GENEVA: The World Health Organization (WHO) warned on Monday (Aug 3) that, despite strong hopes for a vaccine, there might never be a “silver bullet” for COVID-19. More than 18.14 million people around the world are reported to have been infected with the disease and 688,080 have died, according to […]
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DUBAI: One person is dying from COVID-19 every seven minutes in Iran, state television said on Monday (Aug 3), as the Health Ministry reported 215 new deaths from the disease and state media warned of a lack of proper social distancing. Health Ministry spokesman Sima Sadat Lari was quoted by […]
NEW YORK: Late in March, Laura Gross, 72, was recovering from gall bladder surgery in her Fort Lee, New Jersey, home when she became sick again. Her throat, head and eyes hurt, her muscles and joints ached and she felt like she was in a fog. Her diagnosis was COVID-19. […]
MELBOURNE: Australia’s second-biggest city Melbourne, already under night curfew, announced fresh restrictions on industries on Monday (Aug 3), including retail and construction, as it steps up desperate efforts to contain the spread of a resurgent coronavirus. From Wednesday night, Melbourne will close retail, some manufacturing and administrative businesses as part […]
LONDON: A major incident has been declared in the Manchester area of Britain, allowing the creation of a “central command structure” to help tackle the rising number of coronavirus cases, a local official was quoted as saying on Sunday (Aug 2). Health minister Matt Hancock said on Thursday the COVID-19 […]
RIO DE JANEIRO: Brazil’s public healthcare system, considered among the world’s most advanced when it was launched, is being pushed to the brink by the coronavirus pandemic, which has exposed the impact of years of under-funding and mismanagement. As Brazil closes in on 100,000 deaths from COVID-19 – the second […]
WASHINGTON: The US notched 47,508 new coronavirus cases in 24 hours on Sunday (Aug 2), according to a tally by Johns Hopkins University. There were also 515 new deaths, the Baltimore-based university real-time count at 8.30pm local time. Sunday’s toll was a slight dip, as the previous five days had […]
LONDON: Millions of COVID-19 tests able to detect the virus within 90 minutes will be rolled out to British hospitals, care homes and laboratories to boost capacity in the coming months, the country’s health minister said on Monday (Aug 2). They will comprise 5.8 million tests using DNA and 450,000 […]
MELBOURNE: Australia’s second-most populous city Melbourne emerged on Monday (Aug 3) from its first night-time curfew to contain the spread of a resurgent coronavirus, as residents braced for further closures and job losses. The state of Victoria on Sunday imposed the nightly curfew for the capital Melbourne as part of […]
MELBOURNE: Australia’s government expressed support on Sunday (Aug 2) for the strictest social-distancing measures yet by the state of Victoria in an effort to contain COVID-19. The government in the country’s second-most populous state is expected to announce that movement and businesses will be severely restricted in the state’s capital […]