Tag: COVID-19

• Wednesday, July 29th 2020 - 08:21 UTC

  Over half of people living in the slums of Mumbai resulted positive for coronavirus, on random blood testing

  

  Over half the people living in the slums of Mumbai have had the coronavirus, according to a city-commissioned study released on Tuesday that raises fresh doubts about India's official case numbers.

• Wednesday, July 29th 2020 - 08:10 UTC

  Trump jealous of White House's medical expert Fauci, grumbles “nobody likes me”

  

  President Donald Trump groused on Tuesday about medical expert Anthony Fauci's high approval ratings and joked that “nobody likes me” as he struggles to improve his standing with voters for his handling of the COVID-19 pandemic.

• Wednesday, July 29th 2020 - 07:44 UTC

  Covid-19 in Argentine grains terminals and processing plants affecting operations

  

  Argentina has reported its first cases of Covid-19 at port terminals that ship soy meal and oil to the world in a fresh blow to the global commodities trade already disrupted by the pandemic.

• Tuesday, July 28th 2020 - 08:35 UTC

  With virus confinement in Peru domestic violence has soared: 900 women missing or presumably killed

  

  A staggering more than 900 girls and women are missing and feared dead in Peru since the COVID-19 confinement began, authorities said on Monday. Peru is home to 33 million people long has had a horrific domestic violence problem.

• Tuesday, July 28th 2020 - 08:22 UTC

  Madrid disappointed with Britain for slapping a quarantine on people traveling from Spain

  

  Britain made a mistake when it decided at the weekend to slap a quarantine on people travelling from Spain, Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said on Monday, adding most of the Mediterranean country had a lower coronavirus infection rate than the UK.

• Tuesday, July 28th 2020 - 07:58 UTC

  UK pet cat tested positive for Covid-19: owners infected the animal

  

  A pet cat has tested positive in England for the new coronavirus that causes Covid-19, the government said on Monday, in the first confirmed case of an animal being infected with the virus in Britain.

• Monday, July 27th 2020 - 10:28 UTC

  Latin America, the region most impacted with the coronavirus

  

  Coronavirus cases in Latin America for the first time have surpassed the combined infections in the United States and Canada, a tally showed on Sunday, amid a surge of infections in Brazil, Mexico, Peru, Colombia and Argentina.

• Monday, July 27th 2020 - 09:40 UTC

  US invests more funds in the furious race to develop the anti Covid-19 vaccine

  

  The United States has doubled its investment - to nearly US$1 billion - to expedite the development of a potential COVID-19 vaccine by American firm Moderna, which on Monday begins the decisive final phase of clinical trials.

• Monday, July 27th 2020 - 09:40 UTC

  Bolsonaro tests negative and celebrates with a motorcycle ride and shopping surrounded by crowds

  

  Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro announced on Saturday he has tested negative for the coronavirus more than two weeks after being diagnosed, attributing his recovery to an unproven malaria drug.

• Monday, July 27th 2020 - 09:07 UTC

  White House advisor predicts US economy will recover 20% in III and IV quarters

  

  The US economy will grow on the order of 20% in the third and fourth quarters, a top White House economic adviser predicted on Sunday, despite reopening setbacks linked to a coronavirus resurgence.