Health & Science

Thursday, April 9th 2020 - 12:44 UTC
Thousands arrested in Central America for violating quarantine rules

Thousands of people have been detained across Central America for violating rules put in place by their governments to curb the fast-spreading new coronavirus in a region that has fewer medical resources than developed countries.
Thursday, April 9th 2020 - 12:38 UTC
Taiwan accuses WHO of ignoring its achievements; Tedros condemns Taipei for “racist slurs”

Taiwan's Foreign Ministry on Thursday condemned “groundless” accusations from the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) that racist slurs against him had come from the island, as Taipei escalated its feud with the body.
Thursday, April 9th 2020 - 09:56 UTC
Falklands restricts non-essential visitors to the Islands

The Falkland Islands Executive Council has approved measures to restrict non essential visitors to the Islands in order to help delay the spread of the Covid/19 in the archipelago.
Thursday, April 9th 2020 - 09:21 UTC
An Amazon Yanomani indigenous 15 year old boy has tested positive for COVID-19

Brazil said on Wednesday the first case of COVID-19 had been detected among the Yanomami people, an Amazon indigenous group known for its remoteness and its vulnerability to foreign diseases.
Thursday, April 9th 2020 - 09:11 UTC
Australian police raids “Ruby Princess” cruise and seizes black box

Australian police raided the coronavirus-stricken Ruby Princess cruise ship and seized its black box as part of a criminal investigation after thousands of passengers were allowed to disembark in Sydney and 15 people later died of the illness.
Thursday, April 9th 2020 - 09:04 UTC
UN Security Council meets to discuss pandemic, urged by non permanent members

After weeks of disagreement - especially between the United States and China - the UN Security Council will meet on Thursday to discuss the coronavirus pandemic for the first time.
Thursday, April 9th 2020 - 08:58 UTC
COVID-19 infected “Greg Mortimer” Australians expected to leave for Melbourne on Saturday

The sanitary charter aircraft contracted to repatriate Australians on board the coronavirus infected “Greg Mortimer” cruise, stranded off the Uruguayan coast is expected this Thursday in Montevideo, and will be flying to Melbourne on Saturday according to foreign ministry sources.
Thursday, April 9th 2020 - 08:57 UTC
Falklands: five cases of COVID-19, all of them serving at Mount Pleasant Complex

The Falkland Islands government announced on Wednesday that there are five confirmed cases of COVID-19, all individuals currently serving at the Mount Pleasant Complex, some fifty kilometers from the capital Stanley. This means no residents of the Islands have been contaminated with the virus.
Thursday, April 9th 2020 - 08:51 UTC
WHO's Tedros rebukes Trump and calls for unity: ”For God's sake ... is this (death toll) not enough?”

The World Health Organization (WHO) on Wednesday pleaded for global unity in fighting the coronavirus and gave a strident defense of his agency's handling of the pandemic, in response to US President Donald Trump's criticism.
Thursday, April 9th 2020 - 08:48 UTC
February's services sector confirms Brazil is heading for recession

Services activity in Brazil shrank 1% in February, official figures showed on Wednesday, the biggest monthly fall in over 18 months and another sign Latin America's largest economy was already in go-slow mode before the coronavirus crisis erupted.