MONTEVIDEO: Latin America and the Caribbean surpassed Europe on Friday (Aug 7) to become the region hardest-hit by coronavirus deaths, as India passed the sombre step of recording over two million infections. The world’s worst-hit region had reported 213,120 fatalities, 460 more than Europe, according to an AFP tally based […]
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WASHINGTON: Undeterred by the coronavirus, schools in several US states have reopened for in-person classes — but some have already been hit by large quarantines of students and staff following fresh outbreaks. In Mississippi — the state with the country’s highest positivity rate at 22 per cent of everyone tested, […]
BEIRUT: Precious wheat spilled out of disembowelled silos, mixing with soot, debris and cement: Beirut’s port blast has gutted Lebanon’s largest grain storage and sparked public panic over bread shortages. The annihilation of the port in Tuesday’s (Aug 4) explosion has further strained food access for a population that relies […]
MANILA: The Philippines has seen a jump in coronavirus infections due to intensified testing, the presidential spokesman said today, defending the country’s response to the pandemic after overtaking Indonesia to record the most cases in South-east Asia. Infections have surged nearly seven-fold to more than 122,000, while deaths have more […]
South Africa is reporting over half of the continents coronavirus cases, experts fear severe under-reporting Africa has reached 1 million confirmed coronavirus cases, but health experts believe the real figure could be far higher. The World Health Organization (WHO) called the significant number of new cases a “pivotal moment,” and […]
The pandemic has killed at least 708,236 people worldwide with US recording the most deaths with over 158,000, followed by Brazil with nearly 100,000. Berlin: More countries across Europe imposed new travel restrictions and containment measures on Thursday with fears growing over a second wave of coronavirus infections as global […]
BEIRUT: Lebanese authorities have arrested 16 people in an investigation into the Beirut port warehouse explosion, state news agency NNA said on Thursday (Aug 6), and a judicial source and local media said the port’s general manager was among those being held. NNA did not name the individuals, but quoted […]
The last time the US recorded more than 2,000 deaths in 24 hours was on May 7. Washington: The United States has recorded more than 2,000 coronavirus deaths in 24 hours, the highest number of daily fatalities in three months, Johns Hopkins University’s real-time tally showed Thursday. The country, which […]
Investigators probing the devastating blast in Beirut that killed at least 135 people and injured 5,000 more are pointing to a Russian ship docked in the city’s port for nearly seven years without appropriate security precautions that officials warned was “a floating bomb.” The Russian vessel, named MV Rhosus, carrying […]
GENEVA: The World Health Organisation today urged Russia to follow the established guidelines for producing safe and effective vaccines after Moscow announced plans to start swiftly producing Covid-19 jabs. Russia said yesterday it aims to launch mass production of a coronavirus vaccine in September and turn out “several million” doses […]