Stock markets in Asia suffered on Tuesday from the fallout from UK and US investors worried about a rise in coronavirus cases. Australia, Hong Kong, China and South Korea stock markets were all down. Investors were also rattled by dimming hopes for more financial support for the US economy. However, European markets opened slightly higher […]
By Byron Kaye SYDNEY (Reuters) – The Australian state at the centre of the country’s coronavirus outbreak on Saturday reported its lowest daily increase of infections in three months, putting it on course to relax a hard lockdown in the capital city by the end of the month. Victoria, Australia’s second-most populous state and home to […]
The number of confirmed coronavirus cases across the globe has surpassed 30 million, according to figures by America’s Johns Hopkins University. More than 940,000 have died with Covid-19 since the outbreak began in China late last year. The worst hit nations are the US, India and Brazil, but there is a renewed spike in infections […]
The “How I Met Your Mother” star discussed the experience on “Today.” By Ron Dicker Not even Doogie Howser MD could have seen this coming. Neil Patrick Harris revealed Tuesday that he contracted COVID-19 early in the pandemic, along with husband David Burtka and their 9-year-old twins, Gideon and Harper. The “How I Met Your Mother” alum declared […]
The US president also said coronavirus cases in the U.S. would be “very low” by Election Day ― which is seven weeks away. By Dominique Mosbergen Contradicting his own health officials and other experts, US President Donald Trump claimed Wednesday that a COVID-19 vaccine would be available as soon as October. He also said that at […]
International media criticised the Modi government over the lockdown which they said was announced with little planning or notice. By Akshita Jain As the number of coronavirus cases continue to rise in India and the tally crosses the 51-lakh mark, international media is calling out Prime Minister Narendra Modi over what they call his “denial of India’s Covid crisis”. […]
The medical body said the govt’s statement is an ‘abandonment of the national heroes who have stood up for our people’. By Akshita Jain After the Health Ministry said this week that the centre does not maintain data of healthcare workers who died due to Covid-19, the Indian Medical Association (IMA) has published a list of […]
By Andrew MacAskill, Guy Faulconbridge LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s testing system for COVID-19 was creaking on Tuesday as a bottleneck prevented people including medics from getting a test in a potential threat to key health services, with the government saying it may take weeks to resolve the problem. In an attempt to slow one of the highest […]
The hospital or Shah have not issued a statement yet. Newsroom A few weeks after Home Minister Amit Shah tested negative for the novel coronavirus, he has been re-admitted to AIIMS, Delhi again. According to a report on Times of India, though Shah is being kept in CN Towers where VVIPs are admitted and is […]
By Lidia Kelly MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Protesters in Melbourne defied a coronavirus lockdown for the second straight weekend on Saturday, prompting 14 arrests and 51 infringement notices for breaching public health orders, as new infections in the Australian hotspot continued to fall. Around 100 people protested in various locations in Melbourne, Victoria Police said, after about […]