it Coronavirus: Italian government overwhelmed by response to its appeal for doctors. The Italian government has been left astounded by the response to its “extraordinary appeal” to create a task force of 300 doctors to help its embattled hospitals cope with the Coronavirus in the north of the country, reports Italian newspaper Il Fatto Quotidiano. A staggering 7,923 […]
Continue reading …People walk along a nearly empty Istiklal Avenue amid the COVID-19 pandemic, in Istanbul, March 17, 2020. (AFP Photo) More than 1 billion people have been asked to stay home in more than 50 countries and territories around the world as governments battle the coronavirus pandemic sweeping the globe. Some countries imposed mandatory lockdown measures, […]
Continue reading …Doctor Hu Ming gestures “OK”after completing a surgery on a patient of COVID-19 in critical condition at a hospital in Wuhan, central China’s Hubei Province, March 21, 2020. Doctors from Beijing, Jiangsu and other four different provinces have successfully completed the three-hour surgery on a male patient of COVID-19 in critical condition with joint efforts. […]
Continue reading …French members of Parliament take part in a debate about the state of health emergency bill at the National Assembly on March 21, 2020, in Paris – Copyright LUDOVIC MARIN/AFP The French Assemblée National approved on Saturday a legal text that would introduce a “state of health emergency” in France during the coronavirus pandemic. The law would give […]
Continue reading …TEHRAN – Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, Leader of the Islamic Revolution, said on Sunday that the United States’ proposal to provide Iran with medical aid to fight the coronavirus may be a conspiracy as the United States is accused of producing the virus and it is said that part of the virus was produced to […]
Continue reading …The Queen left Buckingham Palace for Windsor Castle on Thursday. (Image: PA) One of the Queen’s employees at Buckingham Palace tested positive for coronavirus while she was still in residence there, it is reported.The aide reportedly fell ill and tested positive last week, and Royal Household staff who had contact with the person have been ordered to self-isolate.It […]
Continue reading …The Shabab control large parts of Somalia and raise considerable funds through local taxation and extortion. The group has carried out deadly attacks not only in Somalia but also in Kenya and Uganda.Credit…Farah Abdi Warsameh/Associated Press Al Qaeda’s branch in Somalia, the terrorist group’s largest and most active global affiliate, has issued specific new threats […]
Continue reading …North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has been pictured by state media at a number of recent missile launches, but has not been wearing a mask as protection against the coronavirus [KCNA via Yonhap and EPA] Seoul, South Korea – More than 160 countries across the world are battling COVID-19, but as coronavirus challenges even the […]
Continue reading …Three women wearing face masks shop in a supermarket in San Francisco, the US on March 9. Photo: CNS photo It is time for China to consider the requests for help by US states like California and New York in fighting against the deadly coronavirus based on a humanitarian spirit as the infection numbers in […]
Continue reading …Italy’s tally of coronavirus cases and deaths keeps rising, with new day-to-day highs: it announced 793 dead and 6,557 new cases on Saturday, breaking its own grim record of 627 deaths on Friday. As of Saturday, the coronavirus COVID-19 has killed 12,592 people worldwide, the majority in Europe (7,199) and Asia (3,459), the AFP reported. […]
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