Coronavirus

France rejects US anti-China claim of COVID-19 link to Wuhan lab

Apr 18, 2020 10:56

The French government has rejected as unfounded the recent US allegations linking a Chinese research laboratory in the city of Wuhan to the new coronavirus.
Coronavirus infections among Saudi royals ‘exceedingly surpassed’ previous figures

Apr 18, 2020 07:32

A Saudi whistleblower has said that the number of Saudi royals infected with the coronavirus (COVID-19) has “exceedingly surpassed” figures previously revealed by a New York Times report.
US coronavirus crisis takes sharp political turn as Trump slams Democratic governors

Apr 18, 2020 07:24

The US coronavirus crisis took a sharp political turn on Friday as President Donald Trump lashed out at four Democratic governors over their handling of the pandemic after having conceded that states bear ultimate control of restrictions to contain the outbreak.
Trump’s EPA is unleashing the pollution that makes us vulnerable to COVID-19

Apr 18, 2020 04:01

Past exposure to air pollution increases the risk that an individual will suffer critical illness after contracting COVID-19, according to a report released on April 8 by researchers at Harvard. In light of this finding, the recent decision of Trump’s Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to indefinitely suspend environmental rule enforcement is tantamount to gross negligence.
Trump administration says employers don’t have to record coronavirus cases among workers

Apr 18, 2020 03:56

US President Donald Trump’s Labor Department has quietly issued guidance informing most employers in the United States that they will not be required to record and report coronavirus cases among their workers because doing so would supposedly constitute an excessive burden on companies.
How much impact is the current lockdown really having on our environment?

Apr 18, 2020 03:46

There has been much talk in the media about the potential climate impact of the coronavirus-related shutdown. Europe has come to a virtual standstill, with the majority of countries in some kind of lockdown. Many assume that this is good for the environment.
Children struggling to survive India's lockdown

Apr 18, 2020 03:41

With 472 million children, India has the largest child population in the world and campaigners say the coronavirus lockdown has impacted around 40 million children from poor families.
Africa does not need saving during this pandemic

Apr 18, 2020 03:38

For bigots who operate under the appalling assumption that black, brown, and other non-white bodies are easily expendable during times of crisis, COVID-19 presents the perfect storm. Yet, instead of expending energy on denouncing the doctors' asinine comments, as so many have already done, we should be reflecting on what Africa and other regions of the so-called Global South have to teach the world in this collective moment of reckoning.
US coronavirus death toll passes 35,000, cases top 700,000

Apr 18, 2020 03:20

US coronavirus deaths topped 35,400 on Friday, rising by more than 2,000 for the fourth day in a row, according to a Reuters tally, as some states announced timetables for lifting restrictions aimed at blunting the pandemic.
Madrid neighbors greet each other with mops during COVID-19 lockdown

Apr 18, 2020 01:59

Residents of Amparo street in Madrid Lavapies district are coming out to their balconies with mops to greet each other every day, after applauding health workers for their fight against the coronavirus.