France sees COVID-19 deaths up by 242 to 22,856, lowest daily increase in a week
Apr 27, 2020, at 03:17 pm
Paris/Xinhua/UNI: France saw COVID-19 deaths rose by 242 to 22,856 as of Sunday, the lowest daily increase this week, bringing relief to the health system of the country which is planning to lift the lockdown on May 11, data from the Health Ministry showed.
British PM Boris Johnson could modify COVID-19 restrictions before May 7 deadline
Apr 27, 2020, at 03:05 pm
London/UNI: UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson could ease the coronavirus restrictions in the country this week, before the May 7 lockdown deadline.
Gaza to reopen restaurants amid strict measures against COVID-19
Apr 27, 2020, at 03:02 pm
Gaza/Xinhua/UNI: Restaurants in the Gaza Strip will reopen during the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan, while precautionary measures will be taken to protect people from the COVID-19 pandemic, said Gaza authorities on Sunday.
Australia to "significantly expand" COVID-19 testing: official
Apr 27, 2020, at 02:03 pm
Canberra/Xinhua/UNI: Australia's Chief Medical Officer Brendan Murphy has flagged an expansion of the nation's COVID-19 testing regime.
Pakistan International Airlines passengers protest violation of social distancing during flight
Apr 27, 2020, at 12:44 pm
Islamabad/IBNS: Pakistan's national carrier Pakistan International Airlines recently earned the wrath of passengers when people found the airline not maintaining social distancing norms, which are needed to be maintained at this time of COVID-19 outbreak, while operating one of their international flights, media reports said.
Chinese tourists urged to strengthen protection during May Day holiday
Apr 26, 2020, at 10:20 pm
Beijing/Xinhua/UNI: China's Ministry of Culture and Tourism has urged the public to strengthen epidemic prevention measures when traveling during the upcoming five-day May Day holiday.
Senegal reports 57 new confirmed cases of COVID-19, 671 in total
Apr 26, 2020, at 07:40 pm
Dakar/Xinhua/UNI: Senegalese ministry of Health and Social Action reported that the number of COVID-19 cases in the country has reached 671 on Sunday an increase of 57 in the past 24 hours.
Fight Against COVID-19: Sri Lanka to relax curfew from April 27
Apr 26, 2020, at 07:13 pm
Colombo/UNI: The curfew in Sri Lanka due to the COVID-19 pandemic will be relaxed from Monday, the President of Media Division (PMD) said on Sunday.
China rejects international investigation demand into the origins of coronavirus: Report
Apr 26, 2020, at 04:16 pm
London/IBNS: China has rejected demands for an independent international investigation to trace the roots of novel coronavirus, which has claimed over two lakh (two hundred thousand) lives across the globe and forced the world to go under an unprecedented lockdown, a BBC report said.
California provides free meals to seniors amid COVID-19
Apr 25, 2020, at 03:34 pm
Los Angeles/Xinhua/UNI: California Governor Gavin Newsom has announced that the state launched a program to provide daily free meals to qualifying seniors.
Mike Pompeo urges China to share accurate information on Covid-19
Apr 25, 2020, at 03:26 pm
Washington/UNI: The US State Department's Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has stresed on the need for China to share information regarding the origin of the virus.
COVID-19 cases in Philippines rise to 7,294
Apr 25, 2020, at 03:23 pm
Manila/Xinhua/UNI: COVID-19 infections in the Philippines continued its steady rise on Saturday, hitting 7,294 since the first confirmed COVID-19 case was reported on Jan. 30 in the country.
Cash help crucial for informal workers, says UN labour chief, stressing primacy of multilateralism
Apr 25, 2020, at 01:38 pm
New York/IBNS: Informal workers who live day to day urgently need cash support from their governments to survive the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the head of the UN labour agency said on Friday.
Canada finds one million respirators acquired from China unfit to combat COVID-19
Apr 24, 2020, at 08:35 pm
Toronto/IBNS: Canada's public health authority has said around one million KN95 respirators acquired from China have failed to meet federal Covid-19 standards which can be used by health workers working on the frontline.
Number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Brazil nears 50,000 - Ministry of Health
Apr 24, 2020, at 06:30 pm
Rio de Janeiro/Sputnik: The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Brazil has increased to 49,492, the National Ministry of Health said on late Thursday.
US Navy says entire crew of Theodore Roosevelt tested for COVID-19, 840 sailors +ve
Apr 24, 2020, at 06:04 pm
Washington/UNI: The US Navy has said that it has finished testing sailors on the aircraft carrier Theodore Roosevelt for the novel coronavirus and 840 sailors have contracted the virus.
