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by Andrew MARSZAL / with Catherine TRIOMPHE in New York LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — From amateur seamstresses and sewing clubs to Hollywood costume-makers, a patchwork army of volunteers across the United States is churning out gowns and masks for emergency workers battling coronavirus. The pandemic that has killed 2,500 nationwide has left medics dangerously exposed to the virus, with doctors forced to reuse scarce masks through the day as hospital supplies of personal […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — President Donald Trump said Monday that the United States will send medical equipment for combating the coronavirus pandemic to Italy and later France and Spain. Trump, speaking at his daily briefing, went into few specifics about the type of aid or the timing, but said a large quantity was destined for Italy, which has the world’s highest pandemic death toll. “We’re going to be sending approximately $100 million worth of, […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — The US death toll from the coronavirus pandemic passed 3,000 on Monday, according to the running tally compiled by the Johns Hopkins University, with more than 163,000 confirmed cases. The United States has recorded 3,008 deaths, according to the tally, while its 163,429 cases are by far the highest national number ahead of Italy, Spain, and China. President Donald Trump has been criticized for an initially slow response by the […]
PARIS, France (AFP) — France on Monday reported its highest daily number of deaths from COVID-19 since the coronavirus epidemic began, saying 418 more people had died in the hospital to bring the toll to 3,024. There are now 20,946 people hospitalized in France with COVID-19, with 5,056 of them in intensive care, the government said in its daily update. The French death toll includes only those who died in the hospital and not those […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Johnson & Johnson said on Monday it had selected a lead candidate vaccine for the new coronavirus that would move to human trials by September and could be ready for emergency use by early next year. The pharmaceutical company has signed an agreement with the US government’s Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority to invest $1 billion in the effort, it said in a statement. J&J began working on the […]
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — A Japanese naval destroyer and a Chinese fishing boat have collided in the sea off Shanghai but there were no injuries, Japanese media reported early Tuesday. The destroyer Shimakaze, from Japan’s Maritime Self-Defence Force, received damage to its port side, Kyodo news agency said, citing the Ministry of Defence. Both the naval ship and the fishing boat, with a crew of 13, were still able to sail under their own power, […]
by Phil HAZLEWOOD LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — Prince Charles, the eldest son, and heir of Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II, is no longer in quarantine after showing mild coronavirus symptoms, his office said on Monday, as scientists said strict measures put in place across Britain to limit close-contact transmission could be having an effect. “Clarence House has confirmed today that, having consulted with his doctor, the Prince of Wales is now out of self-isolation,” it […]
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (AFP) — South Africa, which has the highest numbers of confirmed coronavirus infections on the continent, will start mass door-to-door screening and testing for coronavirus, President Cyril Ramaphosa said Monday. The “unprecedented” exercise will be launched in the next few days, with at least 10,000 field workers deployed across the country of 57 million people, he said in an address to the nation. “We are now entering a new phase in the […]
by Peter HUTCHISON NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — A military hospital ship arrived in New York Monday as America’s coronavirus epicenter gears up for the peak of the pandemic, with emergency restrictions, extended amid grim warnings the death toll will soar. The navy’s 1,000-bed USNS Comfort docked at a Manhattan pier as more US states enforced stay-at-home orders after President Donald Trump abandoned his Easter target for life returning to normal in the United […]
BRESCIA, Italy (AFP) — About 30 doctors from Albania, one of Europe’s poorest countries, was at work in northern Italy on Monday helping overwhelmed hospitals at the epicenter of the coronavirus pandemic. One of the doctors said he was simply following the Hippocratic Oath that medics have taken through the ages vowing to help their colleagues in need. “In difficult situations, if our fellow (healthcare workers) need help, they must be helped,” Ermal Pashaj, a […]
by Jan HENNOP THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AFP) — Thieves stole a painting by Dutch master Vincent van Gogh early Monday in a daring heist from a museum that was closed to the public because of the coronavirus pandemic. The 1884 painting, titled the “Parsonage Garden at Neunen in Spring”, was taken during a pre-dawn break-in at the Singer Laren Museum near Amsterdam. The criminals smashed through a glass door and then took the painting, which […]
by Emily Manuel Contributor, Eagle News TILBURG, The Netherlands (Eagle News) — Traveling on a public bus in Rotterdam, Susan Vermeule sits on one side and her friend on the other. On March 24, companies have been advised to implement a 1.5 meter distance rule or face fines. Since then, buses and trains have posted signs advising everyone to keep their distance from other passengers. NS trains even goes as far as advising everyone not […]
