Health & Science

• Tuesday, August 4th 2020 - 10:04 UTC

  WHO admits no “silver bullet” despite strong hopes for a vaccine: “big battle ahead for Brazil and India”

  

  The World Health Organization (WHO) warned on Monday that, despite strong hopes for a vaccine, there might never be a “silver bullet” for COVID-19. More than 18.14 million people around the world are reported to have been infected with the disease and 688,080 have died.

• Monday, August 3rd 2020 - 10:59 UTC

  Coronavirus death toll in Latin America at over 200,000

  

  The death toll in Latin America from the novel coronavirus passed 200,000 on Saturday night underlining the region's status as one of the global epicenters of the pandemic that is testing governments to the limit.

• Monday, August 3rd 2020 - 10:56 UTC

  Bolsonaro claims he's fully recovered from Covid-19 but has “mouldy lungs”

  

  Fresh off a bout of Covid-19, President Jair Bolsonaro said that nearly everyone will probably end up catching the new coronavirus urging Brazilians to “face up to it” and saying there was nothing to fear. He also admitted taking antibiotics since he was suffering from “mouldy lungs”

• Monday, August 3rd 2020 - 10:53 UTC

  Mexico becomes the country with the third most Covid-19 deaths, ahead of Britain

  

  Mexico has overtaken Britain to become the country with the third-most deaths due to Covid-19, according to data released by the Health Ministry. Reported fatalities rose to reach 46,688, the data shows.

• Monday, August 3rd 2020 - 10:50 UTC

  White House confirms November 3 election, but has growing concerns about mail-in-ballots

  

  The White House and Donald Trump's campaign on Sunday sought to shut down the Republican president's musings on delaying the 2020 vote, saying there will be an election on Nov 3.

• Monday, August 3rd 2020 - 10:14 UTC

  Demonstrations in Berlin and German cities against coronavirus restrictions

  

  Some 45 police officers were injured in a wave of weekend demonstrations in Berlin including protests against coronavirus restrictions, police said as protesters gathered again in smaller numbers on Sunday.

• Monday, August 3rd 2020 - 10:12 UTC

  Hurtigruten line efforts to re launch cruises torpedoed by virus outbreak on MS Roald Amundsen

  

  At least 40 passengers and crew from a luxury cruise liner have tested positive for COVID-19 and the authorities are still trying to trace a number of passengers from two recent Arctic voyages, public health officials in Norway said on Sunday.

• Monday, August 3rd 2020 - 09:52 UTC

  British hospitals will have tests to detect Covid-19 in 90 minutes

  

  Millions of COVID-19 tests able to detect the virus within 90 minutes will be rolled out to British hospitals, care homes and laboratories to boost capacity in the coming months, the country's health minister said on Monday.

• Saturday, August 1st 2020 - 06:55 UTC

  Argentina extends quarantine to August 16, given a peak of Covid-19 cases

  

  The Argentine government announced on Friday the extension of the quarantine, which has been in force since March 20, to Aug. 16 in an attempt to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus.

• Saturday, August 1st 2020 - 06:50 UTC

  Falklands lawmakers analyzes prospects for the tourism sector

  

  Support for the Falklands' tourism sector in the face of Covid-19 was an issue closely examined in the Legislative Assembly this week. Questions were put to the House by Member of Legislative Assembly MLA Roger Spink and answered by Member of Legislative Assembly Mark Pollard.