The government and teachers’ unions should “stop squabbling and agree a plan” to reopen schools safely, the Children’s Commissioner for England has said. Anne Longfield said many disadvantaged children were losing out from schools being closed for so long. Teachers’ unions and the Department for Education have been arguing over […]
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On 5 May, Bharath Gupta, a district collector in southern India, learnt that the sprawling Koyambedu market in Chennai city was being temporarily closed. The reason: several vendors and labourers at the market had tested positive for coronavirus, and were being linked to a spate of cases in Chennai and […]
China is drawing up ambitious plans to test the entire population of Wuhan, the city where the Covid-19 pandemic began. The announcement came after the emergence of six new coronavirus cases in the city – the first ones since early April. The authorities had originally promised to test all 11 […]
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia reported 36 COVID-19 cases and no new deaths on Friday (May 15), the health ministry said. The country has recorded a total of 6,855 infections and 112 fatalities. Of the 36 new COVID-19 positive cases reported on Friday, 28 are foreign nationals. Fourteen COVID-19 patients are currently […]
BEIJING: A major city in north-east China has quarantined over 7,500 people after it discovered three new coronavirus cases in the past five days as the region sees a surge in infections. China has largely brought the virus under control after months of lockdowns and curbs on travel, but fears […]
Some NHS managers have tried to stop doctors speaking publicly about shortages of personal protective equipment, the BBC has been told. WhistleblowersUK said more than 100 healthcare workers had contacted them since the beginning of March, raising concerns about Covid-19 and PPE. The Department of Health said no one should […]
Rapid testing and an adequate supply of protective equipment must be in place when the NHS reopens services cancelled during the peak of the coronavirus oubreak, health unions have said. The unions have put forward a nine-point plan for the NHS to reopen safely as lockdown restrictions ease. And staff […]
WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump said on Saturday (May 16) his administration was considering numerous proposals about the World Health Organization (WHO), including one in which Washington would pay about 10 per cent of its former level. In a posting on Twitter, Trump underscored that no final decision had been […]
The modelling study indicates that each additional week of disruption to hospital services will be associated with a further 2.4 million cancellations. More than 580,000 planned surgeries in India might be cancelled or delayed as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a study conducted by an international […]
MANILA: More than 140,000 people were forced into cramped shelters as a powerful typhoon hammered the Philippines on Friday (May 15), compounding the nation’s battle with the COVID-19 pandemic. Typhoon Vongfong has dumped heavy rains since it roared ashore on Thursday, with hundreds of thousands of vulnerable people in its […]