LONDON: The United Kingdom recorded 853 new cases of Covid-19 in the latest daily statistics published today, down from 1,041 yesterday, government figures showed. Four people died after testing positive for the coronavirus within the previous 28 days, compared with six deaths announced yesterday.
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JOLO: At least 14 people were killed and 75 wounded—including members of the security forces and civilians—in twin bombings today involving a suicide attacker on a southern Philippine island that is a stronghold of Islamist militants, officials said. The apparently coordinated attacks happened in Jolo in Muslim-majority Sulu, where government-backed […]
HAVANA: Tropical Storm Laura pounded Cuba with heavy rains yesterday as it barrelled toward the US, where forecasters predicted it would strengthen to a hurricane after leaving 24 people dead and a swath of destruction in the Caribbean. “Strengthening is expected when the storm moves over the Gulf of Mexico, […]
SAN FRANCISCO: More dry-lightning storms hit California yesterday after sparking 625 fires last week as authorities warned the state was trapped in a “megafire era” triggered by climate change. The worst of the wildfires, including the second and third largest in California history, burned in the San Francisco Bay Area […]
BUENOS AIRES: Argentina confirmed a record 8,713 new cases of coronavirus yesterday and 381 resulting deaths in just 24 hours, as the Latin American nation battles a surge of contagions. The country’s health ministry said that just weeks into a stricter quarantine in the capital Buenos Aires and its suburbs, […]
SYDNEY: The Australian state at the centre of the country’s coronavirus second wave today reported 148 new Covid-19 cases, more than the previous day but well down from peak levels, and eight deaths. The majority of new cases reported in recent weeks were in the city of Melbourne, Australia’s second […]
SYDNEY: New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern today extended a coronavirus lockdown in the country’s largest city until the end of the week and introduced mandatory mask wearing on public transport across the nation. Ardern said the four-day extension in the city of Auckland was critical to enable the country […]
SEOUL: South Korea reported its highest daily rise in novel coronavirus cases since early March today, as outbreaks continued to spread from a Seoul church and from political demonstrations its members had attended. The Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (KCDC) reported 397 new infections as of midnight Saturday, […]
The WHO has recommended that children below the age of five do not have to wear masks but the rules change for children who fall under a different age group. The World Health Organization (WHO) has updated its mask-wearing guidelines for children as the cases of the coronavirus disease (Covid19) […]
ECATEPEC (Mexico): Standing in a graveyard on the outskirts of Mexico City decked out in a cowboy hat to cover his rugged features from the sun, guitar player Eberardo Vargas this week had fewer funerals to play at than he has for most of the coronavirus pandemic. Even as Mexico […]