SYDNEY: Australia’s Victoria state — epicentre of the nation’s second wave of Covid-19 infections — reported its lowest one-day rise in new cases in nearly two months, buoying hopes a lockdown of nearly five million people has contained spread of the virus. Victoria said it detected 113 new cases in […]
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SEOUL: North Korea was on high alert as Typhoon Bavi made landfall early today, dumping heavy rains and uprooting trees after skirting the coast of South Korea overnight causing some reported damage. North Korea’s KCTV state television broke into broadcasts overnight to report on the storm, showing downed trees and […]
WASHINGTON: The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said this week that people exposed to Covid-19 but not symptomatic may not need to be tested, shocking doctors and politicians and prompting accusations the guidance was politically motivated. The advice marks a reversal of the agency’s previous position recommending […]
WASHINGTON: The rapid pace of Covid-19 vaccine development and scant information about the US Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) vaccine review process are leading to concerns, the American Medical Association (AMA) said yesterday. In a letter, the AMA urged the FDA to ensure transparency in the vaccine development process and […]
LONDON: The government has reversed policy on wearing facemasks in schools in England, sparking fresh criticism about its handling of the coronavirus outbreak. Ministers had insisted face coverings were not necessary when children go back to school from next week after nearly six months out of the classroom amid concern […]
Authorities in the capital cited a rally against Covid-19 restrictions on August 1 during which participants ignored mask-wearing and distancing rules and other conditions imposed on the protest. Authorities in Berlin on Wednesday banned several protests planned for the weekend against coronavirus pandemic measures. The protests have drawn support from […]
MUMBAI: India recorded more than 60,000 cases of Covid-19 for the eighth day in a row today, as total cases crossed 3.2 million, data from the federal health ministry showed. The world’s second-most populous country is third behind the United States and Brazil in terms of total caseload, and has […]
YANGON: Myanmar reported 70 new coronavirus infections today, the South-east Asian nation’s biggest daily rise, amid a recent resurgence of the virus after weeks without confirmed domestic transmission. Myanmar’s outbreaks has been relatively small compared with other countries in the region after it found its first case in March, with […]
Health minister Park Neung-hoo cited the growing virus crisis while issuing back-to-work orders for doctors in the greater capital area who had joined physicians in other parts of the country for a three-day strike starting Wednesday to protest government plans to boost the number of medical students. South Korea’s Centers […]
JAKARTA: Indonesia reported 2,037 new coronavirus cases today, bringing its total tally to 153,535, data from the country’s Covid-19 taskforce showed. The Southeast Asian country also added 86 new deaths today, taking the total number to 6,680, the highest Covid-19 death toll in Southeast Asia.