Tag: COVID-19

• Saturday, March 14th 2020 - 09:50 UTC

  Trump and Congress agree on safety net programs for Covid 19 patients and victims

  

  The U.S. House of Representatives overwhelmingly passed a coronavirus aid package early on Saturday that would provide free testing and paid sick leave, in a bid to limit the economic damage from a pandemic that has shuttered schools, sports arenas, and offices.

• Saturday, March 14th 2020 - 09:17 UTC

  Falkland Islands Government update of the COVID-19 response

  

  The Falkland Islands Government announced on Friday that next week it will publish details of its planning to respond to serious infectious disease outbreaks. All parts of the Government have been working since late January on the many parts of such a response, including regular pandemic planning group meetings.

• Thursday, March 12th 2020 - 08:55 UTC

  Coronavirus: Trump locks out all travel from Europe for 30 days and pledges financial relief to small businesses

  

  President Donald Trump on Wednesday said the U.S. would restrict all travel from Europe for the next 30 days and use executive orders to offer financial relief to individuals and small businesses in his most extensive steps to date to address the crisis of the coronavirus.

• Thursday, March 12th 2020 - 08:50 UTC

  WHO declares coronavirus a pandemic and warns about “alarming levels of inaction”

  

  The World Health Organization declared the novel coronavirus a pandemic on Wednesday as it spreads in more than 100 countries around the world. WHO defines a pandemic as “the worldwide spread of a new disease.” The determination is based on the geographic spread of a disease, the severity of illnesses it causes, and its effects on society.

• Thursday, March 12th 2020 - 07:41 UTC

  Merkel warns that up to 70% of German population could contract coronavirus

  

  German Chancellor Angela Merkel has warned that up to 70% of the country's population - some 58 million people - could contract the coronavirus. Mrs Merkel made the stark prediction at a news conference on Wednesday alongside Health Minister Jens Spahn.

• Wednesday, March 11th 2020 - 10:00 UTC

  Falklands updates its Travel Advisory concerning COVID-19

  

  The Government of the Falklands updated its advice on travelling to the Islands, in response to a further change in the global COVID-19 situation. The Italian Government this week announced emergency measures across the entire country in response to the virus.

• Wednesday, March 11th 2020 - 08:39 UTC

  UK junior health minister tests positive for Covid 19, and is self isolated at home

  

  British Member of Parliament (MP) Nadine Dorries, a junior health minister, has tested positive for the novel coronavirus, she said in a statement on Tuesday. “I can confirm I have tested positive for coronavirus ... and have been self-isolating at home,” said the Conservative MP.

• Wednesday, March 11th 2020 - 07:45 UTC

  Trump's chief of staff self quarantined for contacting a person coronavirus positive

  

  Incoming White House chief of staff Mark Meadows has self-quarantined after he may have come into contact with a person who tested positive for the coronavirus, his spokesperson said. Meadows is not exhibiting symptoms and a precautionary test came back negative, the spokesperson said on Twitter.

• Tuesday, March 10th 2020 - 08:15 UTC

  Black Monday cocktail: oil price war and coronavirus trigger market panic

  

  World oil prices crashed on Monday, fuelling a vicious selloff on stock markets that were already buckling from the spreading coronavirus outbreak. Stocks tanked as the global oil market nosedived 30% at one stage after top exporter Saudi Arabia slashed the prices it charges customers following a bust-up with Russia over crude production cuts.

• Tuesday, March 10th 2020 - 08:15 UTC

  Coronavirus cases in Argentina climbs to 17; minister admits the virus arrived faster than expected

  

  Argentina's health ministry announced on Monday five new confirmed cases of coronavirus, taking the total number to 17. All of them were described as imported cases since they involved people who arrived from overseas. They include a patient in Buenos Aires City, two from Chaco province, one from San Luis and the fifth in Patagonia Rio Negro province.