Health & Science

Wednesday, May 27th 2020 - 08:17 UTC
Desperate Ecuadoreans look for their loved ones in shipping containers filled with decomposing corpses

Guayaquil, Ecuador’s largest coastal city has been ravaged by coronavirus with bodies buried in mass graves or kept in newly-filled shipping containers to help relatives identify their loved ones among the decomposing corpses.
Wednesday, May 27th 2020 - 08:16 UTC
PAHO growing concerns with the accelerating pandemic in Brazil, Peru and Chile

International health authorities expressed concern on Tuesday over signs the spread of the new coronavirus is still accelerating in Brazil, Peru, and Chile. The Pan American Health Organization, which serves as the regional office for the World Health Organization, has been monitoring the pandemic in Latin America and the Caribbean.
Wednesday, May 27th 2020 - 08:15 UTC
Coronavirus reaches the oil rigs off the coast of Brazil

Norway's Equinor ASA and Anglo-French firm Perenco are among at least five oil producers that have registered coronavirus cases among employees or contractors at facilities off the coast of Brazil, according to industry and regulatory sources.
Wednesday, May 27th 2020 - 08:15 UTC
Britain's deaths 'involving' Covid-19 rose to 46,000, not 37,000

Britain's number of deaths “involving” COVID-19 has risen to 46,000, substantially higher than the 36,914 fatalities officially reported so far, according to a statistical update released on Tuesday.
Wednesday, May 27th 2020 - 08:14 UTC
New York Stock Exchange reopened its floor after a two month closure

The New York Stock Exchange, the symbolic heart of Wall Street, reopened its floor on Tuesday after a two-month closure due to the coronavirus, with traders donning masks and separated by plexiglass.
Wednesday, May 27th 2020 - 08:08 UTC
Mexican auto industry picks up with approved safety measures

Mexico's auto industry reopening picked up the pace on Tuesday, with Fiat, Chrysler, and BMW AG joining peers in gradually dusting off operations even as the wait for approvals slowed the return of Ford Motor Co and other companies.
Wednesday, May 27th 2020 - 07:50 UTC
WHO promises a “swift review” data on hydroxychloroquine

The World Health Organization (WHO) on Tuesday promised a swift review of data on hydroxychloroquine, probably by mid-June, after safety concerns prompted the group to suspend the malaria drug's use in a trial on COVID-19 patients.
Wednesday, May 27th 2020 - 07:40 UTC
Ten days mourning in Spain to honor 30,000 coronavirus deaths

The Spanish government declared a 10-day official mourning period from Wednesday, 27 May, to honor the nearly 30,000 people who died from the coronavirus pandemic in one of the world's worst-hit countries, government spokeswoman Maria Jesus Montero said.
Wednesday, May 27th 2020 - 07:30 UTC
Dutch PM Rutte did not visit his mother until hours before his mother's death, because of lockdown in the Netherlands

Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte did not visit his 96-year-old mother for more than eight weeks until hours before her death this month due to lockdown measures in the Netherlands, his office said on Tuesday.
Wednesday, May 27th 2020 - 07:24 UTC
Health professionals urge G20 leaders to put public health at the centre of recovery

Over 40 million doctors, nurses and other health professionals from 90 countries, including many working on the frontlines of the Covid-19 pandemic, sent a letter to G20 leaders urging them to put public health at the center of their economic recovery packages, to help avoid future crises and make the world more resilient to them.