Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 7, 2020
China COVID-19 fight sparks outcry over female frontline staff
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BEIJING: China’s fight against the coronavirus epidemic has triggered anger over the neglect of frontline female workers who have struggled to access menstrual products, battled with ill-fitting equipment and had their heads shaved. Reports that some medical staff were given birth control pills in order to delay their periods have also prompted outrage. Advertisement Advertisement As
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 7, 2020
Australia toilet paper tussle sparks call for calm
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SYDNEY: A fight over toilet paper in an Australian supermarket on Saturday (Mar 7) prompted police to call for calm after the latest violence sparked by coronavirus-induced panic buying in the country. A video widely shared online shows three women pulling each other’s hair and screaming as they struggle over a large pack of the
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 7, 2020
Australian clinic closes after doctor tests positive for COVID-19
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SYDNEY: Australian health authorities said on Saturday (Feb 7) they had closed a clinic and were contacting around 70 patients of a doctor who has been diagnosed with coronavirus after recently returning from the United States. The Melbourne-based general practioner returned to Australia on Feb 29. Advertisement Advertisement READ: COVID-19 found on cruise ship as more US
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 7, 2020
No going back after deadly Delhi riots
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NEW DELHI: Hazra Begum has been living in fear since witnessing men chanting Hindu religious slogans hack, bludgeon and burn Muslims to death in Delhi’s worst sectarian riots in decades. Ten days after the violence, she is among 1,000 people at a squalid relief camp too scared to go home, wondering if the mixed Hindu-Muslim
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 7, 2020
Trump names Meadows as fourth chief of staff
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WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump announced Friday (Mar 6) he had chosen staunch ally Mark Meadows to be his new chief of staff – the fourth person to hold the position since he took office. Meadows, a Republican congressman from North Carolina, will replace the ultra-conservative Mick Mulvaney, who had been serving as acting chief
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 7, 2020
China exports plunge on COVID-19 epidemic
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BEIJING: China’s exports plummeted in the first two months of this year on the back of a coronavirus epidemic that forced businesses to suspend operations, disrupting the world’s supply chains. Exports fell 17.2 per cent, the biggest drop since February 2019 during the trade war with the United States, and imports dropped 4 per cent, according
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 7, 2020
COVID-19: Hong Kong asks residents to defer non-urgent travel
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HONG KONG: The Hong Kong government has warned the city’s residents to consider deferring all non-essential travel outside of the territory, as the coronavirus becomes increasingly prevalent around the world. It had already placed a red alert – the second-highest warning in Hong Kong – on travelling to South Korea and the Emilia-Romagna, Lombardy and
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 7, 2020
‘It’s humiliating’: China’s COVID-19 controls raise hackles
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BEIJING: An elderly man in virus-hit China pops out to use a public toilet without wearing a compulsory face mask. The next thing he knows, police are ordering him into a van to be taken into quarantine. A video of the incident in the northern province of Hebei has been widely shared on social media
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 7, 2020
4 people arrested over Carousell face mask scams
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SINGAPORE: Four people have been arrested after numerous reports of scams involving face masks sold on e-commerce platform Carousell, the police said in a news release on Saturday (Mar 7), as they warned the public to be especially vigilant during the COVID-19 outbreak. “Between January and February 2020, the police received many reports from persons
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 7, 2020
‘It’s pandemonium’: Coronavirus panic-buying hits Los Angeles
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LOS ANGELES: Sprinting shoppers, rationed mineral water and not a roll of toilet paper to be seen: panic-buying sparked by the new coronavirus soared in Los Angeles this week. Two days after California declared a statewide emergency, wholesale stores visited by AFP on Friday (Mar 6) were unable to keep up with soaring demand for
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 7, 2020
South Korea confirms 174 new COVID-19 cases, total to 6,767
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SEOUL: South Korea on Saturday (Mar 7) reported 174 additional coronavirus cases from late Friday, taking the national tally to 6,767, the Korea Centers for Disease and Control and Prevention (KCDC) said. The death toll remained unchanged at 44 from late Friday, the KCDC added. Advertisement Advertisement READ: South Korea’s central bank burns, quarantines cash in COVID-19
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 7, 2020
Sanders hits Biden over Social Security, trade, as new US presidential contests loom
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WASHINGTON: Two former presidential rivals endorsed Joe Biden on Friday (Mar 6) in the latest sign that the Democratic establishment is coalescing around the former vice president to stop the candidacy of Bernie Sanders, who ratcheted up attacks on his rival ahead of crucial contests next week. Former Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick and John Delaney, a
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 7, 2020
Grow meat at home from stem cells? It’s coming, says Shiok Meats CEO
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SINGAPORE: What if you are able to “grow” your own meat at home? Would it change the way your family eat? The idea is not in the realms of science fiction any more, according to stem cell scientist Sandhya Sriram. Advertisement Advertisement She envisions that people could have a small bioreactor — “a fancy name”
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 7, 2020
Singapore reports 13 new COVID-19 cases in largest single-day spike
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SINGAPORE: Singapore announced 13 new cases of COVID-19 on Friday (Mar 6), the highest daily jump since the outbreak started here. This brings the total number of new coronavirus cases in Singapore to 130 since the first case was confirmed on Jan 23. Advertisement Advertisement One more patient has recovered from COVID-19, bringing the total
