Bernie Sanders drops out of presidential race, saying he concluded his path to victory was ‘virtually impossible’
Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders campaigns in St. Paul, Minnesota, on March 2, 2020. Andy Clayton-King/AP WASHINGTON – Sen. Bernie Sanders, whose call for a progressive agenda galvanized millions of followers, has dropped out of the presidential race, giving former Vice President Joe Biden a clean path to the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination. Sanders’ exit comes after a […]
Daily coronavirus fatalities rise for second day in a row in Spain, to 757 The increases come after several falls earlier in the week. The total number of official deaths now stands at 14,555, with 146,690 confirmed infections
8 April, 2020 Comments Off on Daily coronavirus fatalities rise for second day in a row in Spain, to 757 The increases come after several falls earlier in the week. The total number of official deaths now stands at 14,555, with 146,690 confirmed infections
A patient is moved into an ambulance at the Severo Ochoa hospital in Leganes.BERNAT ARMANGUE / AP The number of daily coronavirus deaths in Spain was 757 on Wednesday, according to official figures released by the Health Ministry. This represents a small rise over Tuesday, which also saw a slight spike in overnight fatalities, to […]
Continue reading …Travel resumes as Wuhan lockdown ends(Pictures)
8 April, 2020 Comments Off on Travel resumes as Wuhan lockdown ends(Pictures)
Passengers wait to enter Wuhan Railway Station in Wuhan on the morning of April 8, 2020. [Photo by Ke Hao/for chinadaily.com.cn] Cars queued up at expressway toll gates and passengers prepared to board trains and planes to leave Wuhan, Hubei province at midnight. The city, the hardest-hit area by the COVID-19 outbreak on the Chinese […]
Continue reading …UN suspends deployment and rotation of peacekeeping troops worldwide due to coronavirus pandemic
8 April, 2020 Comments Off on UN suspends deployment and rotation of peacekeeping troops worldwide due to coronavirus pandemic
UN peacekeepers patrol Maroun Al-Ras village, near the border with Israelin southern Lebanon,September 2, 2019. © Ali Hashisho / Reuters The United Nations has ordered its military and police forces across the globe to suspend rotation in an effort to mitigate the spread of the deadly coronavirus. The suspension will stay in effect until June […]
Continue reading …Trump accuses WHO of being ‘China-centric’ over coronavirus outbreak
8 April, 2020 Comments Off on Trump accuses WHO of being ‘China-centric’ over coronavirus outbreak
AMERICAS APR 07, 2020 6:18 PM GMT+3 WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus attends a virtual news briefing on COVID-19 at the WHO headquarters, Geneva, Switzerland, Monday, April 6, 2020. (AFP Photo) U.S. President Donald Trump sharply criticized the World Health Organization (WHO) Tuesday, accusing it of being too cozy with China and issuing bad advice during […]
Continue reading …Coronavirus in Italy: drop in new coronavirus cases in Italy over the last 24 hours
8 April, 2020 Comments Off on Coronavirus in Italy: drop in new coronavirus cases in Italy over the last 24 hours
There has been an important drop in new coronavirus cases in Italy over the last 24 hours. There are a total of 94,067 cases in the country, with an increase of 880 people compared to yesterday, this is less than half of the increase that was registered on Monday, when the new cases reached 1,941. […]
Continue reading …US records 1,169 new coronavirus deaths, the highest one-day toll recorded in any country
8 April, 2020 Comments Off on US records 1,169 new coronavirus deaths, the highest one-day toll recorded in any country
REACT EMS paramedics put on protective gear before making contact with a potential coronavirus disease (COVID-19) patient in Shawnee, Oklahoma, U.S. April 2, 2020. © Nick Oxford, REUTERS The United States recorded 1,169 COVID-19 fatalities in a single day, the Johns Hopkins University tracker showed Thursday, the highest one-day death toll recorded in any country since […]
Continue reading …Duterte approves grant of special risk allowance,the allowance is equivalent to a maximum of 25 percent of the monthly basic pay of public health workers,
7 April, 2020 Comments Off on Duterte approves grant of special risk allowance,the allowance is equivalent to a maximum of 25 percent of the monthly basic pay of public health workers,
Simeon Celi Jr./Presidential Photo/File Duterte has approved the grant of a one-time special risk allowance to government health workers at the frontline of the fight against coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). The special risk allowance is equivalent to a maximum of 25 percent of the monthly basic pay of public health workers, according to Administrative Order […]
Continue reading …Italian minister says coronavirus ‘tsunami’ is slowly starting to back down but ‘hugs and kisses’ won’t return without a vaccine
7 April, 2020 Comments Off on Italian minister says coronavirus ‘tsunami’ is slowly starting to back down but ‘hugs and kisses’ won’t return without a vaccine
Wedding ceremony during Italy’s lockdown in Naples, March 20, 2020 © Reuters / Ciro de Luca Deputy health minister Pierpaolo Sileri said that normal life would only return to Italy after an inoculation was readily available, as the country’s new infection rate continued to decline. The politician, who fell victim to virus himself but has […]
Continue reading …Two virus patients recover after plasma therapy: hospital
7 April, 2020 Comments Off on Two virus patients recover after plasma therapy: hospital
Image on the left shows 71-year-old virus patient’s chest X-ray before plasma therapy at Severance Hospital in Shinchon and the right was taken after undergoing treament. (Severance Hospital) Two patients infected with COVID-19 have recovered after plasma treatments, in the first such cases here, a Seoul-based hospital said Tuesday. Doctors at Severance Hospital in Shincheon had plasma […]
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