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A summary of the biggest developments in the global coronavirus outbreak. Follow our latest coronavirus blog for live news and updates Coronavirus daily briefing. Composite: Reuters Key developments in the global coronavirus outbreak today include: Global cases pass 1.85m The number of confirmed cases worldwide has topped 1.85m, according to the Johns Hopkins University tracker. There have…
Russia is facing a shortage of beds and doctors after years of medical layoffs and hospital demolitions. In Russia, a new infectious disease hospital is rapidly being built outside Moscow, and extra beds have been added to the existing ones. But medical experts say these hospitals lack the specialists COVID-19 patients need. Many fear, the…
The coronavirus poses such a great risk that it could mark the end of the EU if it is mismanaged, warned the pope yesterday in his Easter speech. Europe was “faced with a historic challenge, on which not only its future but that of the whole world will depend,” said the 83-year-old Pope in his…
According to China’s National Health Commission (NHC), as of Saturday, a total of 1,280 imported cases were reported in China. Of the cases, 481 had been discharged from hospitals after recovery, and 799 were being treated with 36 in severe condition. China has reported 99 new coronavirus cases, the highest in a single day in…
Daily death toll shows the situation is comparable with other badly hit countries, says Jeremy Farrar Coronavirus – latest global updates Coronavirus – latest UK updates See all our coronavirus coverage An air ambulance advanced trauma team lands in south-east London. Photograph: Guy Corbishley/Alamy The UK could end up with the worst coronavirus death rate…
Turkish riot police stand guard in front of the Iranian Consulate during a protest against Iran’s role in Aleppo, in Istanbul – (photo credit: REUTERS) Turkey’s pro-government media has been trying to spin the coronavirus as an Ankara victory for the last few months, even as the country’s cases rapidly increased to more than 50,000,…
Sources break down Israeli defense officials’ disagreements. A member of Iranian Border Guards wears a protective face mask, following an outbreak of the new coronavirus, inside the Shalamcha Border Crossing, after Iraq shut a border crossing to travelers between Iraq and Iran, Iraq March 8, 2020 – (photo credit: REUTERS/ESSAM AL-SUDANI) A massive internal storm…
Photo by: Jens Meyer A scientist presents an antibody test for coronavirus in a laboratory of the Leibniz Institute of Photonic Technology (Leibniz IPHT) at the InfectoGnostics research campus in Jena, Germany, Friday, April 3, 2020. An international team of researchers with the participation of the Jena Leibniz Institute of Photonic Technology (Leibniz IPHT) has…
Beijing is pushing to become a public health superpower—and quickly found a willing international partner. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus (left), the director-general of the World Health Organization, shakes hands with Chinese President Xi Jinping before a meeting at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Jan. 28. NAOHIKO HATTA – POOL/GETTY IMAGES hile the novel…