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Cuban doctors head to Italy to fight coronavirus battle
HAVANA: Communist-run Cuba said it dispatched a brigade of doctors and nurses to Italy for the first time this weekend, to help in the fight against the novel coronavirus at the request of the worst-affected region Lombardy. The Caribbean island
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Italy deaths jump almost 800, government shuts most workplaces
ROME: Italy recorded a jump in deaths from coronavirus of almost 800 yesterday, taking the toll in the world’s hardest-hit country to almost 5,000. In its latest desperate effort to halt the epidemic Rome ordered, that all businesses must close
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India launch 14-hour long curfew to reduce COVID-19 spread faster
MUMBAI: India launched a 14-hour long curfew today, to limit the fast-spreading coronavirus epidemic in the country, where 315 people have so far been found to have contracted the disease. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in an address to the nation
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UK government plans to buy into airlines
The British government is planning to buy equity stakes in airlines and other companies affected by the coronavirus pandemic, the Financial Times reported on.ft.com/2QypHcc on Saturday. The government plans to invest billions of pounds in companies including IAG-owned British Airways (ICAG.L) in
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Doctors make their own face masks due to mask shortage
RENTON: Doctors in Seattle have been reduced to making their own face masks out of sheets of plastic, after a global shortage of medical protective gear has hit Washington state, an epicentre of the coronavirus pandemic in US. Ahead of
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Covid 19: US mother breaks down after diapers go out of stock
People across the world have started hoarding essentials like sanitisers and toilet paper due to the novel coronavirus outbreak. This hoarding frenzy has turned up as a major problem for many others. Proving the same is a heartbreaking video of
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US suspending all visa services due to coronavirus
WASHINGTON: US is suspending all routine visa services as of yesterday, in most countries worldwide due to the coronavirus outbreak, a spokeswoman for the State Department said, an unprecedented move that will potentially impact hundreds of thousands of people. The
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Oil pares gains as investors wait to see if coronavirus stimulus works
TOKYO: Oil prices rose on Thursday but pared early gains as investors tried to assess how effective massive stimulus by central banks will be in shoring up the global economy as the shock from the coronavirus pandemic deepens. Bucking panic
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South Korea pledges USD39 billion emergency funding for small businesses
SEOUL: South Korean President Moon Jae-in today pledged 50 trillion won (US$39 billion), in emergency financing for small businesses and other stimulus measures to prop up the country’s coronavirus-hit economy. The package is the latest in a string of steps
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Drive-thru coronavirus test sites popping up slowly across America
DANBURY: Drive-thru coronavirus testing sites are starting to pop up across the United States but few if any are at the major retail stores that pledged last week to provide parking lot space for them. On Wednesday, many Americans with
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