Fight against COVID-19: Bangladesh govt enforces nationwide lockdown till Apr 25
Apr 10, 2020, at 04:58 pm
Dhaka: The Bangladesh government on Friday has enforced the nationwide lockdown till April 25 and said that the army will increase its patrol and resort to tough action against people not maintaining social distancing and violating home quarantine rules to prevent the spread of coronavirus.
Donald Trump calls reports of receiving intelligence about coronavirus in November fake news
Apr 10, 2020, at 03:46 pm
Washington/Sputnik/UNI: US President Donald Trump on Friday refuted claims that he received intelligence about the coronavirus outbreak as far back as last November, calling reports by US media "Fake News".
Pakistani lawmaker says COVID-19 lockdown in developing countries unlikely to succeed
Apr 10, 2020, at 02:56 pm
Moscow/Sputnik/UNI: Introducing a lockdown in Pakistan or any other developing country due to the coronavirus pandemic is unlikely to be effective since there are a lot of poor people there who will need to leave their homes to make a living, Saleem Mandviwalla, the deputy chairman of Pakistan's upper house, told Sputnik on Thursday.
Coronavirus: 92 dead, more than 10,000 test positive in Israel
Apr 10, 2020, at 02:52 pm
Tel Aviv/UNI: At least 92 people died and 10,095 were tested positive for the coronavirus in Israel, country’s Health Ministry said on Friday.
German State halts payments to coronavirus-hit businesses amid fraud
Apr 10, 2020, at 12:39 pm
Berlin/Sputnik/UNI: The German state of North Rhine-Westphalia froze one-off aid payments to freelancers and small businesses on Thursday after thousands were caught in online data scams.
US jobless claims again surpassed 6 mln last week as COVID-19 devastates economy
Apr 10, 2020, at 12:37 pm
Washington/Xinhua/UNI: The number of initial jobless claims in the United States totaled 6.6 million last week amid mounting economic fallout from COVID-19, following a similar staggering figure the week earlier, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported on Thursday.
Over 1Mln jobs lost in Canada in March amid COVID-19 pandemic: Labor Force Survey
Apr 10, 2020, at 12:23 pm
Toronto/Sputnik/UNI: More than a million Canadians lost their jobs last month, pushing the unemployment rate up 2.2 percentage points to 7.8 percent amid the growing novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, Statistics Canada revealed in the Labor Force Survey for March.
Vietnamese tourist tests positive for COVID-19 in Cambodia, 119 in total
Apr 10, 2020, at 12:11 pm
Phnom Penh/Xinhua/UNI: Cambodia on Friday confirmed a Vietnamese female-tourist had tested positive for the COVID-19, increasing the total number of the confirmed cases in the country to 119.
Coronavirus-driven debt crisis threatens poor countries already at risk, says UN report
Apr 10, 2020, at 11:39 am
New York/IBNS: As governments struggle to cope with the COVID-19 pandemic, billions of people living in countries teetering on the brink of economic collapse are being threatened further by a looming debt crisis, according to a new UN report released on Thursday.
Put women and girls at centre of COVID-19 recovery: UN Secretary-General
Apr 10, 2020, at 11:26 am
New York/IBNS: Limited gains in gender equality and women’s rights made over the decades are in danger of being rolled back due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the UN Secretary-General said on Thursday.
Living apart, ‘we must stand together’ to battle coronavirus pandemic – UN rights chief
Apr 10, 2020, at 11:13 am
New York/IBNS: The COVID-19 pandemic is a “colossal test of leadership”, the top UN rights official said on Thursday, underscoring the need for “decisive, coordinated and innovative action from all, and for all”.
Apr 10, 2020, at 10:43 am
New Delhi/IBNS: Hours after Israel PM Benjamin Netanyahu thanked Narendra Modi for sending hydroxychloroquine medicine, which is being considered as a possible cure for Covid-19, the Indian PM on Friday said both the nations need to fight the disease together.
150 members of the Saudi Royal family believed to be infected by coronavirus: Report
Apr 09, 2020, at 09:13 pm
Riyadh/IBNS: At least 150 members of Saudi Arabia's royal family are believed to be infected by coronavirus, said a media report.
Tablighi Jamaat faces criticism in Pakistan for assembling thousands amid COVID-19 scare
Apr 09, 2020, at 07:45 pm
Lahore/IBNS: Like India, Tablighi Jamaat is under fire in Pakistan for organising annual mass congregation at Rawalpindi Markaz last month at a time the world reeled under Covid-19 outbreak and India and Pakistan still had fewer cases of the deadly infection, a media report said.
Apr 09, 2020, at 01:08 pm
Sao Paolo/IBNS: Brazil's education minister Abraham Weintraub recently voiced his doubts that the COVID-19 outbreak, which first occurred in China, will benefit Beijing's “plan for world domination”.
