US President Donald Trump has said that the US is terminating its relationship with the World Health Organisation (WHO). He added that the US will redirect funds from WHO to other organisations. “China has total control over WHO despite only paying $40m a year compared to what US has been paying which is approximately 4450m…
The monkey runs away with COVID-19 blood samples for suspected coronavirus patients in Meerut. The video that went viral on social media showed the monkey thief in a tree. A monkey attacked a lab technician on the campus of a medical school in India and ran away with blood samples from three patients infected withCovid-19.…
Prime Minister Boris Johnson says groups of up to six people will be able to meet outside in England from Monday. They can meet in gardens, in parks as long as households keep two meters apart. “These changes means friends and family will start to meet loved ones” in what would be a “long-awaited and…
A team of 25, 000 contact tracers are tracking down close contacts of people with coronavirus and will be told to self-isolate under a new scheme in England and Scotland. Tracers will text, email, or call people who test positive with coronavirus and ask who they have had contact with. Any of these contacts deemed…
Travellers to the UK need to tell the government where they will quarantine and face enforcement through random spot checks and £1, 000 fines in England if they do not comply. Lorry drivers, seasonal farmworkers, coronavirus medics, and those travelling from the Republic of Ireland and the Channel Islands will be exempt. If a person…
Coronavirus R rate is close to one according to Sir Patrick Vallance but warns us to be cautious as new cases could start to rise again. The UK coronavirus death toll has reached 36, 393 people, an increase of 351 fatalities. Britain’s 2.6 million Muslims are preparing to celebrate one of their biggest Eid al…
Health authorities in Sindh province said 97 deaths had been confirmed. The cause of the crash is not yet known. It comes days after Pakistan allowed commercial flights to resume after the country’s coronavirus lockdown was eased. A PIA (Pakistan International Airlines) flight PK8303, Airbus A320 passenger jet flying from Lahore has crashed in a…
The UK coronavirus death toll increases by 338 to 36, 042. Health secretary Matt Hancock confirmed “systems of certification” were being developed to allow people to begin a return to some form of normality. The UK government also confirmed it had ordered 10 million antibody tests to be rolled out over the next few months.…
More than five million virus cases worldwide with 330, 255 people who have died according to Johns Hopkins University tracker. The UK is running out of time to set up a “ track and trace” system, warns the NHS Confederation. Brazil authorises two anti-malarial drugs chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine to treat Covid-19 patients. A two-day-old baby…