COVID-19: Australia PM Scott Morrison urges WHO, UN to act against China’s wet markets
MELBOURNE: Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison on Friday urged the WHO and the UN to act against China’s wet markets, like the one where the deadly coronavirus is thought to have originated, as they pose “great risks” to the health and wellbeing of the rest of the world. A wet market in the central Chinese […]
Isolated and afraid: How coronavirus pandemic is affecting pregnancies globally
HONG KONG: Jamie Chui has been a virtual prisoner in her Hong Kong home for most of her nine-month pregnancy. Trapped intially by violent pro-democracy protests and tear gas, and then by the coronavirus — she now faces giving birth alone, with her husband unlikely to see his child until days later. Asia is facing […]
This ultra-Orthodox Israeli city rejected government lockdown, now 40% citizens suspected to have COVID-19
BNEI BRAK (Israel): Early this week, the streets of the central Israeli city of Bnei Brak were bustling with shoppers as ultra-Orthodox residents, obeying their religious leaders, ignored pleas to stay home in the face of the coronavirus threat. By Friday, Bnei Brak had become the country’ worst hot spot and now resembles a ghost […]
COVID-19: Germany imposes 500 euros fine for breaking social distancing rules as toll crosses 1000
BERLIN: Germans risk being fined up to 500 euros ($540) for standing too close to each other from Friday as officials crackdown on people flouting rules brought in to control coronavirus. Chancellor Angela Merkel’s government has ordered people not leave their homes unless they have an exceptional reason such as grocery shopping, exercise or medical […]