A woman is comforted by a friend after a relative was gunned down by unknown assailants outside a garage, in Mexico City, Mexico, on Feb 12, 2020. MEXICO CITY/ACAPULCO, Mexico: The coronavirus is threatening to hamstring Mexico’s fight against some of its most vicious drug gangs, as police and […]
Healthcare
WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump said on Wednesday (Jun 17) the United States would not close businesses again as several states reported rising numbers of new coronavirus infections. “We won’t be closing the country again. We won’t have to do that,” Trump said in an interview with Fox News Channel. Trump’s […]
NEW DELHI: Indian newspapers, which just a few months ago had defied the global trend by gaining circulation, are now buckling under the weight of coronavirus losses that have killed some off and critically wounded other big names. Newspapers have remained a mainstay in the country of 1.3 billion people […]
FILE PHOTO: Men wearing face masks speak in front of an information counter at Beijing Capital International Airport as the country is hit by an outbreak of the novel coronavirus, in Beijing, China March 16, 2020. BEIJING: Scores of flights to and from Beijing were cancelled, schools shut and […]
BEIJING: China’s capital city raced on Monday (Jun 15) to control a fresh coronavirus outbreak, with 75 cases linked to a single wholesale food market in Beijing where authorities have locked down neighbourhoods and launched a massive test and trace programme. The outbreak in China – where the disease first […]
TOKYO: Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi said on Monday (Jun 15) it was not true the government had decided to ease an entry ban, which was implemented to prevent the spread of the new coronavirus, for people from certain countries. The Yomiuri daily reported last week that Japan may restart […]
TOKYO: Tokyo confirmed 47 new coronavirus infections on Sunday (Jun 14), Asahi television reported, the highest since the government lifted the state of emergency nationwide in late May. The daily figure was also the highest since May 5, the broadcaster said. Of these 47 cases, said Jiji news agency, 18 […]
LONDON: Britain is urgently reviewing its social distancing rule and might be able to relax quarantine for travellers to help its economy recover from a COVID-19 crisis collapse, the country’s finance minister Rishi Sunak said. Progress in tackling the coronavirus pandemic meant Britain was able to take a “fresh look” […]
SYDNEY: Australia’s two largest states will further ease COVID-19 restrictions at libraries, community centres and nightclubs, officials said on Sunday (Jun 14), despite recording increases in new infections. New South Wales (NSW), the most populous state, said that from Jul 1, a 50-person limit on indoor venues such as restaurants […]
MEXICO CITY: Mexico’s health ministry reported 3,494 new confirmed coronavirus infections along with 424 additional fatalities on Saturday (Jun 13), bringing the total in the country to 142,690 cases and 16,872 deaths. The government has said the real number of infected people is likely significantly higher than the official count. […]