Health & Science

• Wednesday, April 15th 2020 - 09:54 UTC

  Brazil likely to have 12 times more cases of COVID-19, Universities monitoring report

  

  Brazil likely has 12 times more cases of the new coronavirus than are being officially reported by the government, with too little testing and long waits to confirm the results, according to a study released this week.

• Wednesday, April 15th 2020 - 09:37 UTC

  South Korea “breaks” lockdown and goes to the polls for parliamentary election

  

  Temperature checks on voters, separate booths for those with fever, special polling stations for the quarantined: South Koreans headed to the polls on Wednesday with a big turnout expected despite the coronavirus threat.

• Wednesday, April 15th 2020 - 09:31 UTC

  Trump halts funding of WHO over its handling of the coronavirus pandemic

  

  U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday halted funding to the World Health Organization over its handling of the coronavirus pandemic, drawing condemnation from infectious disease experts as the global death toll continued to mount.

• Tuesday, April 14th 2020 - 19:01 UTC

  Another six positive Covid 19 cases at MPA in Falkland Islands

  

  The Government of the Falkland Islands reported on Tuesday that another six positive cases of COVID 19 cases have been identified, following the processing of a large batch of test results that were sent to UK.

• Tuesday, April 14th 2020 - 18:52 UTC

  “Good supply” in Falklands' supermarkets and of domestic fuel products

  

  The government of the Falkland Islands in a regular assessment of supplies and domestic fuel products said that the situation are “in good supply and no problems are foreseen”.

• Tuesday, April 14th 2020 - 08:58 UTC

  Face masks mandatory in Buenos Aires as of next Wednesday

  

  Argentina’s capital Buenos Aires authorities on Monday announced it was stepping up measures to curb the COVID-19 outbreak by making face masks mandatory on public transit.

• Tuesday, April 14th 2020 - 08:55 UTC

  Brazilian health minister urged government to speak with a unified voice against COVID-19

  

  Brazil's health minister urged the government to speak with a unified voice in its fight against the new coronavirus, calling out President Jair Bolsonaro for downplaying the threat ahead of what are likely to be the two toughest months for the outbreak.

• Tuesday, April 14th 2020 - 08:53 UTC

  US controversy as to who decides reopening the economy and lifting ”stay at home”

  

  President Donald Trump said on Monday it was his decision when to reopen the U.S. economy, not that of state governors, but legal experts disagree and governors are going their own way.

• Tuesday, April 14th 2020 - 08:40 UTC

  Infectology expert Fauci is more popular and trusted than Trump, and the president can't stand it

  

  President Donald Trump said on Monday that he liked leading health expert Anthony Fauci and did not intend to fire him after Fauci said in an interview that earlier mitigation efforts against the coronavirus outbreak could have saved more lives.

• Tuesday, April 14th 2020 - 08:20 UTC

  “UK not past the virus peak”, so no lifting of lockdown anytime soon, Raab

  

  The British government warned on Monday it would not be lifting a nationwide lockdown anytime soon as the country remains in the grip of a coronavirus outbreak that has claimed more than 11,000 lives.