Tag: Pandemic
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Virus masks, apps | The race is on to avoid hidden carriers
The worldwide race to protect people against unwitting coronavirus carriers intensified yesterday, pitting governments against each other as they buy protective gear and prompting new questions ... -
Trump’s contradictory views on China shift as crisis grows
President Donald Trump has held an unequivocal position about China and the coronavirus — several of them. Trump initially praised China, then excoriated Beijing after it made unsubstantiated ... -
New York virus toll doubles in 72 hours as hot spots spread
New York rushed to bring in an army of medical volunteers as the statewide death toll from the coronavirus doubled in 72 hours to more than ... -
The Latest: Nearly 900K lost their jobs in Spain amid virus
The Latest on the coronavirus pandemic. The new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people. For some, especially older adults and people with existing ... -
China reveals 1,541 symptom-free virus cases under pressure
China said that it’s put 1,541 people infected with the novel coronavirus but who don’t have symptoms under observation as of March 30, a much-anticipated announcement ... -
Fake news or the truth? Russia cracks down on virus postings
Two weeks ago, an opposition-leaning radio station in Russia interviewed political analyst Valery Solovei, who alleged the government was lying when it said no one had ... -
Exceptional Times | Volunteers fill gaps amid UK pandemic lockdown
The Rev. April Keech knocked on the door of an apartment in east London, took three giant steps back and made way for other volunteers to ... -
Mass testing, empty ICUs: Germany scores early against virus
Late last year — long before most people had heard of the new coronavirus now sweeping the globe — scientists in Germany sprang into action to ... -
The Latest: Tourists stuck in Nepal headed back to Australia
The Latest on the coronavirus pandemic. The new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people. For some, especially older adults and people with ... -
Dismantling democracy? Virus used as excuse to quell dissent
Soldiers patrol the streets with their fingers on machine gun triggers. The army guards an exhibition center-turned-makeshift-hospital crowded with rows of metal beds for those infected ... -
Exceptional Times | South Korea shoe cobbler donates for needy amid coronavirus
Kim Byung-rok survived tuberculosis when he was 23, but was left with one good lung. In his work polishing and mending shoes, he inhaled too much ... -
Exceptional Times | Students provide sanitizers to daily workers to fight virus
They toil on the fringes, without any job security or set hours or decent wages. And the coronavirus has made their already difficult lives harder, and ... -
Spain hit by record virus deaths; NY demands reinforcements
Spain’s coronavirus deaths jumped by a record number yesterday as the country’s medical system strained to care for its tens of thousands of infected patients, and ... -
Exceptional Times | Facebook gives $100m to journalism, easyJet grounds planes
The outbreak of the coronavirus has dealt a shock to the global economy with unprecedented speed. Following are developments yesterday related to the global economy, the ... -
Wuhan | City at center of China’s virus outbreak gradually revives
Shopkeepers in the city at the center of China’s virus outbreak were reopening yesterday but customers were scarce after authorities lifted more of the anti-virus controls ... -
Spain passes China in infections; Trump extends US lockdown
In an abrupt turnaround, President Donald Trump extended lockdown measures across the United States as deaths in New York from the new coronavirus passed 1,000. Spain ... -
Xi Jinping’s G20 speech charts course for global Covid-19 fight
Chinese President Xi Jinping’s keynote speech at the Extraordinary G20 Leaders’ Summit, which stressed a coordinated response to the common threat of Covid-19, has charted a ... -
WHO says it’s working with Taiwan experts after video goes viral
The World Health Organization said it’s working with Taiwanese health experts after an interview went viral in which a senior official appeared to hang up on ... -
Spain, Italy demand more European help with virus
Spain and Italy have demanded more European help as they fight still-surging coronavirus infections in the continent’s worst crisis since World War II. In the U.S., ... -
Macau latest: New Covid-19 cases bring tally to 37
The Novel Coronavirus Response and Coordination Centre announced Saturday night the Macau’s 36th and 37th novel coronavirus cases, both classified as imported. The 36th case is ... -
Sheraton Macao becomes 12th designated hotel for quarantine purposes
The government temporarily utilizes the “Special isolated area at Sheraton Grand Macao” as the 12th designated hotel venue for quarantine and medical observation starting from Saturday, ... -
Wong Sio Chak says Guangdong policies were rushed
Secretary for Security Wong Sio Chak has considered Guangdong’s latest entry policies to have been “rushed,” creating in turn a slight chaos in Macau, Wong commented ... -
Health head backs up home quarantine foreign workers
Head of the Health Bureau (SSM) has straightly backed up home quarantine foreign workers and disagreed with doubts and unfair questioning towards home quarantined foreign workers ... -
Novel Coronavirus | Infections near 500,000 as health systems buckle
The number of coronavirus infections were set to top a half-million worldwide yesterday as both Italy and the United States appeared poised to surpass China, where ... -
Petition to fire Tedros: 500,000 signatures
A petition to oust the World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom has now surpassed 500,000 signatures, Taiwan News reported. On Jan. 31, a netizen named ... -
UN chief urges $2 billion for vulnerable nations with virus
U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres launched a $2 billion appeal yesterday [Macau time] to help vulnerable and conflict-torn countries in the Middle East, Asia, Africa and South ...
