Washington: US President Donald Trump has said that he will look into the legislation introduced in the Senate a day earlier that proposes sanctions on China if it fails to cooperate and provide a full accounting of the events leading up to the novel coronavirus outbreak. The coronavirus, which first emerged in China’s Wuhan city […]
Father in hospital didn’t learn of his son’s death, passed away 4 days later
Father in hospital didn’t learn of his son’s death, passed away 4 days later Srinagar: The month of May usually brings more business for the Joo family in downtown who trade in Kashmiri handicrafts. This time, though, tragedy visited the family as two of their members became Covid-19 victims. “The virus has snatched everything from […]
BEIJING: Wuhan plans to conduct coronavirus tests on the Chinese city’s entire population after new cases emerged for the first time in weeks in the cradle of the global pandemic, state media reported Tuesday. Officials had been ordered to submit by noon on Tuesday plans to administer nucleic acid tests on all residents in the […]
BRASILIA: The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Brazil has surpassed 160,000 with the country’s COVID-19 death toll standing at over 11,000 according to Health Ministry data. In the past 24 hours, Brazil registered 6,760 new coronavirus cases bringing the total up to 162,699 the ministry said on Sunday. In the same period, 496 new […]
Washington: Former president Barack Obama harshly criticized President Donald Trump’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic as an “absolute chaotic disaster” during a conversation with ex-members of his administration, according to a recording obtained by Yahoo News. Obama also reacted to the Justice Department dropping its criminal case against Trump’s first national security adviser, Michael Flynn, […]
Washington, May 9 (AP) US regulators have approved a new type of coronavirus test that administration officials have promoted as a key to opening up the country. The Food and Drug Administration on Saturday announced emergency authorization for antigen tests developed by Quidel Corporation of San Diego. The test can rapidly detect fragments of virus proteins […]
Beijing, May 9 (PTI) China has reported 15 new asymptomatic coronavirus cases, taking their total to 836 while one new imported COVID-19 infection was confirmed, health officials said on Saturday. According to China’s National Health Commission (NHC), as for Friday 836 asymptomatic cases, including 63 from overseas, were still under medical observation. The NHC said […]
Washington, May 9 (AP) Vice President Mike Pence’s press secretary has the coronavirus, the White House said, making her the second person who works at the White House complex known to test positive for the virus this week. President Donald Trump, who publicly identified the affected Pence aide, said he was not worried about the […]
GENEVA: At least 90,000 health-care workers worldwide are believed to have been infected with COVID-19, and possibly twice that, amid reports of continuing shortages of protective equipment, the International Council of Nurses (ICN) said on Wednesday. The disease has killed more than 260 nurses, it said in a statement, urging authorities to keep more accurate […]
Srinagar: The novel coronavirus cases in Jammu and Kashmir reached 775 on Wednesday as 34 more people tested positive, officials said. The number of active COVID-19 cases stands at 445. Thirty-two out of the 34 new cases are from the Kashmir Valley, while two were from the Jammu region, according to the officials. “Thirty-four new […]