COVID-19 stoking xenophobia, hate and exclusion, minority rights expert warns
Mar 31, 2020, at 01:22 pm
Combatting the COVID-19 pandemic must also include stamping out what one independent human rights expert has called the “darker sides” of the disease: verbal and physical attacks against Chinese and other minority communities, and excluding them from access to healthcare.
Covid-19: Hindus, Christians denied food supplies in Pakistan
Mar 31, 2020, at 01:13 pm
Islamabad/IBNS: The world is unitedly trying to beat the COVID-19 outbreak and the disease has even extended its killer arms in Pakistan but for the administration in the South Asian nation religious discrimination still remains a top priority with reports emerging that Hindus were denied food supplies by the authority which they said were meant for the Muslims, media reports said.
Imran Khan government's slow approach exposed as COVID 19 grips Pakistan
Mar 30, 2020, at 07:32 pm
Islamabad/IBNS: Pakistani government is failing to implement proper measures to curb the spread of the deadly disease and with clerics refusing to close their mosques, the situation of COVID-19 outbreak in the South Asian country is escalating further every day.
COVID-19: Bangladesh reports one more Coronavirus infection case in past 23 hours
Mar 30, 2020, at 06:59 pm
Dhaka/UNI: One more person has been infected with coronavirus or COVID-19 in Bangladesh in the last 24 hours, officials said on Monday.
UNGA president supports UN $2bln COVID-19 response plan
Mar 30, 2020, at 04:31 pm
United Nations/Sputnik/UNI: The United Nations' $2 billion appeal to fight the coronavirus in some of the most vulnerable countries is a "good, timely call," UNGA President Tijjani Muhammad-Bande told Sputnik.
COVID 19 death rate likely to hit its peak in 2 weeks: Trump
Mar 30, 2020, at 10:08 am
Washington/IBNS: US President Donald Trump on Sunday said the highest peak of the death rate due to COVID 19 outbreak in the country is likely to hit in the next two weeks.
Saudi authorities impose curfew in Jeddah amid coronavirus pandemic - Interior Ministry
Mar 29, 2020, at 08:06 pm
Beirut/Sputnik/UNI: Saudi Arabia has imposed a curfew in the western Jeddah province starting from Sunday at 15:00 local time (12:00 PM GMT) due to the spread of COVID-19, the Interior Ministry said.
Iran plans to use plasma of recovered people for new COVID-19 patients
Mar 29, 2020, at 07:33 pm
Tehran/Xinhua/UNI: Masih Daneshvari Hospital in Iran's capital Tehran is considering the use of COVID-19 convalescent plasma in the newly affected patients, Press TV reported on Sunday.
Pakistan: Five docs, one cop test positive for COVID 19 in Karachi
Mar 29, 2020, at 06:04 pm
Islamabad/IBNS: Pakistan, which is seeing a spike in the number of COVID 19 patients, now reported that five doctors and one policeman have tested positive for the virus in Karachi city of the country, media reports said.
Bangladesh: Suspected COVID 19 patient dies in Barisal
Mar 29, 2020, at 05:51 pm
Barisal/IBNS: A suspected COVID 19 patient, who was undergoing treatment at Barishal Sher-e-Bangla Medical College Hospital, has died, media reports said on Sunday.
Canada: PM Justin Trudeau's wife Sophie recovers from COVID 19
Mar 29, 2020, at 05:30 pm
Ottawa/IBNS: Canadian PM Justin Trudeau's wife Sophie Gregoire-Trudeau, who was one of the earliest celebrities since the outbreak occurred to have tested positive for the COVID 19, on Sunday said she has recovered from it.
Mar 29, 2020, at 03:20 pm
Islamabad/IBNS: A Baloch leader has claimed that the Pakistani military is using the Coronavirus outbreak in the nation to expand its occupation and grip in Balochistan, media reports said.
In rare case, infant in US dies of Coronavirus
Mar 29, 2020, at 01:00 pm
Washington/IBNS: In a very rare case, an infant in the United States died of the Coronavirus pandemic which has crippled several developed nations and claimed over 30,000 lives worldwide.
Mar 28, 2020, at 04:57 pm
New York/IBNS: UN Peacekeeping radio stations have in recent decades helped build support for peace process in a dozen countries around the world including Cambodia, Croatia, Namibia and Timor-Leste.
OneWeb blames COVID 19 for collapse
Mar 28, 2020, at 04:42 pm
New York/IBNS: Blaming Coronavirus for the collapse, OneWeb, the global communications company, on Saturday announced that the company and certain of its controlled affiliates have voluntarily filed for relief under Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York.
