Health & Science

• Thursday, May 7th 2020 - 07:50 UTC

  Trump shifts primary focus to reviving US business and social life; Democrats criticize “undermining science”

  

  President Donald Trump said on Wednesday his coronavirus task force would shift its primary focus to reviving US business and social life while acknowledging that reopening the economy could put more lives at risk.

• Thursday, May 7th 2020 - 07:48 UTC

  Some 90.000 healthcare workers infected with COVID-19 and 260 killed, Nurses Council claims

  

  At least 90,000 healthcare workers worldwide are believed to have been infected with COVID-19, and possibly twice that, amid reports of continuing shortages of protective equipment, the International Council of Nurses (ICN) said on Wednesday.

• Thursday, May 7th 2020 - 07:40 UTC

  PM Johnson for the first time in Parliament since 25 March, said lockdown ease to begin next week

  

  British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Wednesday he could begin to ease a nationwide coronavirus lockdown next week, but warned he would do nothing that would risk a new surge of cases.

• Wednesday, May 6th 2020 - 09:50 UTC

  Falklands: the Bubbles system, socially connected, physically protected

  

  The Falkland Islands government made public on Tuesday a guide to ensure the safety of the community and reduce the risk of COVID-19 spreading around the Islands, but also looking for the best way to help safely increase contact among its members. For this FIG has looked at other countries to see what is the best way to help safely increase contacts.

• Wednesday, May 6th 2020 - 09:48 UTC

  Brazilian major city begins “lockdown” on fears the virus could collapse the health service

  

  Brazil's Sao Luis became the nation's first major city to begin a coronavirus “lockdown” on Tuesday, a measure that underscores widespread fears that health services across Brazil could soon collapse under the pressure of the coronavirus pandemic.

• Wednesday, May 6th 2020 - 08:38 UTC

  Lover's visit to top UK scientist, breaking social distancing, forces his resignation

  

  A top scientist who advised British leaders on COVID-19 lockdown measures said on Tuesday he had resigned from a key government panel after admitting to breaking the country's rules on social distancing.

• Wednesday, May 6th 2020 - 07:25 UTC

  UK overtakes Italy reporting the highest official death toll from coronavirus

  

  The United Kingdom has overtaken Italy to report the highest official death toll from the new coronavirus in Europe, figures released on Tuesday showed, increasing pressure on Prime Minister Boris Johnson over his response to the crisis.

• Tuesday, May 5th 2020 - 07:15 UTC

  COVID-19 collapses Ecuador: 30,000 confirmed cases and no certainty on death toll

  

  Ecuador on Monday exceeded 30,000 confirmed cases of the coronavirus, while the government launched a plan to start gradually relaxing quarantine measures that have been in place since mid-March. Ecuador has confirmed 31,881 cases of COVID-19, with 1,569 reported deaths and a further 1,336 deaths likely as a result of the virus.

• Tuesday, May 5th 2020 - 07:13 UTC

  Brazil indigenous leaders call on WHO to set an emergency fund to protect their communities

  

  Indigenous leaders in Brazil have asked the World Health Organization (WHO) to set up an emergency fund to help protect their communities from the threat of the coronavirus pandemic.

• Tuesday, May 5th 2020 - 06:55 UTC

  China official media calls “Evil Pompeo” a lying clown

  

  China's state broadcaster CCTV on Monday attacked US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo's “insane and evasive remarks” over the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic, further fuelling Sino-US tensions.