World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus attends a news conference in Geneva. GENEVA: The head of the World Health Organization said on Thursday (Jul 23) that reported comments by US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo questioning his independence were untrue and would not distract the organisation from its […]
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A Protective Services Officer wearing a face mask patrols Flinders Street station in Melbourne after it became the first city in Australia to enforce mask-wearing in public as part of efforts to curb a resurgence of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), July 23, 2020. SYDNEY: Australia reported its highest daily […]
MEXICO CITY: China plans to provide a US$1 billion loan to make its coronavirus vaccine accessible for countries across Latin America and the Caribbean, the Mexican foreign ministry said on Wednesday (Jul 22). In a statement, the ministry said China had made the pledge at a virtual meeting of ministers […]
GENEVA: Researchers are making “good progress” in developing vaccines against COVID-19, with a handful in late-stage trials, but their first use cannot be expected until early 2021, a World Health Organization (WHO) expert said on Wednesday (Jul 22). WHO is working to ensure fair vaccine distribution, but in the meantime […]
AUSTIN, Texas: Texas on Wednesday (Jul 22) set one-day records for increases in COVID-19 deaths and hospitalisations in the state, forcing one county to store bodies in refrigerated trucks and prompting a top health official there to call for new stay-at-home orders. Texas, which reported 197 deaths and 10,893 hospitalisations, […]
WASHINGTON: The United States has revisited the grim milestone of recording more than 1,000 COVID-19 deaths in a single day, while infections and hospitalisations are rising in many states, forcing President Donald Trump to acknowledge the crisis could get worse. More than 142,000 people in the country have died from […]
BRASILIA: Brazil recorded a new daily record of coronavirus cases on Wednesday (Jul 22) with nearly 68,000 infections, a sign COVID-19 is still far from being brought under control in the hard-hit country. The health ministry said 67,860 new infections and 1,284 deaths had been reported in the past 24 […]
BRASILIA: Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has again tested positive for the new coronavirus, his office announced on Wednesday (Jul 23), saying he would extend his two-week quarantine and suspend upcoming travel plans. The far-right leader, who has faced criticism for downplaying the pandemic and flouting social distancing measures, has been […]
REUTERS: California on Wednesday (Jul 22) overtook New York, the original epicentre of the United States’ outbreak, as the worst-hit state for COVID-19 cases, according to a Reuters tally of county data. Total cases in the most populous US state climbed to more than 414,000, with a handful of California […]
BERLIN: Germany is introducing a new law compelling meatpackers to employ staff directly in industrial abattoirs rather than sub-contracting to avert further coronavirus outbreaks exacerbated by poor working conditions, a draft law showed on Wednesday (Jul 22). German slaughterhouses have faced criticism for the widespread use of sub-contracted migrant workers […]