GENEVA: The World Health Organization (WHO) has urged countries grappling with coronavirus to step up control measures, saying it is still possible to rein it in, as some nations clamp fresh restrictions on citizens. With case numbers worldwide more than doubling in the past six weeks, Uzbekistan on Friday (Jul […]
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EDINBURGH: Scotland’s First Minister Nicola Sturgeon wore a tartan face mask on a recent visit to shops in Edinburgh, as they prepared to reopen after the long coronavirus lockdown. The local kilt manufacturer that makes the masks subsequently saw a huge increase in demand. At the same time, Sturgeon is […]
SYDNEY: Australia’s second most-populous state on Saturday (Jul 11) reported one of its highest daily increases in new coronavirus infections and warned the numbers would get worse before they got better as it began its first weekend under a six-week lockdown. Victoria state recorded 216 new cases of the virus […]
CHICAGO: The coronavirus pandemic has exposed a clash among medical experts over disease transmission that stretches back nearly a century: To the very origins of germ theory. The Geneva-based World Health Organization (WHO) acknowledged this week that the novel coronavirus can spread through tiny droplets floating in the air, a […]
GENEVA: Healthcare systems worldwide need to upgrade to control disease transmission and cope with large numbers of sick people during the coronavirus pandemic as well as future outbreaks, the head of the World Health Organization’s (WHO) emergencies program warned on Friday (Jul 10). Dr Michael Ryan of the WHO, speaking […]
GENEVA: The United States welcomes the World Health Organization’s W(HO) probe into the origins of the novel coronavirus in China, its ambassador to the United Nations in Geneva said Friday (Jul 10). “We welcome the WHO’s investigation. We view the scientific investigation as a necessary step to having a complete […]
COVID-19 guidance may make British pubs more welcoming, but many still hesitate dropping by for a drink, says the Financial Times’ Henry Mance. LONDON: Why does America always go wrong under teetotal presidents? Before Donald Trump, there was George W Bush. Before him, there was Jimmy Carter. And before Mr […]
WASHINGTON: Six US states suffered record spikes in new COVID-19 cases on Friday (Jul 10) and Florida, an epicentre of the pandemic, saw infections rise sharply for the second day in a row as the Walt Disney Co. stuck to its plans to reopen its flagship theme park in Orlando. […]
GENEVA: An advance team from the World Health Organization (WHO) has left for China to organise an investigation into the origins of the novel coronavirus which sparked the global pandemic, a spokeswoman said on Friday (Jul 10). The virus is believed to have emerged in a wholesale market in the […]
BRUSSELS: The European Commission said on Friday (Jul 10) that a possible decision by the United Kingdom not to join an EU scheme to secure potential COVID-19 vaccines up front would not affect talks the bloc is conducting with several drugmakers. On Thursday, the British Telegraph newspaper reported that the […]