Trump says new COVID-19 cases declined in 23 states, hospitalizations down in 46
Apr 24, 2020, at 05:52 pm
Washington/Sputnik: US President Donald Trump during a press briefing said 23 US states are showing a decline in new coronavirus cases and 46 reported a drop in hospitalizations.
Two flights to evacuate Russian citizens from Bangkok on late Sunday - Ministry
Apr 24, 2020, at 05:39 pm
Moscow/Sputnik: Two flights from Bangkok to Russia's Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk and Samara (via Irkutsk) – will evacuate Russian citizens from Thailand on late Sunday amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the Russian Ministry of Digital Development, Communications and Mass Media said.
Canada’s Saskatchewan province to begin lifting COVID-19 restrictions May 4 - Premier
Apr 24, 2020, at 05:17 pm
Toronto/Sputnik: The Canadian province of Saskatchewan will begin phasing out on May 4 some of the restrictions implemented to fight the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, Premier Scott Moe announced at a press conference.
Human rights ‘uplift everyone’; must guide COVID-19 recovery response, says UN chief
Apr 24, 2020, at 02:11 pm
New York/IBNS: The coronavirus pandemic is not only a critical public health danger, it is also a human, economic and social emergency that is “fast becoming a human rights crisis”, the UN chief said on Thursday, releasing a new policy brief on shaping an effective, inclusive response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Bangladesh records seven more COVID-19 deaths
Apr 23, 2020, at 06:09 pm
Dhaka/UNI: Bangladesh on Thursday recorded seventh death from COVID-19 with 414 newly infected cases, bringing the total number to 4,186.
Merkel lauds Germany's interim success in COVID-19 response, says situation still fragile
Apr 23, 2020, at 03:28 pm
Berlin/Sputnik/UNI: Although Germany has reached some intermediate success in COVID-19 response, the situation remains fragile, Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Thursday.
Economic impact of coronavirus threatens hard-won progress across Africa’s Great Lakes region
Apr 23, 2020, at 03:08 pm
New York/IBNS: Sweeping preventative measures seem to be curbing the spread of COVID-19 in the Great Lakes region of Africa, but the economic impact of the global pandemic threatens hard-won gains made along the long road back to peace and stability, the Secretary-General’s Special Envoy for the region said on Wednesday.
COVID-19 pandemic, an ‘unprecedented wake-up call’ for all inhabitants of Mother Earth
Apr 23, 2020, at 02:18 pm
New York/IBNS: In his message for International Mother Earth Day this Wednesday, UN Secretary-General António Guterres acknowledged that all eyes are on the COVID-19 pandemic, which he flagged as “an unprecedented wake-up call”
At sea for nearly a month, a young couple finally realizes that world is combating COVID-19
Apr 22, 2020, at 05:29 pm
Manchester/IBNS: Travelling far away in their boat, Elena Manighetti and Ryan Osborne from Manchester, UK, could only know about the severity of the COVID-19 outbreak recently.
Coronavirus: Bangladesh confirms 120 deaths
Apr 22, 2020, at 03:03 pm
Dhaka/UNI: Bangladesh on Wednesday confirmed ten new deaths from the novel Coronavirus (COVID-19), taking the toll to 120.
UN condemns killing of WHO staffer in Myanmar transporting COVID-19 samples
Apr 22, 2020, at 01:32 pm
New York/IBNS: A World Health Organization (WHO) worker has been killed while driving a vehicle carrying COVID-19 samples in Myanmar’s western Rakhine state, the United Nations country office confirmed in a statement on Tuesday.
Guterres vows support for island States in twin fight against COVID-19, climate crisis
Apr 22, 2020, at 01:30 pm
New York/IBNS: In an era of new challenges wrought by the COVID-19 pandemic, Secretary-General António Guterres is pledging the UN’s continued support to small island States – longtime leaders in the global fight against the devastating impacts of climate change.
COVID-19 catastrophe: US state of Missouri sues China for lies
Apr 22, 2020, at 12:34 pm
Missouri/IBNS: The Midwestern US state of Missouri on Tuesday sued China for spreading the novel coronavirus worldwide with its suppression of facts.
Funerals become hotspots of COVID-19 infections in South Africa
Apr 22, 2020, at 11:48 am
Cape Town/Xinhua/UNI: Funerals have been found to pose the biggest risk for the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic in South Africa, Health Minister Zweli Mkhize said.