Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 31, 2020
Trump says US to send medical supplies to Italy, France, Spain
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WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump said Monday (Mar 30) that the United States will send medical equipment for combating the coronavirus pandemic to Italy and later France and Spain. Trump, speaking at his daily briefing at the White House, went into few specifics about the type of aid or the timing, but said a large quantity
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 31, 2020
Trump says COVID-19 guidelines may get tougher; 1 million Americans tested
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WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump said on Monday (Mar 30) that federal social distancing guidelines might be toughened and travel restrictions with China and Europe would stay in place as he urged Americans to help fight the coronavirus with tough measures through April. Trump, speaking to reporters at the White House, said more than 1
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 31, 2020
Australia enacts sweeping lockdown powers to combat COVID-19 spread
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SYDNEY: People in Australia’s most populous state of New South Wales, the epicentre of the coronavirus outbreak in Australia, could be heavily fined or jailed for leaving their home without a good reason from Tuesday (Mar 31) under sweeping new powers designed to slow infection rates. The public health order, enacted late on Monday, comes
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 31, 2020
Singapore reports 35 more COVID-19 cases, 3 new clusters identified
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SINGAPORE: Singapore reported 35 new COVID-19 cases on Monday (Mar 30), including 26 with no recent travel history. Three new clusters have been identified – the S11 Dormitory @ Punggol at 2 Seletar North Link, serviced apartments Wilby Residences at 25 Wilby Road, as well as a pub called Hero’s at 69 Circular Road. Advertisement Advertisement One of the cases
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 31, 2020
Commentary: Restrictions on movements in some Southeast Asian countries to fight COVID-19 have been patchy, even scary
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SINGAPORE: As COVID-19 continues to blanket countries worldwide, Southeast Asia has begun introducing stringent measures to combat the virus. With more than 7,700 cases of infections have across the region, Malaysia tops with 2,470 cases. Advertisement Advertisement Yet Indonesia has the highest number of deaths and a fatality rate of almost 9 per cent, one
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 31, 2020
Italy to extend coronavirus lockdown until Easter as new cases fall
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ROME: Italy’s government on Monday (Mar 30) said it would extend its nationwide lockdown measures against a coronavirus outbreak, due to end on Friday, at least until the Easter season in April, as the number of new infections declines. “The evaluation was to extend all containment measures at least until Easter. The government will move
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 31, 2020
New York cheers arrival of hospital ship as coronavirus cases soar
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NEW YORK: People cheered the US Navy hospital ship Comfort as it sailed into New York on Monday (Mar 30), a beacon of the national effort to stanch the coronavirus outbreak at its US epicentre as the number of cases soared. Painted a gleaming white and adorned with giant red crosses, the 1,000-bed converted oil tanker sailed past
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 31, 2020
Italy sees 812 more coronavirus deaths, but new cases fall steeply
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ROME: The death toll from an outbreak of coronavirus in Italy has risen by 812 in the last 24 hours, the Civil Protection Agency said on Monday (Mar 30), reversing two days of declines. Italy, the world’s hardest hit country which accounts for more than a third of all global fatalities, saw its total death
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 31, 2020
Israel to use computer analysis to find likely coronavirus carriers
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TEL AVIV: Israel’s defence ministry plans to use software that analyses data gathered from mobile phones – produced, according to Israeli media, by the spyware firm NSO – to help locate likely carriers of the coronavirus in order to test them. Defence Minister Naftali Bennett told reporters that the “coronameter” would need approval from the cabinet –
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 31, 2020
Coronavirus hits hundreds of US police amid protective gear shortages
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NEW YORK: When nine police officers showed up to make an arrest near Melrose Avenue in the Bronx last Wednesday, none wore a mask or gloves to protect them from coronavirus. Similar scenes play out all over the city daily – officers making arrests, walking their beats and responding to 911 calls without protective gear, according
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 31, 2020
France sees worst daily death toll as army ferries virus patients
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STRASBOURG: France recorded its worst daily coronavirus death toll on Monday (Mar 30), exceeding 3,000 for the first time, and army helicopters transported critical patients from the east to hospitals overseas as the country battled to free up space in life-support units. The Grand Est region the first in France to be overwhelmed by a
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 30, 2020
UK’s Prince Charles out of self-isolation and in good health
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LONDON: British heir-to-the-throne Prince Charles, who had tested positive for coronavirus, is out of self-isolation after seven days and is in good health, his spokesman said on Monday. Last week, his Clarence House office revealed that Charles, 71, had been tested after displaying mild symptoms of the virus and had been in self-isolation at his
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 30, 2020
France uses army helicopters to ferry critical virus patients abroad
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STRASBOURG: Army helicopters on Monday (Mar 30) transported coronavirus patients fighting for their lives from eastern France to hospitals in Germany and Switzerland as the country battled to free up space in life-support units. The Grand Est region was the first in France to be overwhelmed by a wave of infections that has rapidly moved
Commentary: How to tell your older, stubborn relative to adopt social distancing
PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island: See if this sounds familiar. You have an older relative whom you believe to be at a serious health risk if they catch the coronavirus. You call, try to persuade them to take social distancing seriously. But your arguments fail to resonate. You both get angry and hang up, locked in a