Bangladesh reports no COVID 19 case in 24 hours
Mar 28, 2020, at 04:32 pm
Dhaka/IBNS: Bangladesh did not report any new COVID 19 case in the past 24 hours.
Violence erupts in China as people attempt to leave COVID19-hit Hubei province
Mar 28, 2020, at 03:34 pm
Beijing/IBNS: The Chinese government's decision to relax an epidemic lockdown, which was triggered following the spread of Coronavirus in Wuhan region seems to have backfired as violent protests occurred on a bridge between China’s virus-stricken Hubei province and neighbouring Jiangxi province recently, media reports said.
US COVID-19 relief bill includes $10Bln in funding for native American tribes
Mar 28, 2020, at 12:23 pm
Washington/Sputnik/UNI: The coronavirus relief stimulus bill just signed into law contains significant provisions for Native American tribal governments and communities across the United States, the National Congress of American Indians said in a news release on Saturday.
UAE records 72 new COVID-19 cases, 405 in total
Mar 28, 2020, at 11:35 am
Dubai/Xinhua/UNI: The United Arab Emirates (UAE) on Friday reported 72 new COVID-19 cases, bringing the total confirmed cases in the country to 405, the Ministry of Health and Prevention said in a statement.
US: Number of COVID 19 confirmed cases touch 100,000
Mar 28, 2020, at 11:23 am
Washington/UNI: There are now more than 100,000 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the United States, Johns Hopkins University announced on Saturday.
Pakistan: Punjab to let go 20,000 prisoners amid COVID 19 scare
Mar 28, 2020, at 10:25 am
Islamabad/IBNS: Amid Covid 19 spread fear, authorities in Pakistan's Punjab region has decided to let go almost 20,000 of its 46,000 prisoners, media reports said.
Global economy has clearly entered recession: IMF chief
Mar 28, 2020, at 10:12 am
Washington/IBNS: International Monetary Fund chief Kristalina Georgieva on Friday said the growing COVID 19 outbreak across the globe has led the world to enter the state of financial recession.
USD 20 Trillion lawsuit filed in US against China over COVID 19 outbreak
Mar 27, 2020, at 07:43 pm
Washington/IBNS: American lawyer Larry Klayman and his advocacy group Freedom Watch has recently filed $20 Trillion lawsuit against Chinese authorities in the US over the Coronavirus outbreak which has hit nearly all the nations across the globe.
IMF approves first emergency COVID-19 aid for Kyrgyzstan
Mar 27, 2020, at 06:29 pm
Bishkek/Xinhua/UNI: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Thursday approved a disbursement of 120.9 million U.S. dollars to address Kyrgyzstan's COVID-19 outbreak, its first offer of emergency financial assistance since the pandemic started.
Mar 27, 2020, at 05:45 pm
Islamabad/IBNS: Pakistan seems to slip in its efforts to tackle the COVID 19 menace as the number of infected patients in the country has now touched 1257 and reports are even emerging that Pakistan Army has started to move coronavirus positive patients from Punjab province to Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (PoK) and Gilgit Baltistan.
Malaysia unveils new stimulus package to counter COVID-19 impact
Mar 27, 2020, at 05:34 pm
Kuala Lumpur/Xinhua/UNI: Malaysian Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin announced an economic stimulus package worth 250 billion ringgit (about 57.54 billion U.S. dollars) on Friday to fight the economic fallout caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Uganda registers four new cases of COVID-19, 18 in total
Mar 27, 2020, at 05:23 pm
Kampala/Xinhua/UNI: Uganda has registered four new cases of COVID-19, bringing the total number of cases in the country to 18, according to the ministry of health.
‘Rapid deterioration’ in global investment flows as Coronavirus spreads: UN trade body
Mar 27, 2020, at 11:54 am
New York/IBNS: Foreign direct investment flows are liable to drop by 30 to 40 per cent during 2020, into next year, due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, reflecting a far more severe economic blow that initially projected, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) said on Thursday in its latest Investment Trends Monitor report.
Trump approves disaster declarations of Maryland, Illinois, Missouri over COVID-19
Mar 27, 2020, at 11:25 am
Wasington/Sputnik/UNI: US President Donald Trump approved disaster declarations of the states of Maryland, Illinois and Missouri over the pandemic of COVID-19, the White House said.
Amid propaganda to shift blame, China blocks draft to discuss COVID 19 pandemic issue at UNSC
Mar 26, 2020, at 09:50 pm
New York/IBNS: China, which is believed to be the epicentre of the outbreak of COVID 19, has been opposing discussion of the issue in the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) even as the Asian giant launched a massive propaganda to wash its hand of the origin of its outbreak, media reports said.