Health & Science

• Monday, April 20th 2020 - 08:32 UTC

  Chile: controversy over alleged donation of Chinese ventilators to combat COVID-19

  

  Chile is expecting China to donate ventilators to help cope with the coronavirus outbreak, a government official said on Sunday, contradicting earlier statements by China's ambassador to Chile that he was unaware of such a shipment.

• Monday, April 20th 2020 - 07:28 UTC

  People in Washington state protest the governor's 'stay at home' order

  

  An estimated 2,500 people rallied at the Washington state capitol on Sunday to protest Democratic Governor Jay Inslee’s stay-at-home order to limit the spread of COVID-19, defying a ban on gatherings of 50 or more people. The move follows similar actions in several states that took place on Saturday.

• Saturday, April 18th 2020 - 18:55 UTC

  Falklands Government unveils comprehensive COVID-19 support package

  

  The Falkland Islands Government announced on Friday a suite of new measures to assist businesses, private sector employees and households as they adjust to the economic effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic.

• Saturday, April 18th 2020 - 16:42 UTC

  Bolsonaro defends sacking health minister and insists in opening up the economy

  

  Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro on Friday defended his decision to restart economic activity in the middle of the coronavirus pandemic, after sacking his health minister over differences in how to tackle the disease.

• Saturday, April 18th 2020 - 11:40 UTC

  World Medical Association regrets Taiwan exclusion from WHO and condemns politicizing health

  

  In a letter to WHO Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the leaders of the World Medical Association, WMA say that the WHO’s failure to listen to early warnings from Taiwan about the COVID-19 pandemic, coupled with its decision to ignore Taiwan during much of the SARS crisis, were errors that led to the world paying a high price.

• Saturday, April 18th 2020 - 10:00 UTC

  Where to watch WHO’s global special concert ‘One World: Together At Home’

  

  From Eddie Vedder to Andrea Bocelli, and Paul McCartney to Maluma, artists from all over the world will play on the “One World: #TogetherAtHome,” a six-hour streamed and broadcasted music festival that will take place on Saturday organized by the World Health Organization (WHO).

• Saturday, April 18th 2020 - 08:56 UTC

  Overwhelmed by the pandemic, Ecuador on the cliff of a US$ 17bn default

  

  The coronavirus outbreak in Ecuador is increasing pressure on President Lenin Moreno to default on US$ 17 billion in debt and devote more resources toward fighting a pandemic that has left bodies in the streets of the nation’s largest city.

• Saturday, April 18th 2020 - 08:41 UTC

  Raab says China has some “hard questions” to answer about the coronavirus epidemic

  

  British Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab says China will have some “hard questions” to answer about how the coronavirus pandemic started.

• Saturday, April 18th 2020 - 08:15 UTC

  “Italy and Brazil: ex World Cup '82 rivals united against the coronavirus”

  

  They were rivals on the field in one of the greatest World Cup matches of all time but the former stars of Brazil and Italy have come together off it to help the South American nation fight the new coronavirus.

• Friday, April 17th 2020 - 09:57 UTC

  Taiwan reveals emails warning WHO of disease in December; Dr. Tedros replies accusing Taipei of a hate racist campaign

  

  The coronavirus pandemic has infected over two million people and has caused the reported death of at least 144,250 deaths according to the latest info available from the the John Hopkins University daily update.