Day: March 6, 2020
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 6, 2020
South Korea reports 196 new COVID-19 infections as death toll rises
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SEOUL: South Korea reported 196 new coronavirus cases on Friday (Mar 6), bringing the country’s total to 6,284, the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said. The agency added that seven more deaths from the virus were reported, bringing the total to 42. On Thursday, as the number of cases continued to rise in the country, South Korea
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 6, 2020
‘Theoretical possibility’ that COVID-19 can spread from pets to humans: MOH
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SINGAPORE: There is a “theoretical possibility” that COVID-19 could spread from animals to humans, the Ministry of Health (MOH) said on Friday (Mar 6), although it assessed that pets are not a “serious vector” of transmission. MOH’s director of medical services Kenneth Mak said while scientific evidence did not point to the infection spreading either
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 6, 2020
China reports 30 COVID-19 deaths, rise in new infections and imported cases
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BEIJING: China reported 30 more deaths from the new coronavirus outbreak on Friday (Mar 6), with fresh infections rising for a second straight day and 16 new cases imported from overseas. In total 3,042 people have died from the disease in China, the National Health Commission said, with another 143 cases, up from 139 in
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 6, 2020
Australia orders first school closure after pupil contracts COVID-19
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SYDNEY: Australia ordered its first school closure on Friday (Mar 6) after a 16-year-old pupil tested positive for the coronavirus, as authorities struggle to contain the outbreak in the country. Australia has recorded 60 cases of infection and two elderly people have died from the virus. Advertisement Advertisement While the majority of people contracted the
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 6, 2020
COVID-19 death toll hits 12 in US, helicopter flies test kits to cruise ship
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WASHINGTON: The death toll from coronavirus in the United States rose to 12 on Thursday (Mar 5) with the latest fatality recorded in King County, Washington, and 53 new cases broke out across the country, striking for the first time in Colorado, Tennessee, Texas and San Francisco. A helicopter flew testing kits to a cruise
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 6, 2020
Twitter bans posts that ‘dehumanise’ people in connection with diseases
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SAN FRANCISCO: Twitter Inc said on Thursday (Mar 5) it is banning posts that “dehumanise” people because they have a disease or disability or because of their age, a step that happens to correspond to an explosion of tweets about the spreading coronavirus. The company told Reuters that the policy change was not a reaction
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 6, 2020
Facebook decides to take down Trump 2020 campaign’s ‘census’ ads
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SAN FRANCISCO: Facebook Inc on Thursday (Mar 5) removed ads by President Donald Trump’s re-election campaign that asked users to fill out an “Official 2020 Congressional District Census” because the ads violate the company’s policy against misinformation on the government’s census. The ads, which come from the pages of the Republican president and Vice President
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 6, 2020
Starbucks bans personal cups in US, Canada stores over coronavirus
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WASHINGTON: Reusable cups are in vogue for reducing waste but are no longer welcome at Starbucks cafes over fears of the coronavirus, the coffee chain announced. “We are pausing the use of personal cups and ‘for here’ ware in our stores,” said Rossann Williams, executive vice president and president of US company-operated business and Canada, in a statement
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 6, 2020
Dubai’s ruler abducted daughters, threatened former wife: UK judge
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LONDON: Dubai’s ruler Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum ordered the abduction of two of his daughters and orchestrated a campaign of intimidation against his former wife, a British judge has ruled. Judge Andrew McFarlane said he accepted as proved a series of allegations made by Mohammed’s former wife, Princess Haya bint al-Hussein, 45, half-sister of
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 6, 2020
Liberal firebrand Elizabeth Warren to end 2020 Democratic White House bid
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WASHINGTON: US Senator Elizabeth Warren, the liberal firebrand who emerged as a top Democratic contender for the White House on the strength of an anti-corruption platform backed by a dizzying array of policy proposals, will tell staff on Thursday (Mar 5) she is ending her campaign, according to a source familiar with the plan. A former
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 6, 2020
Woman uses drone to look for son’s body in Mexico’s killing fields
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SALINAS VICTORIA, Mexico: Leticia Hidalgo smears her face with sunscreen and walks steadily across the weedy wasteland she has come to know as one of Mexico’s killing fields. Frustrated with a lack of response from authorities, retired school teacher Hidalgo has taken a years-long quest for her missing son into her own hands, learning to use
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 6, 2020
South Korea declares new ‘special care zone’ as COVID-19 cases exceed 6,000
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SEOUL: South Korea declared a “special care zone” on Thursday (Mar 5) around a second city hit hard by the coronavirus and the US military confirmed two new cases among relatives of its troops in the country. South Korea reported 760 new COVID-19 cases on Thursday, bringing it to a total of 6,088 in the country – the highest
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 6, 2020
Commentary: How did a dog catch COVID-19? Until we know more, pet owners should take preventive steps
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SINGAPORE: We know that the COVID-19 virus passed from an animal source to people in Wuhan, China, and is now spreading rapidly and globally with direct human-to-human transmission. But two months after the first cluster of infections emerged, there is still a great deal we do not fully understand about the virus, including how contagious
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LONDON: So much for the sanctity of national sovereignty. Viruses do not respect state frontiers; nor do they pay heed to the anti-immigrant banners waved aloft by a generation of populist leaders. The worldwide spread of coronavirus has instead given eloquent expression to the stubborn fact of international interdependence. Advertisement Advertisement Donald Trump’s America First