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Written by Gabriel HerveyApril 10, 2020
China says new coronavirus cases lower, tightens land borders
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BEIJING: China on Friday (Apr 10) reported a fall in new COVID-19 cases, particularly imported and asymptomatic infections which authorities fear could see a second wave of infections as city and travel restrictions are lifted. The National Health Commission said 42 new cases were reported in the mainland on Thursday, compared with 63 cases a day
Written by Gabriel HerveyApril 10, 2020
Italy’s daily coronavirus death toll, new cases accelerate
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ROME: Deaths from the COVID-19 epidemic in Italy rose by 610 on Thursday (Apr 9), up from 542 the day before, and the number of new cases also came in higher at 4,204 from a previous 3,836. The daily tally of cases was the highest since Apr 5, and comes as a disappointment to a country
Written by Gabriel HerveyApril 10, 2020
Indonesia reports biggest jump in coronavirus deaths
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JAKARTA: Indonesia reported its biggest daily jump in coronavirus deaths on Thursday (Apr 9), bringing the total confirmed number to 280 in the world’s fourth most populous country, the highest death toll in Asia outside China where the virus first emerged. Indonesia confirmed 40 more deaths and its death toll accounts for nearly half of
Written by Gabriel HerveyApril 9, 2020
France to extend lockdown as coronavirus death toll close to 11,000
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PARIS: France reported some positive coronavirus-linked data on Wednesday (Apr 8), with the increase of hospital death fatalities slowing again, but the presidential palace said nonetheless the national lockdown aimed at containing the disease would be extended. The lockdown, that took effect on Mar 17 and has already been extended once, will now go beyond Apr 15,
Written by Gabriel HerveyApril 9, 2020
WHO urges coronavirus unity after Trump’s attack
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GENEVA: World Health Organization chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Wednesday (Apr 8) urged leaders to stop politicising the coronavirus pandemic following stinging criticism of the WHO from US President Donald Trump. The WHO director-general urged the US and China to join forces in fighting the disease rather than indulging in a blame game. Advertisement Advertisement Tedros
Written by Gabriel HerveyApril 8, 2020
India considers narrowing lockdown to coronavirus hotspots
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NEW DELHI: India is considering plans to seal off coronavirus hotspots in Delhi, Mumbai and parts of the south while easing curbs elsewhere as a way out of a three-week lockdown that has caused deep economic distress, officials said on Wednesday (Apr 8). The sweeping lockdown of India’s 1.3 billion people to prevent an epidemic
Written by Gabriel HerveyApril 8, 2020
Russia ready to start testing coronavirus vaccines on humans in June
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MOSCOW: The head of a top Russian research centre told President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday that his lab was ready to start human trials of experimental coronavirus vaccines in June. Rinat Maksyutov, head of the Vektor State Virology and Biotechnology Centre, said his facility proposed first-phase clinical trials of three vaccines from Jun 29, on 180
Written by Gabriel HerveyApril 8, 2020
UK PM Johnson, battling coronavirus, set for second night in intensive care
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LONDON: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was set to spend a second night in intensive care on Tuesday (Apr 8) to help his fight against a coronavirus infection, as his designated deputy said he would pull through because “he’s a fighter”. Johnson is receiving oxygen support but is stable, in good spirits and breathing without
Written by Gabriel HerveyApril 8, 2020
France fourth country to pass the 10,000 coronavirus death toll
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PARIS: France has officially registered more than 10,000 deaths from coronavirus infections, making it the fourth country to cross that threshold after Italy, Spain and the United States. The rate of increase in the number of fatalities also rose on Tuesday (Apr 7) for the second consecutive day, official figures showed. Advertisement Advertisement Jerome Salomon,
Written by Gabriel HerveyApril 7, 2020
Trump says WHO is China-centric, ‘really blew it’ on coronavirus
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WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump sharply criticised the World Health Organization on Tuesday (Apr 7), accusing it of being too focused on China and issuing bad advice during the coronavirus outbreak. “The W.H.O. really blew it,” Trump said in a Twitter post. “For some reason, funded largely by the United States, yet very China centric. We
Written by Gabriel HerveyApril 7, 2020
Indonesian capital Jakarta to close schools, workplaces to curb coronavirus outbreak
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JAKARTA: Authorities in the Indonesian capital Jakarta will impose large-scale social restrictions including closures of schools and workplaces to curb the spread of the new coronavirus in the hardest hit area of the country. President Joko Widodo has sought to limit transmission of the highly contagious COVID-19 respiratory disease through social-distancing policies but has resisted
Written by Gabriel HerveyApril 7, 2020
UK PM Johnson listened to his scientists about coronavirus – but they were slow to sound the alarm
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LONDON: It was early spring when British scientists laid out the bald truth to their government. It was “highly likely”, they said, that there was now “sustained transmission” of COVID-19 in the United Kingdom. Advertisement Advertisement If unconstrained and if the virus behaved as in China, up to four-fifths of Britons could be infected and
Written by Gabriel HerveyApril 7, 2020
Sweden reports over 100 coronavirus deaths
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STOCKHOLM: Sweden on Tuesday (Apr 7) reported another 114 coronavirus deaths, bringing the total to 591 in a country that has adopted a softer approach to containing the outbreak than some of its European neighbours. Sweden’s Public Health Agency said it had recorded a total of 7,693 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the country of around
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Commentary: No, 5G radiation doesn’t cause or spread the coronavirus
MELBOURNE: A conspiracy theory claiming 5G can spread the coronavirus is making the rounds on social media. The myth supposedly gained traction when a Belgian doctor linked the “dangers” of 5G technology to the virus during an interview in January. Closer to home, Facebook group Stop5G Australia (with more than 31,700 members) has various posts