Swift rebound for world trade still possible through joint action to thwart coronavirus
Apr 09, 2020, at 12:14 pm
New york/IBNS: Global trade in goods could fall by as much as a third this year due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, but a swift rebound in 2021 is possible if the world’s economic policymakers – working together – act immediately, the World Trade Organization (WTO) said on Wednesday.
Pakistan: Police arrest doctors protesting against lack of PPE
Apr 08, 2020, at 06:58 pm
Islamabad/IBNS: Police have arrested several protesting doctors in Pakistan who were demonstrating against lack of personal protective equipment (PPE), media reports said.
Apr 08, 2020, at 06:45 pm
Wuhan/IBNS: Even as the lockdown in Wuhan, the capital city of Hubei province and the epicentre of coronavirus pandemic, has been lifted, China has been forced to shut down other places due to the rising coronavirus cases, a media report said.
Bangladesh reports 54 COVID-19 cases in past 24 hours
Apr 08, 2020, at 04:26 pm
Dhaka/IBNS: Bangladesh reported 54 COVID-19 patients in the past 24 hours, taking the number of infected people in the nation to 218, media reports said.
He was great: Donald Trump praises Modi after India agrees to Hydroxychloroquine export
Apr 08, 2020, at 01:20 pm
Washington/IBNS: A day after threatening New Delhi with a "retaliation", US President Donald Trump on Tuesday praised Prime Minister Narendra Modi calling him "great" following India's decision to export anti-malaria drug Hydroxychloroquine to the COVID-19-hit nations.
COVID-19 death toll in US rises above 12,000: Johns Hopkins University
Apr 08, 2020, at 12:30 pm
Washington/Sputnik/UNI: The COVID-19 death toll in the United States has risen above 12,000, according to the latest data published by Johns Hopkins University at 7:00 p.m. EST (1900 GMT).
Canada invests $3 mln to combat COVID-19 misinformation
Apr 08, 2020, at 12:27 pm
Ottawa/UNI: As the world is fighting coronavirus amid reports of fake news which are daily misleading the people, Canada on Wednesday decided to invest $ 3 million to counter misinformation online about the pandemic.
Twitter CEO doantes $1Bln to fight pandemic coronavirus
Apr 08, 2020, at 12:23 pm
Washington/UNI: Twitter founder and CEO Jack Dorsey on Wednesday announced that he has donated one billion dollars to fund the global fight against the novel coronavirus (COVID-19).
Mali: UN mission fulfills mandate, aids battle against coronavirus
Apr 08, 2020, at 12:11 pm
New York/IBNS: As the COVID-19 pandemic plagues the world, the head of the UN peacekeeping mission in Mali told the Security Council on Tuesday that the mission continues to fulfill its mandate while doing whatever it can to prevent the coronavirus outbreak from overrunning the country.
Course of coronavirus pandemic across Libya, depends on silencing the guns
Apr 08, 2020, at 12:07 pm
New York/IBNS: Fighting must stop immediately in Libya if it is to have any chance of staving off the COVID-19 outbreak, the top United Nations official in the North African country said on Tuesday as he condemned an attack on a major Tripoli hospital.
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson stable, remains in Intensive Care
Apr 08, 2020, at 09:46 am
London/Sputnik/UNI: UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson is stable and will stay in intensive care for a second night after his coronavirus symptoms worsened, his office said late on Tuesday.
Pakistan mulling army deployment in Gilgit Baltistan, says PoK activist Amjad Ayub Mirza
Apr 07, 2020, at 07:16 pm
Islamabad/IBNS: Doubting that it might be an attempt to establish absolute army rule, a human rights activist has alleged that the Pakistan Army is considering a massive deployment of troops in Gilgit Baltistan (GB) region.
COVID-19: PoK migrant workers stuck in Karachi, political activists slam govt over mismanagement
Apr 07, 2020, at 06:51 pm
Islamabad/IBNS: Politicial activists have attacked Pakistan government by alleging that it is not providing food and other crucial items needed by throusands of migrant workers from Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) who are currently stuck in Karachi city due to COVID-19 outbreak, media reports said.
Nepali PM addresses nation, says coming two weeks challenging in fighting COVID-19
Apr 07, 2020, at 04:42 pm
Kathmandu/Xinhua/UNI: Nepali Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli on Tuesday said that the coming two weeks will be more challenging for Nepal, as it is starting the rapid detection tests for the first time in order to prevent and control the spread of COVID-19 infection.
US deploys 40,000 military personnel for COVID-19 response operations: Pentagon
Apr 07, 2020, at 01:17 pm
Washington/Sputnik/UNI: The US Department of Defense has deployed 40,000 of its personnel, including 4,000 medics, to support the efforts to combat the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) across the United States, spokesman Jonathan Hoffman said during a briefing.