GUAYAQUIL, Ecuador: For Colon Ramirez, the agonising search for the body of his grandmother is finally over. After almost four months, he has finally found and buried the missing 83-year-old Emilia Villon, who died in Ecuador’s virus hotspot Guayaquil. The remains of his grandmother, together with more than 200 other […]
Healthcare
WASHINGTON: The United States marked a record number of coronavirus cases on Friday (Jul 17) for the third consecutive day, notching 77,638 new infections in 24 hours, according to a tally by Johns Hopkins University. The country also recorded 927 deaths in one day, according to the count by the […]
NEW YORK: Global coronavirus infections passed 14 million on Friday (Jul 17), according to a Reuters tally, marking the first time there has been a surge of 1 million cases in under 100 hours. The first case was reported in China in early January and it took three months to […]
WASHINGTON: The government of India has agreed to allow US air carriers to resume passenger services in the US-India market starting Jul 23, the US Transportation Department said on Friday (Jul 17). The Indian government, citing the coronavirus, had banned all scheduled services, prompting the US Transportation Department in June […]
GENEVA: Coronavirus infections in Brazil no longer appear to be rising exponentially but the country is “still in the middle of this fight” as new cases and deaths grow by thousands every day, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday (Jul 17). Brazil, at the epicentre of Latin America’s […]
WASHINGTON: Divided Americans dug further into debates over mask mandates and schools reopening on Friday (Jul 17), with states and localities choosing conflicting strategies in the face of surging coronavirus cases. In the state of Georgia, Governor Brian Kemp sued Atlanta’s mayor to prevent her from mandating masks, while Chicago […]
OTTAWA: A recent spike in coronavirus cases in Canada is worrying and can be linked to groups of young people gathering in bars and nightclubs and at parties, a top medical official said on Friday (Jul 17). “When we examine recent trends in case reporting, there is some cause for […]
CAIRO: Egypt reported 703 new coronavirus cases on Friday (Jul 17), the health ministry said, the lowest figure since late May. In total, 86,474 COVID-19 cases have been reported and 4,188 deaths, including 68 on Friday, the ministry said in a statement. Egypt reopened resorts to foreign tourists on July […]
LONDON: Prime Minister Boris Johnson said he hoped Britain could return to normality before Christmas, setting out a phased removal of lockdown restrictions, but warned the country still needed to prepare for the worst. Britain’s death toll of more than 45,000 from confirmed cases of COVID-19 is Europe’s highest but […]
MADRID: Spain hailed its medic heroes during the coronavirus crisis, but as infections fall many frontline staff have been left depressed and traumatised by their experience, fearful of an insecure future. With 36.3 per cent of public healthcare workers without a permanent contract, according to one survey, demonstrations calling for […]