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Owner of Regent Barbers Alan Kelly (L), wearing PPE (personal protective equipment), of a face mask or covering as a precautionary measure against spreading COVID-19, is reflected in a mirror as he cuts the hair of a customer, also wearing … Continue reading Scientists claim WHO downplaying risk of airborne spread
The World Health Organization recorded the largest single-day increase of global coronavirus cases since the start of the pandemic on Saturday. Member states reported more than 212,000 newly confirmed cases of COVID-19 to the global body with most cases coming … Continue reading Coronavirus latest: WHO records largest single day increase in global COVID-19 cases
There are already more than 10.6 million confirmed cases of COVID-19 globally and the figure is expected to continue to grow. The World Health Organization (WHO) said the world is still far from the worst part of the pandemic and … Continue reading Global COVID-19 Cases Climb To Over 10 Million But ‘Worst Is Yet To Come’
The US reported its highest one-day increase in new COVID-19 cases on Thursday as authorities across Europe urged people to respect bans on public gatherings following a string of illegal parties. According to Johns Hopkins University, 39,972 new cases of … Continue reading Coronavirus: US sets new record for daily cases as Europe clamps down on gatherings
Using a hand sanitizer comes very much recommended these days in order to help keep ourselves safe from the coronavirus. Unfortunately, a lot of people might not be using it correctly. Are You Using Hand Sanitizer Correctly? When alcohol is … Continue reading Here’s The Correct Way Of Using Hand Sanitizer
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain will switch to the Apple (AAPL.O) and Google (GOOGL.O) model for its COVID-19 test-and-trace app, ditching an attempt to develop an app by itself after the homegrown system did not work well enough on Apple’s iPhone, … Continue reading UK ditches homegrown COVID-19 tracing app to use Google-Apple model
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain will switch to Apple and Google technology for its COVID-19 test-and-trace app, ditching its homegrown system which was not working well enough on Apple’s iPhone, the government said on Thursday. A 3D printed Google logo is … Continue reading UK ditches COVID-19 app model to use Google-Apple system
GENEVA (Reuters) – The World Health Organization hopes hundreds of millions of doses of coronavirus vaccine can be produced this year and 2 billion doses by the end of 2021, chief scientist Soumya Swaminathan said on Thursday. The WHO is … Continue reading WHO hopes for hundreds of millions of vaccine doses this year, 2 billion next year
A 3D printed Google logo is placed on the Apple Macbook in this illustration taken April 12, 2020. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration LONDON (Reuters) – The British government will abandon the centralised model of its coronavirus test-and-trace app and switch to one … Continue reading UK to use Google-Apple model for tracing app in U-turn: BBC
BEIJING (Reuters) – Beijing’s latest coronavirus outbreak has been brought under control, Wu Zunyou, chief epidemiologist of China’s Center for Diseases Prevention and Control, said at a regular news conference on Thursday. Beijing confirmed 21 new cases as of June … Continue reading Beijing coronavirus outbreak under control – Chinese CDC expert
FILE PHOTO: The drug hydroxychloroquine, pushed by U.S. President Donald Trump and others in recent months as a possible treatment to people infected with the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), is displayed at the Rock Canyon Pharmacy in Provo, Utah, U.S. May … Continue reading WHO halts trial of hydroxychloroquine in COVID-19 patients
LONDON/GENEVA (Reuters) – A cheap steroid that can help save the lives of patients with severe COVID-19 should be reserved for serious cases in which it has been shown to provide benefits, the World Health Organization said on Wednesday. WHO … Continue reading Steroid should be kept for serious coronavirus cases, WHO says
