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WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — The United States on Monday surpassed 90,000 deaths from the novel coronavirus and 1.5 million confirmed cases, according to a running tally from Johns Hopkins University. The Baltimore-based monitor registered 10,000 deaths in just one week. The US has the world’s highest number of deaths and infections but several countries — including Belgium, Spain, Britain, Italy and Sweden — have recorded more fatal cases per capita, according to the statistical […]
(Eagle News) – The Australian Embassy in the Philippines marked this year’s Philippines-Australia Friendship day on May 22 via an online celebration, in view of the COVID-19 pandemic. “This online celebration is also an opportunity for us to thank frontliners who have been delivering assistance to the COVID-19 response”, Australian Ambassador Steven J. Robinson AO said in a statement. The celebration will also be an opportunity to show gratitude to “national and local […]
LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — Chinese telecoms giant Huawei is to fund a new £5 million ($6.1 million, 5.6-million-euro) technology hub at Imperial College London, British media reported. The institution did not confirm or deny the reports when contacted by AFP, and said an announcement about the project would be made on Tuesday. “Imperial, like other UK universities, has received support from Huawei for high-quality and open research for several years, and we are continuing […]
TEHRAN, Iran (AFP) — Iran on Monday said it was entering a new phase of trying to eliminate the novel coronavirus after bringing the Middle East’s deadliest outbreak under control in many regions. “Reports show we have passed the management and control phase and are now in the phase of curbing” the spread of COVID-19, government spokesman Ali Rabiei told a televised news conference. But even as Rabiei gave the upbeat assessment in Iran’s three-month […]
VENICE, Italy (AFP) — Venice’s gondolas glided across the Grand Canal once more Monday as Italy’s lockdown eased, taking the odd local from one side to the other as they wait for tourists to return. Wearing not only their famous blue and white stripped t-shirts but also gloves and masks, the gondoliers helped passengers climb into the boats, where tape had been used to mark the social distancing spaces people must keep on board. “It’s […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — US biotech firm Moderna reported “positive interim” results on Monday in the first clinical tests of its vaccine against the new coronavirus performed on a small number of volunteers. The vaccine, mRNA-1273, appeared to produce an immune response in eight people who received it, of the same magnitude as that observed in people convalescing from the virus, the company said. The complete results of the phase 1 test, the first […]
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AFP) — New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern’s success containing coronavirus has driven an extraordinary popularity surge that has put the youthful leader on course for a landslide win in September’s national election. Ardern’s center-left Labour Party was up 14 points at 56.5 percent, a Newshub-Reid Research poll published Monday found, with her rating as preferred prime minister surging 20.8 points to 59.5 percent. The survey also indicated an overwhelming 91.6 percent […]
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — New York Governor Andrew Cuomo on Sunday took a coronavirus test during his televised briefing and urged any fellow New Yorkers with symptoms or having been exposed to the virus to follow his example. “You don’t have to be New York tough to take that test,” he said during the live broadcast of his popular daily briefing. Cuomo’s sometimes folksy and often informative briefings have been followed by thousands […]
by Susan NJANJI Agence France Presse JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (AFP) — South Africa on Sunday reported 1,160 new coronavirus infections, the highest daily number since the first case was recorded in March, data released by the health ministry showed “As of today, the total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in South Africa is 15,515 with 1,160 new cases identified in the last 24-hour cycle of testing,” said the ministry statement. The Western Cape province, popular […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP )– The United States on Sunday recorded 820 new coronavirus fatalities in the previous 24 hours, but the country’s total death count neared 90,000, a Johns Hopkins University tracker reported. The latest toll, marked at 8:30 pm (0030 GMT Monday), was the lowest since 776 daily deaths were recorded on May 10, but the count ranged as high as 1,894 in subsequent days. According to the real-time tracker by Baltimore-based Johns […]
TORONTO, Canada (AFP) — One member of Canada’s Snowbirds, an elite air force aerobatics team, died and another was injured Sunday after their plane crashed in British Columbia during a performance to salute public efforts against the coronavirus, the military said. According to local media, the plane crashed into the front yard of a house shortly after taking off from Kamloops Airport late Sunday morning along with one other plane. “It is with heavy hearts […]
by Kyoko HASEGAWA Agence France Presse TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — Japan dived into its first recession since 2015, according to official data Monday, with the world’s third-largest economy shrinking by 0.9 percent in the first quarter as it wrestles with the fallout from the coronavirus. The drop in gross domestic product followed a 1.9-percent decline in the fourth quarter of 2019 as a tax hike and typhoons hit Japan hard — even before […]
