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Teachers hands out face masks to students in Huizhi Middle School in Xi’an, northwest China’s Shaanxi Province, April 7, 2020. Students in the final year of junior high schools or vocational schools returned to school on Tuesday in Shaanxi. (Xinhua/Liu Xiao) Students queue up to go through body temperature monitoring system in Huizhi Middle School […]

The Covid-19 pandemic underscores the urgent need to strengthen the global health workforce. A new report, The State of the World’s Nursing 2020, provides an in-depth look at the largest component of the health workforce. Findings identify important gaps in the nursing workforce and priority areas for investment in nursing education, jobs, and leadership to strengthen nursing […]

A pedestrian walks past a quotation board displaying share prices of the Tokyo Stock Exchangein Tokyo on April 7, 2020. (AFP Photo) Investors have been waiting anxiously for signs that the rate of new infections may be hitting its peak, which would give some clarity about how long the upcoming recession will last and how […]

MPrime Minister Shinzo Abe attends a meeting of government and ruling party officials at the Prime Minister’s Office on Tuesday prior to declaring a state of emergency. | KYODO Prime Minister Shinzo Abe officially declared a state of emergency Tuesday covering Tokyo, Osaka and five prefectures over the rapidly growing novel coronavirus outbreak Tuesday, putting […]

  WASHINGTON – A second US company is poised to begin safety test of a vaccine against COVID-19 on Monday. Inovio Pharmaceuticals said Monday that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has accepted the company’s Investigational New Drug (IND) application for INO-4800, its DNA vaccine candidate designed to prevent COVID-19 infection, paving the way […]

The ICU at the Hospital Vall d’Hebron in Barcelona.PAU BARRENA After more than three weeks of lockdown in Spain, the country’s intensive care units (ICUs) are beginning to see the light at the end of the tunnel. While they continue to be overloaded, with their usual capacity multiplied by as much as four times, and their […]

Image:Boris Johnson was first admitted to St Thomas’ Hospital on Sunday night Boris Johnson has spent the night in intensive care after his coronavirus symptoms worsened and he suffered breathing difficulties. The prime minister was initially admitted to St Thomas’ Hospital on Sunday evening, but his health deteriorated yesterday. Sky News political editor Beth Rigby […]

Workers transfer medical supplies from China in a warehouse at the Almaty International Airport in Almaty, Kazakhstan, April 2, 2020. (KURSIV NEWSPAPER / HANDOUT VIA XINHUA) Public health experts from China, Japan, Singapore, South Korea and the United States discussed experiences and lessons learned from the front-line responses to COVID-19 on Friday. The panelists at the webinar […]

A lonely dog sits at Sultanahmet Square, normally a place bustling with tourists, in Istanbul, Turkey, Monday, April 6, 2020. (AA Photo) Coronavirus cases are still expected to peak in late April, but a member of Turkey’s task force against the deadly outbreak expresses hope for a return to normal next month if the nation […]

A Saudi man walks with his wife along Tahlia street in the center of the capital Riyadh. (File photo: AFP) Saudi Arabia recorded four new coronavirus deaths on Monday, bringing the total number of virus-related deaths in the Kingdom to 38, according to data on the Ministry of Health. For more coronavirus news, visit our dedicated […]