country’s national health authority said on Sunday. All the new cases were imported infections involving travellers from overseas, the National Health Commission said in a statement. The number […]