Britain rejects calls to publish detailed data of care-home deaths
Britain declined to disclose number of COVID-19 deaths in individual care homes,as Campaigners for welfare of elderly people calling for…
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Tunisian President relaxes curfew with pandemic outbreak slowing
Tunisian President Kais Saied announced a reduction of its nightly curfew hours, after three consecutive days without recording any new…
Dubai Health Authority bans rapid viral testing kit
Dubai Health Authority bans rapid viral testing kit for Covid,Test found to give far too many false positives and negatives…
Poland plans to propose mail-only presidential election, sources say
Poland coalition plans to propose legislation to allow both postal and in-person voting in a presidential election postponed from last…
UK PM tells people to ‘Stay Alert’ as lockdown easing starts
UK PM Boris Johnson urged people to “stay alert” to coronavirus risks, as he prepared to outline plans for gradually…
Tehran says Washington yet to respond about prisoner swap
Tehran says US has yet to respond about a prisoner swap, Iranian government spokesman Ali Rabiei was quoted as saying…
Madagascar herbal mix draws demand from across Africa
Madagascar herbal mix draws demand from across Africa despite WHO misgivings, its self-proclaimed and plant-based “cure” for coronavirus.
Australian officials frustrated their push for inquiry undermined by US
Australian officials are frustrated that their push for an inquiry into the origins of the coronavirus is being undermined by…
Taiwan bid to attend key WHO meeting will fail,China says
Taiwan will fail in its bid to join key meeting of WHO amid efforts to rein in pandemic as its…
EU commissioner says we must go ‘back to the future’ of open borders after COVID-19
EU Home Affairs Commissioner Ylva Johansson has said that European Union must go ‘back to the future’ of open borders…
Top Philippines broadcaster knocks supreme court door to overturn govt order
Top Philippines broadcaster ABS-CBN urges Supreme Court to overturn a government-ordered shutdown that it says is a blow to press…
UK govt adviser resigns after reports his lover visited during lockdown
UK govt adviser on its coronavirus response and a leading epidemiologist resigned from his government post, after reports his lover…
Trump adviser says additional stimulus package might not be necessary
Trump economic adviser said that coronavirus relief legislation might not be necessary, as Democrats push for Congress to provide more…
Trudeau vows more funding for mental health
Trudeau vows additional funding as Canada’s daily coronavirus death toll edged up by under 5% on Sunday in another sign…
Japanese govt to fast-track review of anti-viral drug remdesivir
Japanese govt will fast-track a review of Gilead Sciences Inc’s antiviral drug remdesivir so that it can hopefully be approved…
Covid 19 exposes UK low-wage essential workers to exploitation
Covid 19 exposes people working in United Kingdom vulnerable sectors falling through cracks of government rescue packages.
India shipped 50 million hydroxychloroquine tablets to US
India has exported 50 million tablets of hydroxychloroquine to the US for Coronavirus fight,although experts warned against its side effects.
European Commission started new legal case against Poland over muzzling judges
European Commission started new legal case and gave Poland two months to address concerns about controversial law introduced earlier this…
UK infants effected by new disease ‘possibly linked to coronavirus’
UK infants are effected by a new diease,medical experts investigate possible link between coronavirus and severe inflammatory disease among infants.
Britain at ‘dangerous’ stage,hasty action could result second peak of infections
Britain’s stand-in leader resisted pressure and has explained how the government plans to ease a coronavirus lockdown that has been…
Plans underway to restart economy do not hinge on coronavirus ‘immunity’ levels, Trudeau says
Plans underway to restart the economy of Canada do not depend on presuming people who become infected with Covid-19 develop…
Coronavirus crisis left Italy’s northern economic powerhouse disaster zone
Coronavirus crisis has left Italy’s northern economic powerhouse a disaster zone and raised awkward questions for Matteo Salvini’s League party.