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British premier’s pregnant fiancée tests positive
Carrie Symonds has announced she has coronavirus after fiancee Boris Johnson went into isolation with the deadly pathogen. Ms Symonds posted on Twitter earlier today and said: ‘I’ve spent the past week in bed with the main symptoms…
Masts in UK burnt over claim linking coronavirus to 5G
Residents in the UK have burnt some masts over claims that coronavirus is linked with 5G technology. The BBC reports that masts in Birmingham and Merseyside were burnt during the week by irate individuals over the claims which have…
Angela Merkel breaks silence after leaving quarantine
German Chancellor Angela Merkel warned Germans to remain at home over the upcoming Easter holiday. Markel noted that it would be “irresponsible” to give a date for when restrictions on public life…
Coronavirus: Trump breaks with WHO on face mask, urges Americans to wear it
President Donald Trump on Friday recommended that Americans cover their faces with masks when outdoors to avoid contracting coronavirus. The advice came on Friday with over 275,000…
More trouble: US hits 7,000 Coronavirus deaths
Darker days ahead for the United States as it hits 7,000 Coronavirus deaths, with the most powerful nation on earth grappling to curtail the massive pandemic onslaught. There are at least 273,880 …
Spanish family of 13 contract coronavirus
A Spanish family including 11 children have been placed in strict isolation in their Valladolid home in northwest Spain after contracting COVID-19. Doctors have warned that…
“Shoot them dead” – Philippines president orders officers to kill those violating…
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte ordered officers to shoot dead anyone “who creates trouble” during a month-long lockdown enforced to curb the spread of COVID-19 in the country. In a late-night televised national address on…
US COVID-19 death toll surpasses 6,000
The number of people in the U.S. who have died from the novel coronavirus has surpassed the 6,000 mark, according to data released early Friday by Johns Hopkins University. The university’s running…
Trump passes the buck as deadly ventilator shortage looms
President Donald Trump is pinning the blame on states for a shortage of ventilators that governors warn could effectively condemn coronavirus patients to death when the pandemic peaks.…
Oprah Winfrey donates $10m to U.S. coronavirus relief efforts
Oprah Winfrey on Thursday splashed $10 million in donations to coronavirus relief efforts in the United States. The food fund set up by Leonardo DiCaprio and Lauren Powell Jobs is one of the…
Face masks from China intended for France ‘hijacked’ by US at the last minute
Coronavirus masks that France ordered from China were bought at the last minute by the United States as they waited to be loaded onto cargo planes, French officials have said. "Americans pay three or four times the amount we pay,…
COVID-19: Putin orders Russians to stay off work in April
President Vladimir Putin on Thursday ordered Russians not go to work for the rest of April to contain the coronavirus outbreak. Putin gave the order in a nationally televised address in Moscow. Russia has reported more than 3,500…
Saudi Arabia imposes 24-hour curfew in Mecca, Medina
Saudi Arabia imposed a 24-hour curfew in the Muslim holy cities of Mecca and Medina on Thursday, extending measures to combat the spread of the coronavirus, which has infected more than 1,700 people…
6.6 million Americans file for unemployment benefits – Report
The last three weeks have marked one of the most devastating periods in history for the American job market, as first-time claims for unemployment benefits have surged more than 3,000 per cent since early March. Businesses…
Spain breaks world record in deaths from coronavirus
Spain confirmed the world’s largest coronavirus related deaths today with record 950 people dead. It marks the country’s third successive day of record deaths. On Tuesday 849 died. On Wednesday 864 died…
China locks down community as new coronavirus outbreak feared
China has imposed a lockdown on the county of Jia in central Henan province after three doctors tested positive despite showing no symptoms. The county in Henan Province, with about 570,000…
Under pressure, British PM promises ‘massive’ coronavirus tests increase
Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson promised to ramp up testing for coronavirus after his government faced criticism for being slower than some European peers to roll out mass checks for…
Coronavirus claims 700 lives in Italy in one day
Italy’s record death toll from the novel coronavirus grew by more than 700 on Wednesday, as a top official said that social restrictions were getting harder to bear for the population. The…
US confirmed coronavirus cases surpass 200,000, over 5,000 dead
In the span of a month, the coronavirus pandemic has radically soared to disturbing heights in the U.S. – from a fewer than 100 confirmed cases and two deaths as of March 1 to over 215,000 infections on Thursday, data from…
China reports 1,300 asymptomatic coronavirus cases after public concern
China on Wednesday said it has more than 1,300 asymptomatic coronavirus cases, the first time it has released such data following public concern over people who have tested positive…
Coronavirus strikes six-week-old baby dead
A six-week-old infant has died of complications relating to Coronavirus, the governor of the US State of Connecticut said Wednesday, in one of the youngest recorded deaths from the virus. Governor…
Trump doubts China’s coronavirus figures
President Donald Trump joined U.S. lawmakers on Wednesday to cast doubt on the accuracy of official Chinese figures on its coronavirus outbreak after. “How do we know” if they are accurate, Trump…
No respite for UK, Coronavirus takes 563 lives in one day
There is no respite for the United Kingdom (UK) as the deadly Coronavirus killed 563 people in less than 24 hours, taking total death toll to 2,352. According to the Department of Health, 29,474 people have tested positive for the…
China’s Divorce Spike Is A Warning To Rest Of Locked-Down World
As the coronavirus raged through China, Ms. Wu, a housewife in her 30s in southern Guangdong province, spent almost two months in isolation with her out-of-work spouse. They fought…