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Apple and Google team up on virus 'contact tracing' by smartphone
Apr 10, 2020 (AFP)
The move brings together the largest mobile operating systems in an effort to use smartphone location technology to track and potentially contain the global COV...
New DR Congo Ebola case emerges just before epidemic's expected end
Apr 10, 2020 (AFP)
"Unfortunately, this means the government of #DRC will not be able to declare an end to the #Ebola outbreak on Monday, as hoped," Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, he...
Moscow stretched 'to limit' by epidemic, tightens restrictions
Apr 10, 2020 (AFP)
The capital has been under lockdown since March 30, but is struggling to cope with the influx of new patients, as some doctors began to question the reliability...
WHO urges virus unity after Trump attack
Apr 09, 2020 (AFP)
As the WHO prepares to mark 100 days on Thursday since it was first notified of the outbreak in China, director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus hit back at a...
Scientists struggle to explain how coronavirus moves through the air
Apr 09, 2020 (UPI)
But the focus on whether a coronavirus transmission occurs primarily through large or small droplets is misguided, according to Lydia Bourouiba, who studies vir...
'Abandoned' Italian hospital fears virus' march south
Apr 08, 2020 (AFP)
Infiltration by the mafia, severe doctor shortages, and a regional health agency hundreds of millions of euros in debt are just a few of the challenges the hosp...
Lift lockdown gradually to avert COVID-19 'second wave': experts
Apr 08, 2020 (AFP)
The strict social distancing measures, including a near 1l-week travel ban, appear to have paid off, and life is slowly getting back to normal in the megacity, ...
Wuhan exodus sparks virus hope despite mounting death toll
Apr 08, 2020 (AFP)
China has come under fire for its handling of the coronavirus crisis that originated there late last year and President Donald Trump threatened to cut US fundin...
Joy, relief as exodus from Wuhan begins
Apr 08, 2020 (AFP)
Previously quiet train and bus stations bustled as an exodus began from the city of 11 million, with some passengers wearing hazmat suits. Hao Mei, a single par...
China reports no new coronavirus deaths for first time
Apr 07, 2020 (AFP)
Cases in mainland China have been dwindling since March, but the country faces a second wave of infections brought in from overseas, with health officials repor...
WhatsApp tightens sharing limits to curb virus misinformation
Apr 07, 2020 (AFP)
The new policy limits users to forwarding certain messages to one "chat" at a time, aiming to limit the rapid propagation of content that is provocative but lik...
China reports no new deaths, Indonesia issues 'pandemic bonds'
Apr 07, 2020 (AFP)
- Wuhan outbound travel ban ends - Outbound travel from the central Chinese city of Wuhan, where the novel coronavirus first emerged in December, resumed early ...
The veil begins to lift on coronavirus
Apr 07, 2020 (AFP)
Here are some of the questions that have been raised since coronavirus became The veil begins to lift on coronavirus news around the world: - Who is most at ris...
Iran health officials cast doubt on China virus tolls
Apr 07, 2020 (AFP)
"After the virus spread, it became evident it wasn't as China reported," said Minoo Mohraz, a health ministry official who is also a member of Iran's coronaviru...
China lifts Wuhan travel ban, Britain, NY report record deaths
Apr 07, 2020 (AFP)
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson remained in intensive care, meanwhile, after being admitted to a London hospital on Monday evening, 10 days after being dia...
British PM in intensive care as virus toll soars
Apr 07, 2020 (AFP)
Johnson, the most prominent victim yet of the pandemic, deputised his foreign secretary, Dominic Raab, to stand in for him, but remained conscious according to ...
UK companies team up to tackle coronavirus
Apr 06, 2020 (AFP)
It comes as UK defence engineering group Babcock said it was collaborating to make 10,000 ventilators, which are in short supply across the country that has see...
Bring Them Home: Usafsam Trains Teams To Treat, Transport Covid-19 Patients
Apr 06, 2020 (AFNS)
The TIS is an infectious disease containment unit designed to minimize risk to aircrew and medical attendants, while allowing in-flight medical care for patient...
Brazil minister offends China with 'racist' virus tweet
Apr 06, 2020 (AFP)
In the latest incident to strain ties between Brasilia and Beijing, Education Minister Abraham Weintraub insinuated China was behind the global health crisis. "...
Asia virus latest: Australia sends away ships, Pakistan hunts worshippers
Apr 05, 2020 (AFP)
- Australia sends cruise ships on their way - The largest maritime operation ever undertaken in Sydney Harbour was completed on Sunday with the successful resto...
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