Tag: corona outbreak

May brings reopenings around the globe as coronavirus toll climbs

NEW YORK: May is bringing cautious reopenings from coronavirus lockdowns, from Beijing’s Forbidden city to shopping malls in Texas, as the grim economic toll from the pandemic ticks higher. Many communities around the world are inching toward normalcy without certainty over whether they’ve vanquished outbreaks of the virus. But bleak new figures released Thursday underscored […]

Chinese explorers start Everest climb amid COVID-19 pandemic

BEIJING: A group of Chinese mountaineers has begun an expedition on Mount Everest as China limped back to normalcy after the coronovirus outbreak. The site, however, remains closed to foreign climbers. The highest peak of the world stands on the border of China and Nepal and can be climbed from both sides. China has closed […]

Singapore reports sixth death from COVID-19, total cases reach 1,114

SINGAPORE: Singapore on Saturday reported its sixth death from the novel coronavirus as the confirmed cases rose to 1,114, the health ministry said, a day after Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong announced home-based learning for schoolchildren and closure of most workplaces to curb the spread of the deadly disease. The latest fatality from the virus […]

95% of Europe’s coronavirus victims over 60 but young not immune, says UN

GENEVA: More than 95% of those who have died of coronavirus in Europe have been over 60 but young people should not be complacent, the head of the World Health Organization’s office in Europe said Thursday. Dr. Hans Kluge said age is not the only risk factor for getting a severe case of the virus […]

Emirates to resume limited passenger flights from April 6

DUBAI: Emirates Airline said Thursday it is to resume a limited number of outbound passenger flights from April 6, less than two weeks after its coronavirus-enforced stoppage. “Emirates has received approval from UAE authorities to restart flying a limited number of passenger flights,” its chairman, Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al-Maktoum, said on Twitter. “From April […]

Europe’s hospitals running out of vital medicines for COVID-19

LONDON: Nine leading European university hospitals are warning they will run out of essential medicines needed for COVID-19 patients in intensive care in less than two weeks as they are increasingly crushed by the pandemic. The European University Hospital Alliance said that without countries cooperating to ensure a steady supply of these drugs, doctors and […]

COVID-19: Spain witnesses 950 deaths in 24 hours as death toll crosses 10,000

MADRID: The coronavirus death toll in Spain surged past 10,000 on Thursday after a record 950 deaths in 24 hours, with the number of confirmed cases passing the 110,000 mark, the government said. Spain has the world’s second-highest death toll after Italy, with the virus so far claiming 10,003 lives although the rate of new […]

Chaos from coronavirus an opportunity for global terror to heal, recruit

JOHANNESBURG: Both the Islamic State group and al-Qaida see the coronavirus as a threat, but some of their fighters also see the upheaval from the pandemic as an opportunity to win over more supporters and strike harder than before. Messages from the Islamic extremist groups show concern about the virus mixed with bravado, asserting that […]

Corona outbreak: Is CM Jagan misguiding people?

It was found that 70 new cases in just two days that had been reported in Andhra Pradesh was because of the few people who attended a religious congregation in Delhi. CM YS Jagan addressed the press and requested all the Andhra citizens to not panic and gave courage, saying it’s not a stigma but […]