Tag: COVID-19

• Friday, May 8th 2020 - 08:39 UTC

  Michigan and California reopen lockdowns with go ahead for the auto industry

  

  Michigan and California, two U.S. manufacturing powerhouses, acted on Thursday to allow factories to reopen from coronavirus lockdowns over the next few days, as millions more Americans joined the ranks of workers left jobless by the pandemic.

• Friday, May 8th 2020 - 08:04 UTC

  Chinese scientists detect coronavirus in the semen of infected men

  

  Chinese scientists have detected coronavirus in the semen of infected men but further research will be needed to determine whether the virus can be sexually transmitted. The findings from a study of coronavirus patients at a Chinese hospital were published on Thursday in the JAMA Network Open medical journal.

• Friday, May 8th 2020 - 07:41 UTC

  Trump and Pence test negative as a White House valet comes down with the virus

  

  United States President Donald Trump and Vice-President Mike Pence have tested negative for the novel coronavirus after a member of the US military who works at the White House as a valet came down with the virus.

• Thursday, May 7th 2020 - 12:47 UTC

  Restructuring Argentina’s Private Debt is Essential

  

  By Joseph Stiglitz, Edmund S. Phelps, and Carmen Reinhart (*) – Argentina's creditors are being asked to accept a proposal that would reduce their revenue stream but make it sustainable. A responsible resolution will set a positive precedent, not only for Argentina but for the international financial system as a whole.

• Thursday, May 7th 2020 - 07:58 UTC

  Brazil, record number of coronavirus cases: 9.2% jump in one day to 125.218

  

  Brazil, one of the world's emerging coronavirus hot spots, registered a record number of cases and deaths on Wednesday, prompting the health minister to flag the possibility of strict lockdowns in particularly hard-hit areas.

• 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 - 07:47 UTC

  Brazil expects exports to China to help mitigate the contraction of the country's economy

  

  Brazilian Economy Minister Paulo Guedes said that according to initial estimates, the country's economy would shrink 6% as a result of the recession caused by the new coronavirus pandemic, but now, thanks to the increase in exports to China, expectations are of a retraction of only 4% this year.

• 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.

• Thursday, May 7th 2020 - 07:00 UTC

  Teams could be allowed five substitutions in games when football resumes after coronavirus

  

  Football's lawmakers are this week set to announce a “temporary” change to the laws of the sport allowing teams to make up to five substitutions in games when the sport resumes after the coronavirus-induced suspension.