Tag: COVID-19

• Thursday, May 14th 2020 - 07:20 UTC

  France dismisses Beijing warnings about arms to Taiwan, suggests China focus on battling Covid-19 pandemic

  

  France dismissed Chinese warnings on Wednesday about selling arms to self-ruled Taiwan, saying it was implementing existing deals and that Beijing should focus on battling the COVID-19 pandemic.

• Wednesday, May 13th 2020 - 07:59 UTC

  Chile yet to face the worst of the coronavirus outbreak, Piñera warns; Santiago health facilities on the verge of collapse

  

  Chile is set to face the worst of the novel coronavirus outbreak in the coming weeks, President Sebastian Piñera said on Tuesday, as a sharp spike in cases and the southern hemisphere winter push its healthcare system to the limit.

• Wednesday, May 13th 2020 - 07:37 UTC

  Fed says US households will need more fiscal support and forecasts 20% unemployment

  

  United States businesses and households are going to need more fiscal support to get through what will likely be a longer period of recovery from the coronavirus shutdown than initially expected, Federal Reserve policymakers said on Tuesday.

• Wednesday, May 13th 2020 - 07:29 UTC

  British researchers trying to crack one of coronavirus riddles: the deadly to mild range of the illness

  

  British researchers will study the genes of thousands of ill COVID-19 patients to try to crack one of the most puzzling riddles of the novel coronavirus: why does it kill some people but give others not even a mild headache?

• Wednesday, May 13th 2020 - 07:15 UTC

  US budget deficit in April reaches a record US$ 738 billion: revenue down 55% and outlays up 161%

  

  The United States on Tuesday reported a record US$738 billion budget deficit in April, as an explosion in government spending and a shrinking of revenues amid the novel coronavirus pandemic put it deep into the red.

• Wednesday, May 13th 2020 - 06:40 UTC

  On International Day of the Nurse, this year's theme is “Nursing the World to Health”

  

  On the occasion of the International Day of the Nurse and the 200th anniversary of the birth of Florence Nightingale, 12 May, the World Health Organization (WHO) joins hundreds of partners worldwide to highlight the importance of nurses in the healthcare continuum and thank nurses for what they do. The theme for this year is” Nursing the World to Health”.

• Tuesday, May 12th 2020 - 08:50 UTC

  Bolsonaro declares gyms and salons as essential services

  

  Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro on Monday declared gyms and hair salons as essential services that can stay open through the new coronavirus outbreak, easing measures to control the disease despite new cases and deaths surging in the country.

• Tuesday, May 12th 2020 - 08:40 UTC

  Colombia's national airline, Avianca, has filed for bankruptcy protection in a US court.

  

  Avianca is the second-largest carrier in Latin America, but its passenger operations have been grounded since March because of coronavirus. It said the pandemic had cut more than 80% of its income, and it was struggling with high fixed costs.

• Tuesday, May 12th 2020 - 08:00 UTC

  President Trump cuts short press briefing after an exchange with CBS reporter

  

  US President Donald Trump abruptly ended his coronavirus press briefing on Monday after getting into a testy exchange with an Asian-American reporter. CBS News reporter Weijia Jiang asked Trump why he continued to insist that the US was doing better than other countries when it came to testing for the virus.

• Tuesday, May 12th 2020 - 07:24 UTC

  “No mandate to invite Taiwan” to WHO assembly; Beijing warns New Zealand “to stop making wrong statements”

  

  The World Health Organization's director-general has “no mandate” to invite Taiwan to take part in its assembly next week, the body's lawyer said on Monday, adding member states had “divergent views” on the self-ruled island's participation.