Tablighi Jamaat: The group blamed for new Covid-19 outbreak in India
The Tablighi Jamaat have come into the spotlight after an event they held in the Indian capital Delhi has spawned a number of Covid-19 clusters across the country. But exactly who is this group and why did they hold a big gathering in Delhi? BBC...
Coronavirus: Oil prices rise on hopes of a price war truce
Global oil prices have risen after Donald Trump said he expected Saudi Arabia and Russia to reach a deal soon to end their price war. The cost of crude had fallen to 18-year lows as the two countries slashed prices and ramped up production. At...
Coronavirus: Donald Trump admits protective gear running out as US cases soar
The number of coronavirus deaths in the United States has risen above 5,000, while the number of confirmed cases has topped 216,000 — according to data from Johns Hopkins University. The figures came on the day Vice President Mike Pence said White House models showed...
Debunked: Claims a new virus has emerged from China are false
As China looks to rebuild following the devastation of the COVID-19 pandemic, false rumours have spread that a new virus has emerged in the country. According to the Global Times, Chinese state media, one fatal case of “Hantavirus” was reported in Shandong province on March...
Two COVID-19 infected children, aged 12 and 13, die in Belgium and UK
A 12-year-old girl in Belgium and a 13-year old boy in the UK infected with the novel coronavirus have died, authorities said. They are believed to be the youngest victims of the disease in their respective countries. The 12-year-old girl’s death was announced during the...
Could the coronavirus pandemic lead to mass surveillance in Europe?
Governments and tech companies in the bloc and beyond have announced a swath of new measures amid the coronavirus pandemic. In Thailand, people travelling from high-risk areas must download an app so that authorities can monitor their movements during their 14 days of quarantine. Meanwhile,...
How has the EU responded to the economic crisis resulting from the coronavirus pandemic?
The economic fallout of the coronavirus pandemic has been unprecedented. For the first time in history, the EU suspended its fiscal rules on public deficits and the European Central Bank launched a 750 billion euros stimulus package. Since the outbreak of Covid-19 in Europe, and...
In Panama, coronavirus lockdown means separating men and women
Panama is taking a new — if somewhat unorthodox — measure to combat the spread of the novel coronavirus: separation of the sexes. Starting on Wednesday, only women will be able to leave their homes to buy necessities on Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Men in...
Market Basket is limiting the number of customers allowed in each of their supermarkets
Market Basket is implementing three new measures in an effort to improve social distancing at its supermarkets amid the coronavirus outbreak, the company announced Wednesday evening. One of the measures caps the number of shoppers allowed in each supermarket; the number will vary based on...
As U.S. Struggles to Fight COVID-19 At Home, China, Russia See Opportunity
China and Russia are using the coronavirus pandemic to position themselves as world leaders while the United States turns its focus to domestic matters to battle the infectious disease, experts on geopolitical affairs and a senior U.S. intelligence official briefed on the matter told Newsweek....
EMTs have stopped taking people in cardiac arrest to coronavirus-strained hospitals
Cardiac arrest victims whose hearts cannot be restarted at the scene are now being left there — rather than being brought to coronavirus-strained hospitals for further revival attempts, according to a new guidance for medical responders. The Regional Emergency Medical Services Council of New York,...
Battlefield Medicine’: NY, NJ Doctors and Patients See Anecdotal Evidence of Hydroxychloroquine Benefits in Fighting Coronavirus
Doctors who have treated a combined total of over 425 confirmed or presumptive Chinese coronavirus patients with the drug hydroxychloroquine told Breitbart News they are finding the medication to be helpful. The doctors stressed that more long-term studies are needed to draw concrete scientific conclusions...
The Science Behind A 14-Day Quarantine After Possible COVID-19 Exposure
To stop the spread of the coronavirus, health officials have a favorite refrain: After being in a city or region where there have been a lot of COVID-19 cases, spend 14 days in quarantine even if you feel perfectly fine — don’t leave your house....
Despite calls for global cooperation, US and China fight over leading coronavirus response
The U.S. and Chinese governments have increasingly turned the novel coronavirus pandemic into a contest over their primacy as the world’s leading humanitarian force, with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo highlighting U.S. contributions to global aid agencies Tuesday and pushing back on Chinese propaganda about...
Britain faces testing crunch as crisis worsens
Despite countless promises to “ramp up testing,” numbers have remained stubbornly low as the government has struggled with both its capacity to increase testing and its ability to convince Brits that its strategy will work. While the British government is now pledging to roll out...
