India coronavirus death toll passes China’s
NEW DELHI: India’s coronavirus death toll passed neighbouring China’s on Friday, with 175 new fatalities in 24 hours taking the total to 4,706, according to official data. India, home to some of the world’s most packed cities and a creaking healthcare system, is emerging as a new hotspot with record jumps in new cases in […]
Britain revises up virus-related deaths to 46,000
LONDON: Britain’s number of deaths “involving” the coronavirus has risen to 46,000, substantially higher than the 36,914 fatalities officially reported so far, according to a statistical update released Tuesday. The daily death tolls released in Britain only include fatalities that have been confirmed by a positive test. But the Office for National Statistics (ONS) conducts […]
Time wasted in US response against coronavirus outbreak
WASHINGTON: Former US Vice President Joe Biden said Monday that time had been wasted in the US response against the coronavirus outbreak, reported Xinhua news agency. Addressing a virtual event, Biden said the scale of the loss from the public health crisis, which has infected more than 1.5 million people and killed over 90,000 in […]
Number of coronavirus cases worldwide tops 4.8 million
ANKARA: The global tally for novel coronavirus infections surpassed 4.8 million late Monday, according to US-based Johns Hopkins University. According to Turkey’s Anadolu Agency (AA), the university’s data showed that the death toll worldwide from the virus has reached 318,465, with the number of recoveries exceeding 1.78 million. The US remains the hardest-hit country by the pandemic with […]
France death toll passes 28,000 as virus hits abattoirs
PARIS: Deaths from the new coronavirus in France passed 28,000 Sunday, the health ministry announced, as officials tried to contain outbreaks in two abattoirs. The latest daily toll, of 483, the largest in several weeks, was made up mainly of deaths in care homes: 429 deaths, compared to only 54 in hospital. Those numbers took […]
‘Smokers more vulnerable to coronavirus’
ANKARA: Smokers are more vulnerable to Covid-19 than non-smokers, according to a review of studies by public health experts convened by the World Health Organisation (WHO). The review found that smokers are at a higher risk of contracting fatal diseases, Anadolu Agency reported. “Covid-19 is an infectious disease that primarily attacks the lungs,” the WHO said in a […]
Global coronavirus death toll surpasses 250,000
ANKARA: Global coronavirus fatalities exceeded the 250,000 mark on Monday, according to a running tally by the US-based Johns Hopkins University. Turkey’s Anadolu Agency (AA) in a report Wednesday said the university’s figures counted 250,134 deaths, while the numbers of cases and recoveries stand at 3,562,919 and 1,144,454, respectively. The US is the country hardest-hit […]
Coronavirus ‘is natural in origin’
GENEVA: The World Health Organisation (WHO) said it is assured that Covid-19 is natural in origin, and it is vital to establish the natural host for the virus, after the US president said he had seen evidence it originated in a laboratory in Wuhan, China, reported Anadolu Agency. Dr Mike Ryan, executive director of the […]
Onus is on the public in war against coronavirus
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysians at large were subjected to information overload over the week with regard to policy measures, with the government having to step forward to clear up confusion on the hire-purchase loan repayment moratorium and to ease concerns over the partial reopening of the economy. The moratorium issue was finally cleared by Bank Negara Malaysia, and some banks even offered to […]
Trump sees no purpose in daily coronavirus briefings
WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump announced after the cancellation of the Saturday White House coronavirus press briefing that he sees no point in holding the daily briefings as the media do not report accurately on the information given, reported Sputnik News Agency. “What is the purpose of having White House News Conferences when the Lamestream […]