Most Americans huddle indoors as coronavirus deaths keep spiking
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Four new states imposed sweeping stay-at-home directives on Wednesday in response to the coronavirus pandemic, putting over 80% of Americans under lockdown as the number of deaths in the United States nearly doubled in three days. The governors of Florida, Georgia,...
More than 1,000 in US die in a single day from coronavirus
The U.S. topped 1,000 coronavirus deaths in a single day for the first time Wednesday, a daily death toll more than double that of two of America’s most deadly illnesses – lung cancer and the flu. Death counts from the virus are difficult to keep...
Trump says he can’t confirm Beijing government’s coronavirus numbers amid claims of underreporting
President Trump said Wednesday he could not confirm the veracity of the numbers of coronavirus cases and deaths being reported by China, as he warned Americans to brace for more “horrific” days in dealing with the virus. While Trump said the numbers being reported by...
Coronavirus Deaths Mount In New York
New York authorities rushed to bring in an army of medical volunteers Wednesday as the statewide death toll from the coronavirus doubled in 72 hours to more than 1,900 and the wail of ambulances in the otherwise eerily quiet streets of the city became the...
Governor Newsom: COVID-19 patients in ICUs have quadrupled, hospitalizations have tripled in last six days
Gov. Gavin Newsom opened a wide-ranging discussion on California’s response to the coronavirus pandemic Wednesday with updated statistics on the number of patients with COVID-19 in intensive care unit beds around the state. Newsom said 774 people in California are in ICU beds on Wednesday,...
Coast Guard: Cruise ships must stay at sea with sick onboard
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — The U.S. Coast Guard has directed all cruise ships to prepare to treat any sick passengers and crew on board while being sequestered “indefinitely” offshore during the coronavirus pandemic. The new rules require daily updates on each ship’s coronavirus caseload...
Trump’s Breakdown vs Covid-19
Before Herbert Hoover earned a reputation as a tragic failure, he had a reputation for heroic success—a can-do businessman who arrived in the presidency with no previous elective experience. He was one of the most celebrated men of his times. Then times changed. “Ambition and...
This is what China did to beat coronavirus. Could America handle it?
In late February, as coronavirus infections mounted in Wuhan, China, local authorities went door-to-door for health checks – forcibly isolating every resident in makeshift hospitals and temporary quarantine shelters, even separating parents from young children who displayed symptoms of COVID-19, no matter how seemingly mild....
Explosion of coronavirus deaths comes as White House issues grim forecast of up to 240K fatalities
“This is going to be a rough two-week period,” President Trump said in a press conference on Tuesday. “As a nation we’re going to have a really rough two weeks. Our strength will be tested and our endurance will be tried.” China – where the...
Trump Said Coronavirus Would ‘Miraculously’ Be Gone By April
President Donald Trump thinks he’s doing a fabulous job getting the country through the coronavirus crisis. He’s more than happy to boast about it. “One of the things I did is I closed down the borders to China and to other areas that are very...
People without symptoms are fueling coronavirus
More data showing people without symptoms are fueling the spread of coronavirus have top officials rethinking whether the general public should be wearing masks. New data out of Iceland shows 50% of those who tested positive said they were asymptomatic. In the US, an estimated...
Russia sending plane filled with medical equipment to US amid coronavirus pandemic
Russia is sending a plane filled with medical equipment to the United States to help fight the coronavirus following a phone conversation between President Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday. The Russian Embassy Tuesday posted on its social media channels that “Russia may...
Meghan Markle, Prince Harry ‘are positive about the future’ in America, royal source says
“They are positive about the future,” a source close to the couple told People magazine in this week’s issue. “It is an exciting new chapter for them to mark the end of the transition and the official start of their new chapter.” According to the...
Mexican president claims rivals would take over if he self-isolated, as experts decry coronavirus response
Mexico President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador has remained steadfast against sweeping restriction measures that could help the spread of the coronavirus in his country. This weekend, he balked at the idea of self-isolating, claiming that his rivals would use that time to overpower him politically...
Pakistan’s blame game shifts to Iran as coronavirus cases surge
All hell broke loose in a coronavirus quarantine site in the Pakistani city of Sukkur last week. Those inside, including Shiite pilgrims who had just returned from Iran, brought the doors down in protest. The heated crowd included people who had tested positive for coronavirus...